Mounjaro -10 stone or more to lose - Thread 12

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Thread 12!

4 hours in Hong Kong ,so not long
Then 5 weeks on a tour of new Zealand .
She will have a wonderful time

You can all come to Sweden and I can take you to IKEA for meatballs. I know there's IKEA in the UK but it's a different experience. UK IKEA is like the hunger games, only the strongest survive. Swedish IKEA is a chilled family day out, with plenty of parking.

Thanks I hope so to

A question for all you lovely 'old-timers' please?

Do any of you use the 'golden dose' from the pens these days? I've just finished my first 2.5mg pen and was going to have a go at getting an extra dose from it because it's so damn expensive. I've read stuff online about why we shouldn't do it but I'm wondering if that's just the pharmacies saying that to try and get more money out of us. (Cynical? Me? Never!)

If so, what size needle should I use and how much do I need to extract?

Thanks for any advice :)

@CatAtTheWindow I always use the remaining medication for an extra dose. I’ve been on 10mg for ages now and it just seems a huge waste to throw all that medication away.

The reason pharmacies say not to, is for safety and it is a valid reason. You’d think that it would be straightforward but I’ve read all sorts of threads in this section of people doing odd things! Mind you, they do odd things just with the pen and the usual needles too. Once you’re not using the pen according to the instructions, then you are wholly responsible for getting the dose right and handling the additional equipment properly. I do it because I am happy that I can work out the maths and extract the medication carefully.

You would need 1ml syringes, often called insulin syringes, they have a fixed needle and can be 4,6 or 8mm long with a width (gauge) of 32g, or 30g. Buy them from an online pharmacy not Amazon. Eg UKMedi or similar.

https://ukmedi.co.uk/products/fms-micro-syringe-32g-8mm-1ml-fms-fms-32g-10ml-ukmedi-co-uk

You insert the needle through the red seal at the end of the pen where you normally attach the needle. Use gravity to help and hold the pen vertically, and extract the medication. Tap the syringe to get any air bubbles to the top, and then gently push them out. Then check how much medication you have, and push out any that you don’t want to inject.

A full dose is always 0.6ml for any pen.

Could you head there via Liverpool please? I'll bring wine...

Oh bless you @Springflowers2 - that is tough! Nobody warns you when you have kids that being a parent involves so much acting do they? So much pretending that everything is fine! I'm sure she'll be fine and have a great adventure - you should be proud to have raised a young woman confident enough to something so amazing!

Chablis please.

I always use the extra dose, I think most of us here do. I use these needles https://ukmedi.co.uk/products/fms-micro-syringe-32g-8mm-1ml-fms-fms-32g-10ml-ukmedi-co-uk?tw_source=google&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22825326629&gbraid=0AAAAAoaFwLuyILVWGkkTFDEAk1f6LqKaf&gclid=CjwKCAiAh5XNBhAAEiwA_Bu8FbnWAmYIotT7A-KZyyWBHnO0t9997WbzvB7aZ3RCGIhmK_AzGdX9VxoCKbMQAvD_BwE

0.6ml is a full dose from any pen. I sometimes manage to get 0.8ml and just the extra for a bit of extra suppression that week!

Oops sorry, I was a bit late posting that reply, I see others have already answered your question!

Yes I use the extra dose too, I have done from the very first pen. It's too expensive to waste.

@MrTiddlesTheCat I have always used the golden dose.
I would never discard such a valuable and expensive resource.
I'm a trained nurse so I'm familiar with calculating drug dosages.
I never use the needles that come with the pens these days, because I'm using a 15mg pen and injecting variable doses at the moment.

@SilenceInside has given you all the information you need! I can't think of anything to add to what she's told you.

😂😂😂

Thank you @SilenceInside, @MummyInTheNecropolis , @Billybingbong , @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne

Thanks to all of you for your replies and advice. I ordered 1ml needles from SHD Medical as I seem to remember reading somewhere not to buy them from Amazon.

I'll give it a go tomorrow when I can see what I'm doing in daylight.

Yes definitely don’t use needles from Amazon. Good luck tomorrow, it’s easy to do.

I use the golden dose because why wouldn’t you? I’m not putting that in the bin!

Always use all that's left in the pen, it's the best dose as it's bigger usually very close to 1ml

I use the extra dose too, over 4 pens it's a saving of £260 ish! I'm hoping my next order is approved soon, I've pushed the time limit for ordering to it's max 😐

@Springflowers2 they're still our babies, no matter what their age.

I remember going with my eldest child to an appointment at Moorfields Eye Hospital. When her name was called I got up to go in with her.

She was 37 at the time.
🤣

Lol Broon I could see myself doing that! DS is 15 and has started going into appointments by himself (cahms, specsavers etc) and I feel very redundant!

How very generous of you all to tell your lives here.

I feel most aligned with @UsernameShmusername2024 but was told I needed to lose weight at age 10 by Mum too. Then had some teenage / early 20s when I was as fit as a flea but bigger than peer group (eg a size 12 or 14) which now I would give my eye teeth for! I have a photo of me in 1990 in a ball gown where I was embarrassed but I look fab. Just didn't know it. or feel it. Have never felt it.

Mine is greed and FOMO. So I want to eat all the things and before MJ could because I was never full up. And I hated to see others eating / drinking something without me doing the same. Hence at Uni I could drink a yard of ale and win at downing a pint etc. MJ has allowed me to say "no thank you" without feeling I am missing out.

Because instead of thinking about what food / drink I am missing out on, I am now thinking about what life experiences I might have been missing out on and a new shape may let me enjoy them (eg fitting in a plane seat, on a ride, a long walk, doing up my coat when I am cold because it does up, and apparently buying clothes I like rather than simply clothes that fit!)

Ain't we grand, all different , all similar, all on the way to a new shape and fighting to take a new mindset with us.

I also resonate with @UsernameShmusername2024 and @Missingducks. Fairly happy childhood, but always craving/sneaking extra food.

As a kid and through my 20s/30s my weakness was fatty, salty food. A proper savoury fiend. Now I'm in my 40s, peri has taken hold and I've developed a sweet tooth, which is probably why I've put on the extra, extra pounds recently.

Thanks ..yes I'm very proud of her
She has an important job for her age ,so needs this holiday to relax

That's lovely,mines 28,and been all over the world already,
I'm not usually so upset ,but obviously recent events are a worry
She's currently over china arriving in HK in about 2 hours ..been tracking the flight

NSV - I went out for dinner, chose wisely, and acknowledged that I was satisfied enough to not have pudding.

I would have liked one because it’s pudding! But I couldn’t have fitted it in after a mackerel and salad!

I’m still on 10mg, have just started one and have 2 in the fridge. But I’ve gone to 5 days apart for injections and have regained the suppression again so feel all energised and back in the zone!!

NSV here - I was at a meeting today with lunch provided - sandwiches, crisps and fruit. Rather than load my plate like I would have done previously I started with just two quarters of a sandwich, waited a while, then went back for one more quarter and some fruit. Now feeling nicely satisfied several hours later.

Also, wore a dress today that I would never have considered in the past, figured it would probably look ok-ish if not particularly good. Then when I saw myself in the mirror I was actually really pleased at how not-fat I look - so much so that I took a picture to share with you all 🥰 Still a bit of a tummy on display but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be!