Progress & Trouble on Day 60
Jun. 9th, 2026 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerI've now finished two months on Rybelsus, the pill form of Ozempic, a GLP-1 medication. Recall I had good results after the first month on the starter dose then doubled up to what is considered the normal dose. How's it gone? Mostly good.
My blood glucose level has continued to decrease. It's now averaging about almost 25% lower than before I started the pills. Meanwhile I've continued losing weight. I'm now down 18 pounds total.
As for side effects... I was all set to boast of how side effects have been kept minimal. I did have one instance of almost throwing up (I had dry heaves). That was three weeks ago. Since then I've been mostly worry-free, except for the occasional gas-like stomach discomfort, thanks in large part to eating responsibly. But then I got sick this morning. At 6am I awoke to the feeling of churning in my gut. As I stood up and reread the signals my body was sending I wondered if it was just gas again, or maybe gas and diarrhea. I took a gas pill and went to the toilet. I had a bit of gas... and then I realized I had planted the wrong end of my body on the toilet. 😰 I threw up. And this time it wasn't just dry heaves, it was some of the dinner I'd eaten 12 hours earlier.
I cleaned up and went back to bed, napping it off for 2½ hours. I feel better now. I had a suspicion last night I'd eaten too much for dinner. ...A suspicion because my body never sent me signals like "Whoa, that's enough food, you're feeling stuffed!" I may have to redouble consciously knowing when to say when, because my stupid animal hindbrain is still all like "Fooooood! Delicious fooooood! Eat! Eeeeeeat!" 🙄
My blood glucose level has continued to decrease. It's now averaging about almost 25% lower than before I started the pills. Meanwhile I've continued losing weight. I'm now down 18 pounds total.
As for side effects... I was all set to boast of how side effects have been kept minimal. I did have one instance of almost throwing up (I had dry heaves). That was three weeks ago. Since then I've been mostly worry-free, except for the occasional gas-like stomach discomfort, thanks in large part to eating responsibly. But then I got sick this morning. At 6am I awoke to the feeling of churning in my gut. As I stood up and reread the signals my body was sending I wondered if it was just gas again, or maybe gas and diarrhea. I took a gas pill and went to the toilet. I had a bit of gas... and then I realized I had planted the wrong end of my body on the toilet. 😰 I threw up. And this time it wasn't just dry heaves, it was some of the dinner I'd eaten 12 hours earlier.
I cleaned up and went back to bed, napping it off for 2½ hours. I feel better now. I had a suspicion last night I'd eaten too much for dinner. ...A suspicion because my body never sent me signals like "Whoa, that's enough food, you're feeling stuffed!" I may have to redouble consciously knowing when to say when, because my stupid animal hindbrain is still all like "Fooooood! Delicious fooooood! Eat! Eeeeeeat!" 🙄
