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GLP-1 and my thyroid, a rant - it's long. You've been warned.

Darmok_and_Jalad
Darmok_and_Jalad Posts: 2 Member
in Motivation and Support

I have been on zepbound for just over a year. GLP-1s are miracle drugs. I have finally been able to lose weight without focusing every. second. of. the. day. on food and white knuckling it all day, just waiting for bed when I don't have to think about food or hunger. I revisited old hobbies, picked up new ones, and have been in a great spot emotionally. And then that little warning on the zepbound package bit me in the *kitten*:

Warnings - 

Zepbound may cause tumors in the thyroid, including thyroid cancer. Watch for possible symptoms, such as a lump or swelling in the neck, hoarseness, trouble swallowing, or shortness of breath. If you have any of these symptoms, tell your healthcare provider.

WOOHOO, now I am forced to be off the thing that was most helpful in my near 50 years of cycling through normal weight to obesity over and over again. I have gained 13 lbs in no time flat. The most effed up thing ever… I considered going forward with having my thyroid removed now and getting back on GLP-1, risking my "healthy" half, rather than waiting 6 months and reevaluating. (A lobectomy means I still have one working half, but I would put it at risk of also developing a nodule on the other side by going back on meds. If the whole thyroid is removed, I'm on meds for life). My PCP and oncology surgeon told me to stay off GLP-1s and work on "healthy habits". For the love of all that is holy, unholy, and all in between… IF IT WAS THAT SIMPLE, I WOULD HAVE ALL HEALTHY HABITS!!! I have been in therapy. I have seen a dietitian, in spite of having a dietetics degree. My oncology doc said that he sees more obesity-related liver cancers than smoking related cancers. That's effed up. So, I have the knowledge, I have the "you're gonna die, dumbass" motivation… but, like… my food addict and emotional brain overrides my logical side 9 out of 10 times. I feel so defeated, angry, sad, annoyed.. all the emotions.

Thank you for listening to my tantrum. Now, I will go and meal prep some stupid chicken breast and stupid protein chia pudding and chug another stupid thermos of water for my stupid $$*@#$% health.

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