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<blockquote data-quote="clairy clutterbuck" data-source="post: 124856" data-attributes="member: 23614"><p><strong>Re: VICTOZA</strong></p><p></p><p>Well, I haven't been on since just around Christmas due to madness at work but felt I should give my update. Had to stop the victoza late December as after four weeks and the nausea having initially subsided it came back and I just could not face santa and all that he brings like that. :roll: With hindsight should have waited til the new year.</p><p></p><p>So I started it again beginning of Jan and its now been 9 weeks since then. Before xmas I had lost 3kg and had gone from 133kg to 130kg. My blood sugars were 8.4 for the quarterly thing and anything from 11/12/13 ish each day. So now 9 weeks on.....</p><p></p><p>Sugars are anything from 4-9 mostly with the odd spike and the odd 3.9! Its a good job I dont know you to be admitting my weight :lol: I was 168kg (370lbs) a few years ago and managed to get to 133kg (293lbs) before victoza - took me six years but hey ho....but I am now 123kg (271lbs) woo hoo!! So thats a total loss of 10kg on victoza which is about 21lbs so far. Now for the down side :arrow: </p><p></p><p>Blurred vision which passed after four weeks and Disturbed sleep pattern (not a know side effect so not sure if connected) which passed after six weeks.</p><p></p><p>and now I am only putting this next bit after much thought and consideration as having read a couple of other posts it filled me with releif to see I am not alone. About four weeks ago I started feeling very sick, bad stomach pain and vomiting for several hours to the point it was happening every six days and on one occasion landed up in A&E. Now here is a lesson to read Victoza leaflet before use :lol: I have ended up with an endoscopy, a colonoscopy and numerous blood tests and scans and nothing was found and then I read the Victoza leaflet! So seeing that a couple of other people are in the same pickle I will have a chat with the Dr next time. </p><p></p><p>But I do not want to give this up... the weight loss and the blood sugar results have to be worth it and surely it will pass?? Does it pass?? So I am going to persevere and put up with these side effects, but does anyone have any ideas that might help. I am sipping squash as one person suggested... and as you can tell by my yakking away I havent lost the ability to talk :lol: Any help would be very gratefully received.. xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clairy clutterbuck, post: 124856, member: 23614"] [b]Re: VICTOZA[/b] Well, I haven't been on since just around Christmas due to madness at work but felt I should give my update. Had to stop the victoza late December as after four weeks and the nausea having initially subsided it came back and I just could not face santa and all that he brings like that. :roll: With hindsight should have waited til the new year. So I started it again beginning of Jan and its now been 9 weeks since then. Before xmas I had lost 3kg and had gone from 133kg to 130kg. My blood sugars were 8.4 for the quarterly thing and anything from 11/12/13 ish each day. So now 9 weeks on..... Sugars are anything from 4-9 mostly with the odd spike and the odd 3.9! Its a good job I dont know you to be admitting my weight :lol: I was 168kg (370lbs) a few years ago and managed to get to 133kg (293lbs) before victoza - took me six years but hey ho....but I am now 123kg (271lbs) woo hoo!! So thats a total loss of 10kg on victoza which is about 21lbs so far. Now for the down side :arrow: Blurred vision which passed after four weeks and Disturbed sleep pattern (not a know side effect so not sure if connected) which passed after six weeks. and now I am only putting this next bit after much thought and consideration as having read a couple of other posts it filled me with releif to see I am not alone. About four weeks ago I started feeling very sick, bad stomach pain and vomiting for several hours to the point it was happening every six days and on one occasion landed up in A&E. Now here is a lesson to read Victoza leaflet before use :lol: I have ended up with an endoscopy, a colonoscopy and numerous blood tests and scans and nothing was found and then I read the Victoza leaflet! So seeing that a couple of other people are in the same pickle I will have a chat with the Dr next time. But I do not want to give this up... the weight loss and the blood sugar results have to be worth it and surely it will pass?? Does it pass?? So I am going to persevere and put up with these side effects, but does anyone have any ideas that might help. I am sipping squash as one person suggested... and as you can tell by my yakking away I havent lost the ability to talk :lol: Any help would be very gratefully received.. xx [/QUOTE]
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