Funny thing

 

 

Judy’s A1C number, the long-term measure of blood sugar went up again, from 7 to 10.  (That’s not the funny part.)  It’s time to medicate so this doesn’t escalate to diabetes.  But the medicine, that’s the funny part.  Ozempic.  Originally designed to reduce blood sugar, it also happens to cause weight loss.  That’s the drug being advertised on TV now with celebrities touting how many pounds they’ve lost.  Reducing a dangerous level of blood sugar, that sounds fine.  Losing 60 or 80 pounds?  Not so much, starting at 125.  We expressed our concern.   We’re each at a healthy weight going into our most senior years.  We have a little cushion to help us stay ahead of frailty.  We settled on a micro-dose shot of 0.25 mg once a week.  (The weight loss champions are taking 2.0 mg per week.)  Judy has already lost a little bit of appetite and a couple pounds in the last two weeks.  It takes about 3 months for blood sugar changes to show up on the A1C test, but the daily blood sugar checks she does at home have her down about 100 points, so that’s positive.  We’ll keep an eye on the blood sugar, and the weight.