Tuesday Turbulence
My stomach has been churning since last night's dinner, and it's not the first Tuesday that's happened. The timing turns out to make a surprising amount of sense once you look at how long tirzepatide actually sticks around.
Category
Side Effects & Dosing
What the medication itself does to the body, dose changes, and how that's been managed.
Not an Embolism, Just a Bubble
The bubble the syringe left in my thigh was medication, not air — but it got me wondering what would actually happen if it had been air. Turns out that's a more interesting question than I expected.
When My Guts Finally Stopped Complaining
No fanfare, no milestone. Just a week where I realised I hadn't thought about my stomach once. Three months in, that felt like the real progress.
Bubble Trouble
Last Friday I used a syringe for the golden dose. Drawing it up was easy. Getting the needle in far enough turned out to be the part I got wrong.
The Golden Dose
The pen ships with more than four doses' worth in it by design. What's actually left over after the fourth injection, what the manufacturer's own guidance says about it, and what it means in milligrams if you use it anyway.
The Invoice
Half a burger, a very good Kung Po, and a battle with the biscuit tin I actually won - followed by my gut presenting its bill the next morning.
Slurry Cannon
A pub toilet, an occupied cubicle, and a level of bowel pressure that turned out to have a rather good comparison waiting for it on the internet.
Thirty Clicks
After the 5mg experience, I stretched a 5mg pen into eight weeks of 2.5mg doses using the click count instead of buying a dedicated pen - the maths, the manufacturer's objection, and a financially tempting idea I'm not going to pretend didn't cross my mind.
Then 5mg Happened
What the dose increase to 5mg did to my digestive system, and why I dropped back to 2.5mg.
Dropping the Kids Off
Mounjaro doesn't just kill appetite, it slows everything else down too. What that's actually meant for me, and whether reaching for Immodium on the bad days is a good idea when the gut's already running slow.
Eggy Burps
A side effect I wasn't expecting: sulphurous, uncontrollable burps that arrive with zero warning - unlike every other burp I've ever had, which I can at least manage.