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A 72-year-old woman shares her 14-month Mounjaro and metformin journey: 90 pounds lost, chronic kidney disease reversed, and knee pain gone – without surgery.
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GLP-1 Journey: Twenty Months In
It’s been a while since I last shared an update on my semaglutide journey. I first began writing about it back in January 2024, when I took my first steps into the unknown. With a starting weight of 250 pounds, I’ve updated a couple of times along the way, but …
Read More »GLP-1 Journey: One Month In
It grieves me to see how much it costs to use these potentially life-changing medicines...but the lowest dose restored my willpower over food.
Read More »To GLP-1 or Not to GLP-1: That Is the Big Weight Loss Question!
I’ve had a weight problem pretty much my entire life. And, mainly to take the weight off my now-arthritic knees, I’m about to take a stab at one of the new GLP-1 medicines. Even Weight Watchers has a GLP-1 plan through its partner Sequence. (I did check into this one, …
Read More »Book Review: ‘Education4Knees: Everything You Need to Know for Happy, Healthy and Pain-Free Knees,’ by Gregory M. Martin, M.D.
'Education4Knees' is a new book by Dr. Gregory Martin that takes the mystery out of knee pain. And as this prominent orthopedic surgeon writes, you may not need surgery at all.
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