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DMAN1968
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re: Am I Essentially Doomed To Weight Loss/Diabetes Medicine?
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/23/26 at 5:23 am to TheMagicMan
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Since I started this, I've eased up on my hesitancy to go on a GLP-1 or other weight loss medications. Like others have said, taking a medicine might prevent bigger issues down the road if I don't lose the excess weight. Even if I am diabetic, I know if I get my weight down I can reverse that.
I've been hesitant to respond up until now because everyone believes that all anyone has to do is eat less and exercise more to solve every weight/health issue. That isn't the case for everyone.
Mounjaro was first and foremost a medicine for diabetes...not weight loss.
My wife had similar A1C numbers to yours with the need for weight loss when she got on it. Her A1C numbers started to fall in line well before weight loss alone could be accredited with the result. She's been on it for 3 years now and her A1C numbers have been normal for at least 2 years...not borderline normal...solid middle numbers. She has now been able to cut her dosage in half and will probably have to go down even further. I shot every 2 weeks at present.
Having worked in hospitals now for over 33 year I can tell you...uncontrolled diabetes, especially type 2, is a miserable way to live. If taking 1 shot every 2 weeks of a GLP-1 is all it takes to save my eyesight, kidneys, keep all my toes, feet and legs, lower my risk of stroke and cardiac disease then that sounds like a win to me. There are also some new studies about semaglutides and Alzheimers showing reduced risks.
Don't get me wrong...can you do this with diet and exercise alone?...quite possibly. But a man your age, on low doses of Mounjaro AND doing better on diet and exercise will drop 30 pounds in no time and more importantly see a decrease in those A1C numbers. You could even get to the point of not needing the GERD meds and the blood pressure meds.
Also, I think you mentioned long term effects, GLP-1's have been used for the treatment of diabetes since 2005. A couple of decades of data.
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re: Who was the last Republican president that didn’t start a war?
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/23/26 at 4:37 am to CrimsonFever
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Who was the last Republican president that didn’t start a war?
All of them since WW11.
The USA has not officially declared war on anyone since then.
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Are you saying my government is lying in the report I linked?
I'm saying a report based on bad information can and usually is wrong. The IAEA has never had full unfettered access to open inspections of all Iranian locations. So what is it based on?
Or they are lying...us and them.
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By all accounts, they quit enriching in 2003. So basically you are paying those prices for nothing.
So the Stuxnet virus targeting Iranian centrifuges used for enriching uranium never happened?
It's not a real Bernie quote without the word "oligarchy" in it.
:lol:
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re: $29 Billion Later, the Price of Gas Has Increased 62%
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/22/26 at 6:10 am to DellTronJon
quote:Besides Iran saying so themselves? How much highly enriched uranium did they say they had?
Because there has been no evidence presented of the alleged nuke development that has been two months away for the last 40 years.
re: H1B visa applications being approved at a breakneck speed
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/22/26 at 5:41 am to DyeHardDylan
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As a note, Trump has reduced the number of approved student visas and other visas broadly
Isn't there a cap on new H1B visas per year?
How is Trump doing more new ones than any one else?
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You know about the euphoria part how???
You ever seen someone get hit with a dose of morphine? Eyes roll back and a face as serene as you could imagine. That's anecdotal having seen it many times in my hospital work.
First hand testimony:
After a car wreck my brother was on a morphine pump for pain. Those are set to only allow some many doses in an hour. He would hit that thing even when he knew it wouldn't give him another dose yet. He later said it was like going to "heaven".
Every time she "pops" a bubble the word frick comes out. It's like some weird cartoon. :lol:
re: Execution of TN. inmate called off at the last minute because ....
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/21/26 at 2:57 pm to AwgustaDawg
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thinks the government can execute people without error.....
One big dose of Morphine. Readily available, inject pretty much anywhere and overdose death assured. Your mind is in euphoria and you just quit breathing.
It most certainly can be done without error.
re: Trump to roll back Biden-era refrigerant rules in push to lower grocery costs
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/21/26 at 2:26 pm to tigeraddict
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and the new refrigerant is not as energy efficient as the older refrigerants, but more "environmentally" friendly
Nothing beat the old R12/R22.
That was it...2 versions. Ah the good old days.
My parents still have a R22 ac running right now.
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A Haitian like Cuba only 90 miles offshore is a big problem
Not really.
There isn't enough that floats on that island to move 10 million people.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/21/26 at 8:32 am to TulsaSooner78
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Maybe he can convince the Supreme Leader
He won't "see" the Supreme Leader.
Hell...no one has.
re: The black culture’s requirement to remain a Democrat “is stupid”
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/21/26 at 5:08 am to chalmetteowl
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Right but Republicans are the party of white flight who move further and further away not to live near black people.
You think folks move just because of the color of someone else's skin?
There are no other factors involved?
re: The black culture’s requirement to remain a Democrat “is stupid”
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/21/26 at 5:06 am to RelicBatches86
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misleading per capita crime statistics
Watch the local nightly news of any medium to big city in the US and get back to me on this one.
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You'll get your wish when younger voters dont show up.
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How did young people vote in the election?
Of voters ages 18 to 29, 52% voted for Harris, and 46% voted for Trump. Young people were more likely to vote for Harris compared with all other age groups
If we can get the younger democrats to not show up that's a win.
re: If Ken Paxton isn't a felon, then Bill Cassidy just made a huge mistake.
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/20/26 at 5:22 pm to hogcard1964
Then:
And now:
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Senator Bill Cassidy defended his vote to convict President Trump during the impeachment trial, stating that he prioritized the Constitution over any individual. He acknowledged that this decision may have cost him his political career but emphasized the importance of upholding constitutional values.
And now:
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Monday defended his vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago, saying he would rather be remembered for standing up for his principles even if it ended his career in the Senate.
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You're upset.
Not as upset as Massie. :lol:
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but there are consequences for alienating Massie supporters
The 20 counties that he represented?
A year from now he will be a memory...a footnote...on a nationwide level.
Quit putting these people on some golden pedestal.
That's the biggest problem.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by DMAN1968 on 5/20/26 at 4:37 pm to TulsaSooner78
Sarcasm is not your thing is it?
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What does in healthcare mean here? What’s your actual role? Are you patient facing?
Direct patient contact...I'm a RT...so up close and personal.
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I’ve done mission work and I don’t feel the immediate need to do more right now
That's great...really. Did the wife and kids join you?
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