Obviously rooting for you 
I should hope so 
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Bruv, how could you ever second-guess my best intentions??? 
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I just read an article in The Guardian that if you take Wegovy you have a five times greater risk of having eye stroke, going blind, one in 10,000 I think.
Please forgive me for not knowing how to put the article here with Safari. I used to do it on my PC but only have Windows 7 so cannot do it until I can afford an updated computer.
Yikes!
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Can you try to post the article here?
Not the Guardian article (and I’m not @linguafood ,
) but a little closer to the source.
ETA The Guardian article
Thank you!
Today’s article in The Guardian says Wegovy is 5 times worse than the others.
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Ah! Didn’t realize there was a new one.
Maybe this one
and
Ischemic optic neuropathy with semaglutide: global observational analysis of sex- and formulation-specific risk from The British Journal of Opthamplogy
https://bjo.bmj.com/content/early/2026/03/02/bjo-2025-328483
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Gift link from NYT
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My friend is getting a gastric bypass because nothing else has been working, or she hasn’t been able to tolerate the drugs. She has spent a lot on prescribed restricted diets in the past. The second time she did the Bernstein Diet, a year after the birth of her second child, she developed severe kidney stones, that seemed to be caused by the diet. I understand that she is currently around 285 lbs on
One cousin got at lap band about 15 years ago, losing 100 lbs, bringing her weight back down to a weight of 100 lbs, as she is barely 5 feet tall. She has tried her best to keep it off, but she has gained some back. No idea if she is using any drugs at this point.
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Ozempic still seems to be working for me. Kind of. My 40 minutes a day of Peloton is having a huge impact in conjunction w an Ozempic pen every 3 or 4 months whereas cardio had little impact before I started on Oz.
I do tend to start regaining weight a couple weeks after i quit taking Ozempic, though. Not fast, but steadily.
I may be overthinking this but this is my progress report on the year and a half i have been using Ozempic.
I was at 215-220 most of my adult life and in good shape. After my gym closed i went up to 246 and suffered from Afib for nearly 2 years. Felt horrible.
I feel a lot better now other than various age related issues w arthritis and cervical stenosis. My muscle tone is worse (i can’t lift weights any more) but my heart health feels better and I can hike longer and faster.
Ozempic is not perfect (I still get acid reflux for a day or two after I take a shot) and it is not for everyone, but it has really improved my quality of life.
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Like I mentioned above, it worked for me for an initial 20lb loss then it kinda stopped but no weight gained. Now that the weather is nicer and my lower back pain has dissipated, I’m going for longer walks and I’ll get back into my workout routine. All of the side effects are gone as well. I’m still on one pen a month at the max dosage.
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Keep it up! I think it allowing us to exercise more is one of its best features. The weight loss is great but exercise is so important.
When exercise became something i looked forward to again, i knew i had reached a goal i had not thought to set.
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Mens sana in corpore sano.
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Someone very close to me had gastric bypass about three years ago and recently started one of these medicines.
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Scio me nihil scire.
I cheated and looked up a decent response to your insightful quote. 
Now i am thinking of Doc and Ringo in their battle of wits.
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Wow. So the gastric bypass alone didn’t do the trick?
I was tortured with 5 yrs of Latin in HS.
#neverforget 
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Wasn’t that overkill?
I think 2 years of Spanish can be very practical.
