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<blockquote data-quote="Rachox" data-source="post: 2731496" data-attributes="member: 400972"><p>Hi [USER=314708]@Julie1972[/USER] , I have had a similar history to you in that I suffered bereavement from the death of both my parents a few years ago. Although I kept low carb and kept my HbA1c with in normal range, I comfort ate by over doing the fats, think cream and dark chocolate and put on weight. When I came to my diabetes review in ‘23 I asked about these type of meds to maintain my diabetes and give me a kick start losing the weight I had gained. So I was switched from Metformin to Victoza a GLP1 med and lost some of the weight. Victoza became impossible to get at the end of last year (due to all the hype about ‘skinny jabs’), so I went back to Metformin, but found I couldn’t tolerate it any more. I was then switched to Rybelsus a tablet version GLP1 med. I have kept my diabetes under control along side a low carb diet and lost more weight on it. As far as I know it is possible to take it long term and as it’s only licensed for type 2 diabetes not weight loss it has remained readily available, although weight loss has been a happy side effect for me.</p><p>Could you get an appt. with a GP sooner than with the nurse and enquire about this alternative?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rachox, post: 2731496, member: 400972"] Hi [USER=314708]@Julie1972[/USER] , I have had a similar history to you in that I suffered bereavement from the death of both my parents a few years ago. Although I kept low carb and kept my HbA1c with in normal range, I comfort ate by over doing the fats, think cream and dark chocolate and put on weight. When I came to my diabetes review in ‘23 I asked about these type of meds to maintain my diabetes and give me a kick start losing the weight I had gained. So I was switched from Metformin to Victoza a GLP1 med and lost some of the weight. Victoza became impossible to get at the end of last year (due to all the hype about ‘skinny jabs’), so I went back to Metformin, but found I couldn’t tolerate it any more. I was then switched to Rybelsus a tablet version GLP1 med. I have kept my diabetes under control along side a low carb diet and lost more weight on it. As far as I know it is possible to take it long term and as it’s only licensed for type 2 diabetes not weight loss it has remained readily available, although weight loss has been a happy side effect for me. Could you get an appt. with a GP sooner than with the nurse and enquire about this alternative? [/QUOTE]
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