Anyone on the Ascend Plus trial?

[Mrs Redboots]

Oh well done you - just a thought but charity shops are great for getting clothes you're only going to wear for a short while - then you can happily donate them back when they get too big and everybody wins. Keep posting.

Yes, I've been visiting them. Picked up a pair that are so not size 16, whatever they say - I'll have to take them back. Nearest shop is happy to receive my too-big trousers, and tells me their own summer stock will be being put up during the week, so I'll take a bag down tomorrow.

 

[Mrs Redboots]

Update: I bought 2 pairs of cheapo size 16 trousers on Amazon, not quite believing they would go anywhere near me - and they are now too big! Weight this morning 78.85 kg!

I was going to come on here and ask when I could expect the next 6-pack of tablets, as I've just started the penultimate one, and will finish those before the end of our upcoming holiday - I'll take the last pack with me, of course, but was concerned about the replacement. And before I got round to it, I got an email saying it had been posted, and they arrived next day!

 

[JackA2026]

I am 2 weeks into 7mg and am absolutely miserable, the nausea is so bad often retching. I don't think it is worth it if it makes us miserable. I have spoken to my doctor about anti nausea tablets as ginger, or eating small amounts regularly doesn't work. Let's hope the anti nausea tablets work

Hi, I am two years into my trial and definitely on the placebo as I don’t get the symptoms I had at the start. I am prescribed ondansetron as I get nausea with gallbladder issues. They were a life saver for the nausea with the first lot of real semaglutide. A lot of doctors won’t prescribe them as they’re expensive (what a paramedic told me when I had sepsis but he said they are the gold star of anti nausea meds) but if you can get them they’re definitely a help, especially if you are on the semaglutide.

 

[Su8]

I did find after 2 weeks on 7mg the nausea became manageable but I was very lucky in not getting bad side effects. It's a bigger leap to 14mg so if the anti-nausea pills help, you might want to speak to the ascend plus team about staying at 7mg in two months time. They're very helpful.

 

[Mrs Redboots]

Now, here's an interesting development. Just before I went on holiday I had my regular screening for diabetic retinopathy. Always before they have said I am developing it and they need to keep an eye on it, come back in six weeks/three months/six months, etc. But this time, the letter that was waiting for me when I came back from holiday said there were no signs of it, and I needn't come back for another year! I did have an operation to remove an epiretinal membrane last summer, but I was screened fairly soon afterwards with the usual result. I have checked with the AIs, who say that it can heal spontaneously if one's diabetes is better managed - I can only assume that with the oral semaglutide, this is exactly what has happened! Has anybody else had a similar experience?