So my attempt to diarise daily my journey failed at day 2 when I completely forgot to come here and update. In my defence, my wife was very poorly in hospital and that too priority
I procrastinated about starting because of events outside of my control but eventually took the bull by the horns. I think I had heard so much bad stuff about the treatment that I expected to be incapacitated and unable to do anything because of chronic nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. It was my diabetic nurse who convinced me it would be OK and I just needed to “get started” so I did.
In my first month, I took the medicine on a Monday evenings just before bed, around 10.30 in the evening. I did suffer quite badly from nausea and acid reflux trough the first month.I found that if I used the thigh as an injection site I got fewer symptoms and they lasted for less time (normal about three days), but it was a tough month.
It was made easier by dealing with other things like hospital visits, lots of bad news and lots and lots of driving/travelling simply because I couldn’t sit at home feeling poorly. I think it also helped because the reduced appetite meant I wasn’t always looking for food or worrying about meals as I would have done in the past.
I lost about 1Kg on my first month on 2.5mg
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