Again, WTF. I’m on certain drugs to deal with my lifelong anxiety. Good news is they work. Bad news is they have caused me to gain 10-15% body weight this year with no lifestyle changes. I discussed this with my doc and he prescribed “the real thing” but guess what? Insurance does not cover it unless you are diabetic. No help from insurance? Sure, that’ll be $1000 a month. So he prescribed me some from a compounding pharmacy. It’s still fucking robbery, but at $250 a month it’s an easier “pill” to swallow. There’s absolutely nothing sketch about this pharmacy. They send you sealed diabetic medication syringes and the main thing that’s different here is you have to dose the meds yourself from a vial instead of a pre-loaded pen (like the “real” ozempic/etc). I’ve only started this medication and don’t know if it will work, but I’m hopeful. As someone who has struggled with being overweight literally since I was 5, I 100% think this article is fat shaming. What the fuck kind of research was done here? And why feel the need to shame people with the oatmeal comment. Come on Boingboing. I’ve been a reader on this site for the better part of two decades. The lack decent people writing here is basically game over for me.
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