Catalog of updates relating to the Turkey’s personal experience treating Type 2 diabetes with the GLP-1 RA drug Mounjaro from initial treatment June 3, 2024 forward to present. In addition to personal experience and observations, we present current news and opinion relating to Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, and other drugs in the GLP-1 receptor agonist class.
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- Mounjaro Update: Week 40 March 10, 2025The Turkey presents his jaundiced-eyed views on Big Pharma while describing his progress on Mounjaro at a new dose in his approach to managing Type 2 diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 39 March 3, 2025The Turkey presents his latest Mounjaro update, accompanied by comments on testosterone, diet, exercise, and his turkeyfied approach to Type 2 diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 38 February 24, 2025The Turkey presents his latest progress on Mounjaro, including increased dose. He describes his exercise program and progress on the iron deficiency.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 37 February 17, 2025The Turkey describes a funny experience with his GI doctor’s office, along with the week’s news and health update on Mounjaro therapy for Type 2 diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 36 February 10, 2025The Turkey describes his latest progress (or lack of same) on Mounjaro and bitches about the push for weight loss drugs for kids under twelve.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 35 February 3, 2025The Turkey describes his latest week on Mounjaro, along with tips on monitoring devices and a recap of progress on his functional iron deficiency.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 34 January 27, 2025The Turkey recaps the past week on Type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro along with all his other maladies in the latest instalment of this series.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 33 January 20, 2025The Turkey provides an update on his progress with Mounjaro for Type 2 diabetes, along with some news and comments about health care.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 32 January 13, 2025The Turkey provides his latest weekly health update, as he continues Mounjaro GLP-1 RA therapy for Type 2 diabetes and treats his UTI.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 31 January 6, 2025The Turkey provides his latest weekly Mounjaro update, including TMI about UTIs and iron deficiency, plus a veritable plethora of impertinent opinions.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 30 December 30, 2024The Turkey delivers a brief update of his progress on Type Two Diabetes drug Mounjaro, and provides too much information about a health issue.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 29 December 23, 2024The Turkey recaps a sideways week on Mounjaro, adding some information about how he is addressing the need for strength and aerobic exercise.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 28 December 16, 2024The Turkey describes his progress to date on the minimum therapeutic dose of Mounjaro, a GLP-1 drug for type two diabetes.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 27 December 9, 2024The Turkey provides his latest commentary on his own Mounjaro therapy and opines editorially on the GLP-1 vogue weight-loss drug situation.
- Mounjaro Update: Week 26 December 2, 2024The Turkey provides his latest update of the past week on Mounjaro, plus an editorial rant about the Biden Administration proposal for Medicare/Medicaid coverage of weight loss drugs.
- Weekly Mounjaro Update: Week 25 November 25, 2024The Turkey describes his weekly progress on Mounjaro and opines about the use of GLP-1 drugs in combating childhood obesity in America.
- Weekly Mounjaro Update: Week 24 November 18, 2024The Turkey provides his Week 24 Update on progress with the Type 2 Diabetes drug Mounjaro and heralds the arrival of a new refrigerator.
- My Week with Mounjaro November 11, 2024The Turkey provides his weekly update as he continues Mounjaro therapy for type two diabetes.
- Mt. Kilimounjaro Update November 4, 2024The Turkey advises caution in attempting to lose too much weight too fast and provides an update about his personal progress on Mounjaro.
- Wastin’ Away Again… October 28, 2024The Turkey provides his Week Twenty-Two update on Mounjaro therapy, along with a few curmudgeonly rants about YouTube and Big Pharma.
- Weekly Update: Mounjaro Therapy October 21, 2024The Turkey presents yet another weekly update on his progress with the GLP-1 diabetic drug, Mounjaro. We’ll see whether Facebook deletes this one.
- Wasting Away Again in My Mounjaroville October 14, 2024The Turkey provides more overshare health data and experience with his Mounjaro therapy, now in its twentieth week.
