#978

Tirzepatide: Weight Regain #978

I have a stage 4 triple negative cancer. Poor prognosis and all of that.. The doctors gave me steroids while taking chemo which has made me prediabetic and BMI went over 45! Came off the steroids and went on tirz, and my blood sugar finally came down. I got up to 10mg and was losing weight too, which was great. Then I read that reta might have some anti-tumour effects. All the doctors are offering me is palliative chemo, so I switched. Now my sugars are back in the prediabetic range. I started with tiny microdoses and I’m at 5mg a week now. (I also just started TA1, but I don’t think that’s related.) So do I stay on reta, go back to tirz, or run both like I’ve seen some people do? Watching my blood sugar climb while I have active cancer really scares me. And please don’t tell me to stop everything. I’m not old, my kids are little, and nobody’s giving me any hope, so I’m doing this myself.

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Published November 11, 2026

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