Continuing Wegovy - Thread 2

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First thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight_loss_chat/4932431-starting-wegovy-this-week?page=40&reply=132249138

Is there a company that people would recommend?

A lot of people on the FB group rate Pharmacy4u. I get mine through Healthexpress.

How do you store your Wegovy pens between doses? The instructions I have say you can store in the fridge

Yes they are to be kept in the fridge

For those that have used boots online doctor to get there wegovy, do you know whether you have to wait for a reminder from them before you can re-order your next pen (the next one up) or can you just re-order when you want?

I'm in exactly the same position and wondering what to do!

I'm thinking of going elsewhere tbh, the pharmacist delays in my local branch are a pain, I'd rather get it delivered.

What process do Health Express ask you to go through? Do you have to send photos?

@ProfYaffle I got mine from there in the end, unless I’ve got it mixed up with Boots which had no stock, they wanted a full length photo and photo of ID.

You have to upload a full body length photo when you first sign up. I've made 3 orders in total and haven't had to upload another. Then it's just a simple questionnaire. They ask to write to your doctor just to inform them they have prescribed Wegovy, which I agreed to.

That's great, thank you both.

I'm with Boots and you're not allowed the next pen until you've taken the 3rd dose of your current one.

I've had my 2 pens from chemist 4u and both delivered within a couple of days in a refrigerated package. You have to go through the online consultation but not asked for photos. Would recommend

@Annwithout ahh thank you for that. I took my third 0.25 yesterday so will wait till the end of the week and order the 0.5 pen.

Has anyone stayed on .25 for another 4 weeks? It's working well for me. I've got the .5 ready for Monday but think I'd rather stick with .25 until it stops working.

Not sure how I would go about injecting a half dose though, or if the pen would last 8 weeks in the fridge?

Hmmm. I order mine straight away to make sure I get it in time for the 4th?

@Annwithout yes your right. I'll put my order in today. Thanks for your advice it's been really helpful.

I got my reminder message at 9.30 this morning. I collected my pen on 13th Jan so it looks like they allow you to order the day after your third dose. I've put in my request so fingers crossed it all goes through OK. If my chemist is still having delays I'm going to switch online for the 3rd pen.

@Profyaffle snap! I put it in after @Annwithout said about it so just waiting for clinician to okay it. I always get worried about stuff like this just in case they say no! Not that there is any reason why they should say no mind.

Yes, I'm the same! Feel like I'm doing something wrong but no idea why!

@Profyaffle I think it just affects everyone differently and as we are only on a teenie amount the effects are also teenie. The more we stick to it and carry on and the higher the dose goes it's then that the results will happen. I know what you mean though, it does dishearten you a bit but we will get there I bet

I'm definitely finding the side effects get worse the more I take (and obviously there is a bit less of me to absorb them too so maybe that makes a difference!)

At 0.25 I had barely any apart from 2-3 days fatigue and the occasional burp on day 1 after a dose. At 0.5 I did feel it much more in the first few weeks, so I decided to take 0.5 for a second round of 4 weeks.

I had no problems eating and drinking over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years - towards the end of the 0.25s. But I had a couple of glasses of wine with a friend during this week and I felt awful after it. I had a kebab for lunch with work colleagues one day last week too and it sat in my stomach like a stone, I was up at 5am with tummy ache the next day. And my alcohol tolerance is def gone way down in general. DH poured me a glass of wine last night and I ended up nearly forcing myself to drink the first half and then giving it back to him to finish.

So many new messages, it's great to have a busy group.

I've been away for the weekend and it's so nice to enjoy other things than eating and then planning what to have for my next meal.

I'm due my 3rd 1mg shot today but am going to do 10 days like I did with my second shot, I can still feel the effects and it'll make it cheaper to get 40 days out of a pen and not 28.
I also think I'm going to stay on the 1mg because it's working so well, I know a lot of people get constipation on this but I'm the other way and have diarrhoea 3 or 4 times a week, it's not painful or inconvenient but I do worry that I'm not getting any nutrients from my food if it's passing through so quickly.

Has anyone who suffers with emotional eating found anything to help alongside the Wegovy?

I'm on week 4 of 0.5mg and the weight is coming off. I've got a lot to lose though.
5ft4 and started at 227lbs. I've lost 20lbs in 7 weeks which I'm really happy about.

I eat all the time. When I'm happy, sad, bored, alone.

Anyway I've been scaring myself recently watching people with loads of loose skin from losing weight too quickly. Now I'm panicking. Is there anything we can do to try and minimise this from happening? Other than not taking the drug...

Ok had a shocking weekend - calorie and volume wise I wouldn’t say I was horrendous but I’ve eaten all the wrong things, very little protein and way too much sugar. My tummy was terrible on Saturday and although it’s settled today I don’t feel “right” again yet.

Took 3rd dose of 0.25, just ordered my 0.5 pen so that’ll be me from week 5.

I really notice the difference in my hunger when I don’t prioritise protein so that’s what I’ll be doing this week along with more activity and more water. Bringing my shot forward one day to Friday morning too as I pushed it back to Saturday evening this week which will have massively contributed to my lack of will power and heavy snacking this weekend.

some excellent loses from people, thanks for sharing as really spurs me on!