- Mount Kilimanjaro Travelogue: Weekly Update October 7, 2024The Turkey provides a weekly rant and update on his progress using the diabetic drug Mounjaro. This week, shortage ends, and Hurricane Milton.
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Big Pharma, Little Pharma, No Pharma September 30, 2024The Turkey reports his weekly progress on Mounjaro therapy for diabetes, among other health issues, and editorializes about compounding pharmacies.
- Mounjaro Update: Covid, Stelo, and My Story September 23, 2024Welcome to another weekly Mounjaro update, where I describe my personal progress on the drug and blow wind about related issues. Yesterday morning’s COVID test was negative! So, I’m hoping to conclude that episode. From the time I tested positive on Wednesday until now it is a little more than the expected ten days. Although I ...
- Mounjaro Update: Covid-19, CGMs, and Weekly Progress September 16, 2024Greetings, fellow Type Twos! I am back once again to describe my weekly progress on Mounjaro, and to provide some collateral information and observations for anyone interested in monitoring and improving their metabolic health. I should note that I do not offer medical advice, and I am not a doctor (thank God). Neither am I ...
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Post-Vacation Update September 11, 2024If you wondered where the weekly updates went, Jen and I have been on vacation for a few weeks, so I want to share my on-vacation performance with any interested readers. This post will focus on managing Mounjaro administration while on the road and dealing with dietary issues that are the bugaboo of diabetic vacationers. ...
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Our New Theme Song August 19, 2024The Nittany Turkey continues his Mounjaro weekly progress reports, laced with cynical assessments of collateral issues, and a new theme song.
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant: Week 10 August 12, 2024The Turkey reports his latest progress on Mounjaro and offers his cynicism over the vogue popularization of the therapy.
- Mounjaro Weekly Rant August 5, 2024No doubt, the big fooda/big pharma/big doctra/big governmenta conspiracy would love to view me as a guaranteed revenue stream, but I hope to avoid going down that rabbit hole.
- Mounjaro, Mounjaro. Rah rah rah! July 29, 2024This week’s discussion covers the author’s nine-week experience with Mounjaro for diabetes and weight loss. It critiques social media cheerleaders and stresses doing independent research rather than trusting influencers. The author reports stable glucose levels and minor weight loss but notes a return of appetite, suggesting a potential need for a dosage increase.
- The No-Namer Mounjaro Weekly July 22, 2024Nittany Turkey back atcha here to report my latest weekly results on Mounjaro and give you my latest opinions on where this whole thing is going. I track my progress and describe my experiences and observations. This week, I especially want to urge caution about trying to do too much, too fast. On that latter note, ...
- Mi Viaje Mounjaro July 15, 2024The Turkey describes Week Six on Mounjaro, along with information about measuring equipment and software and supply shortages.
- Mounjaro: No Catchy Title Yet July 8, 2024After five weeks on Mounjaro, the Turkey writes about his progress, YouTubers, and bad drug side-effects.
- Mounjaro: First Month Progress and Setbacks July 1, 2024As of yesterday, I completed four weeks on the diabetic drug Mounjaro (generic name: terzepatide), with some encouraging results.
- Mounjaro: Week Three June 24, 2024The Turkey writes about his short-term success with Mounjaro as well as some of the side-effects he has experienced.
- Mounjaro Madness June 17, 2024This blog seeks the truth, not pop wisdom. Realizing that alienating the obsessive weight loss community will cause my readership to evaporate, I continue to avoid the subject of “how much, how fast?”.
- First Week on Mounjaro and… June 10, 2024I am a Type 2 diabetic. For years, I have been dolphining through drugs, weight loss regimens, more drugs, lifestyle changes, and more drugs. Recently, my doctor prescribed Mounjaro in addition to my old standby, metformin. This story not only describes my first week on Mounjaro, which I have just completed, but also it expresses ...