PEN 1Dec2023

I was diagnosed type 2 Diabetic Friday 7 May 2004.

I have been on different pills since Monday 10 March 2023 but never on the needle!

For years, different MDs and RNs tried to convince me to "go on the needle" (my term), insulin, saying I would feel better. I remembered the huge needles and the number of times a day my late Father and late youngest brother Charlie had to use. That was not for me!

On Monday, 13 February 2023 my VA Nurse Practitioner told me my A1C was climbing and that I would either have to go on insulin daily or Ozempic once a week. She said I no longer had a choice. She also said VA provided Ozempic is "much, much less" than in the civilian market [words to that effect]. (It is!)

So, I agreed to "go on the needle".

I received my first Ozempic Pen 21 February 2023 A couple of RNs at the local VA clinic supervised me giving myself that first shot. It basically did not hurt!

Thus, I am going to be on Ozempic "for the duration". The main affects are I've lost appetite and do not have much interest in drinking alcohol. (My interest in drinking has been dropping for years anyway.)

Here, then, is my running record:

February 2023

The initial four doses were 0.25 mg each with doses 5 and 6 increasing to 0.5 mg. Subsequent doses will be 0.5 mg each.

Fri 24 Pen 1 Dose 1 0.25 Σ 1


March 2023

Fri    3  Pen 1 Dose 2  Σ 2
Fri   10  Pen 1 Dose 3  Σ 3 
Fri   17  Pen 1 Dose 4  Σ 4</``pre>

Unless noted, future dosage will be .5 mg.

Fri   24  Pen 1 Dose 5  Σ 5
Fri   31  Pen 1 Dose 6  Σ 6

APRIL 2023
FRI   7   Pen 2 Dose 1  Σ 7                                                                                               
FRI  14   Pen 2 Dose 2  Σ 8
FRI  21   Pen 2 Dose 3  Σ 9
FRI  28   Pen 2 Dose 4  Σ 10

MAY 2023

FRI   5 Pen 3 Dose 1  Σ 11
FRI  12 Pen 3 Dose 2  Σ 12
FRI  19 Pen 3 Dose 3  Σ 13
FRI  26 Pen 3 Dose 4  Σ 14

 
JUNE 2023

FRI    2 Pen 4 Dose 1  Σ 15
FRI    9 Pen 4 Dose 2  Σ 16
FRI   16 Pen 4 Dose 3  Σ 17 
FRI   23 Pen 4 Dose 4  Σ 18
FRI   30 Pen 5 Dose 1  Σ 19  
 
JULY 2023

Fri    7  Pen 5 Dose 2 Σ 20 
Fri   14  Pen 5 Dose 3 Σ 21
Fri   21  Pen 5 Dose 4 Σ 22
Fri   28  Pen 6 Dose 1 Σ 23
 
August 2023

Fri   4  Pen 6 Dose 2  Σ 24
Fri  11  Pen 6 Dose 3  Σ 25
Fri  18  Pen 6 Dose 4  Σ 26
Fri  25  Pen 7 Dose 1  Σ 27

September 2023

Fri   1  Pen 7  Dose 2  Σ 28 
Fri   8  Pen 7  Dose 3  Σ 29   
Fri  15  Pen 7  Dose 4  Σ 30   
Fri  22  Pen 8  Dose 1  Σ 31      
Fri 29   Pen 8  Dose 2  Σ 32      

October 2023  

Fri  6 Pen 8 Dose 3    Σ 33    
Fri 13 Pen 8 Dose 4    Σ 34      
Fri 20 Pen 9 Dose 1    Σ 35
Fri 27 Pen 9 Dose 2    Σ 36

November 2023
Fri   3 Pen  9 Dose 3  Σ 37
Fri  10 Pen  9 Dose 4  Σ 38
Fri  17 Pen 10 Dose 1  Σ 39
Fri  24 Pen 10 Dose 2  Σ 40

December 2023 
Fir   1 Pen 10 Dose 3  Σ