Having finally been reviewed by the local Diabetes Centre, it was decided that I should stick with the Empagliflozin at 25mg, and also go on Ozempic weekly injections.
I've done 4 weeks at 0.25mg, and 2 weeks at 0.5 mg, 6 weeks of absolute misery.
Bowel movements ranging from rock-solidly painful to fully liquid surprises, now seemingly settled at the liquid stage. Sorry for the graphic descriptions.
Spoke to the Centre this week, they said I could either persevere to see if the symptoms subsided, or just stop using the Ozempic and see what happens.
Unable to face much more of the current situation, I have decided that Ozempic isn't for me.
Combine eating little and sleeping even less, the choice was simple.
Although Ozempic certainly seemed to work, with BG levels between 5 and 6 mmol at any time of the day, the pain, inconvenience and downright embarrassment of it all rules it out.
One saving grace is that my Parkinson's means I wear incontinence pads 24/7, and they are shaped in such a way that full-blown accidents are mostly rare.
I look forward to seeing what the doctors have in mind for 'Plan B'.
I also look forward to my digestive system returning to normal.
Apparently Ozempic takes 4 or 5 weeks to clear from the body.
I've done 4 weeks at 0.25mg, and 2 weeks at 0.5 mg, 6 weeks of absolute misery.
Bowel movements ranging from rock-solidly painful to fully liquid surprises, now seemingly settled at the liquid stage. Sorry for the graphic descriptions.
Spoke to the Centre this week, they said I could either persevere to see if the symptoms subsided, or just stop using the Ozempic and see what happens.
Unable to face much more of the current situation, I have decided that Ozempic isn't for me.
Combine eating little and sleeping even less, the choice was simple.
Although Ozempic certainly seemed to work, with BG levels between 5 and 6 mmol at any time of the day, the pain, inconvenience and downright embarrassment of it all rules it out.
One saving grace is that my Parkinson's means I wear incontinence pads 24/7, and they are shaped in such a way that full-blown accidents are mostly rare.
I look forward to seeing what the doctors have in mind for 'Plan B'.
I also look forward to my digestive system returning to normal.
Apparently Ozempic takes 4 or 5 weeks to clear from the body.