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 …
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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 »GLP-1 Journey: Week One
I just finished my first week on my GLP-1 weight loss journey. I'll be updating weekly on Blogcritics, so be sure to follow along!
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, …
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Brain Computer Interface technology will allow you to control the world with just your thoughts and bluetooth.
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The SXSW Conference has movies, music, comedy, science and pop-culture.
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'Monk' actor Jason Gray-Stanford talks about being your best advocate and staying positive when you go through health challenges. "Remember that it's okay to accept help and to ask for help."
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Michael Kahan's podcast combines thoughtful conversation with comedy in his interviews, exploring challenges and failures that celebrities encountered in their careers.
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A new production of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Wit' about a dying cancer patient is particularly poignant now.
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