62, no heart problems my whole life.

Had reflux for fifteen years. it got better on tirz, week one was hell. Then the weight came off and the thing I'd had for a decade and a half just... left. Two-sided coin, it wrecked my gut before it fixed it.

A1C 8.3, squarely diabetic. fifteen milligrams of tirz brought it down 2.5 points and under 7 for the first time in years. my endo used the word "remission." here's the part I don't say out loud: I know if I stop, it climbs back, dose-dependent, they've got the 2 and 4 and 6 month data so I'm not cured. I'm leasing normal blood sugar and the payment is forever, still worth it but call it what it is.

nobody warned me my skin would feel like it was on fire. pins and needles, then a burning nobody could see. I thought I was having a stroke. turns out on the top dose it happens to about 1 in 5 people, it's the glucagon part of reta doing something to your nerves, and it's the one side effect tirz and sema don't give you. I was in the 20%. I dropped the dose and it faded. wish the people posting their weight loss numbers mentioned this part even once.