Hi everyone,
Sorry if this seems like a repeated post, had posted a couple of weeks ago about frustrating DN appt where she put me back on Metformin despite me telling her I could not handle the side effects in previous experience with it. I'm T2, I asked in that appt to be put back on Rybelsus, was prescribed that last year by another DN but was advised to stop taking it by GP as my mental health was very bad.
Thankfully that has improved, I was back to see yet another nurse last Friday for a stubborn UTI which will not go away and I spoke to her again about the Rybelsus (knew she was a DN as I'd spoken to her before). I told her I was not at all happy at being denied this when it was prescribed before and I had already had to stop taking the Metformin as the side effects were horrendous, even my partner commented he thought they were going to kill me! Anyway, she has agreed to give me the Rybelsus again, prescription going into pharmacy, talk about a lottery on who you get to talk to, she wasn't happy giving me them but I think she knew I was on the verge of complaining about the sheer incompetence of these supposed health professionals being forced on us.
Still waiting for the prescription but over the weekend I have spoken to a friend who has been taking Mounjaro for the last 3 months, she has lost over 3 stone and her T2 diabetes is now in remission with it, she's almost completely off blood pressure meds as well. She couldn't recommend it more highly, she has had side effects but nothing serious. I've already looked into this a lot but something just seems to stop me 'hitting the button' to order it from an online pharmacy. Does anyone have any experience or thoughts on this? I have 4 stone to lose to get into a healthy weight range, I've been doing low carb for 2 weeks and total weight loss is 1 and a half pounds, I know it's a loss but it's still frustrating.
I know the Rybelsus will possibly not help much with weight loss and comes with it's own side effects, I've done so much research into both of them but just can't seem to make a decision about the best one for me. I know there's no point in asking my GP or nurse again as they won't give advice one way or the other if they're not prescribing it. I've thought about this so much over the last few days feel like my brain is overheating! Lol. Thanks for any insight into this and sorry for the long post.
Maggie
Sorry if this seems like a repeated post, had posted a couple of weeks ago about frustrating DN appt where she put me back on Metformin despite me telling her I could not handle the side effects in previous experience with it. I'm T2, I asked in that appt to be put back on Rybelsus, was prescribed that last year by another DN but was advised to stop taking it by GP as my mental health was very bad.
Thankfully that has improved, I was back to see yet another nurse last Friday for a stubborn UTI which will not go away and I spoke to her again about the Rybelsus (knew she was a DN as I'd spoken to her before). I told her I was not at all happy at being denied this when it was prescribed before and I had already had to stop taking the Metformin as the side effects were horrendous, even my partner commented he thought they were going to kill me! Anyway, she has agreed to give me the Rybelsus again, prescription going into pharmacy, talk about a lottery on who you get to talk to, she wasn't happy giving me them but I think she knew I was on the verge of complaining about the sheer incompetence of these supposed health professionals being forced on us.
Still waiting for the prescription but over the weekend I have spoken to a friend who has been taking Mounjaro for the last 3 months, she has lost over 3 stone and her T2 diabetes is now in remission with it, she's almost completely off blood pressure meds as well. She couldn't recommend it more highly, she has had side effects but nothing serious. I've already looked into this a lot but something just seems to stop me 'hitting the button' to order it from an online pharmacy. Does anyone have any experience or thoughts on this? I have 4 stone to lose to get into a healthy weight range, I've been doing low carb for 2 weeks and total weight loss is 1 and a half pounds, I know it's a loss but it's still frustrating.
I know the Rybelsus will possibly not help much with weight loss and comes with it's own side effects, I've done so much research into both of them but just can't seem to make a decision about the best one for me. I know there's no point in asking my GP or nurse again as they won't give advice one way or the other if they're not prescribing it. I've thought about this so much over the last few days feel like my brain is overheating! Lol. Thanks for any insight into this and sorry for the long post.
Maggie