As you probably know, GLP-1 drugs are now available in generic form in Canada. The pharma company that held the patent announced it would match the generic prices.
As soon as this happened, I asked my family doctor to transfer my prescription from the private, internet-based company. I was never comfortable using them in the first place, and I wanted my health records to reflect what I'm actually doing. The doc wanted me to have an appointment with the dietitian first. That's WRD from earlier in this blog! I was happy to reconnect with her.
I had a great appointment with WRD, talked through some things, and she sent something to my family doctor requesting to transfer the prescription. Done and done.
Things I cannot believe
This is the first time in my life I've allowed myself to eat whatever I want. Between being unable to control my weight and my eating-disorder mindset, I have done that. Every choice would come with guilt, or need rationalization, or I denied myself. Or any combination of those.
Now I eat whatever I want, just in much smaller quantities. Overall, I have a healthy diet -- but I also want to eat things outside of that. A weekly ice cream after dinner. (A pint lasts for four or five servings.) I love food like baked pasta casseroles, but in the past, never let myself eat them. Now I do. I rarely eat fried food, but if I want a spring roll, I eat it. This is incredibly liberating.
And here's the truly amazing bit: I am still losing weight! I'm not trying to lose more weight. I was back to the -50 that I hit (and plateaued at) after surgery. But very slowly, the number is still going down.
Wow.
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