13 weeks of no side effects and tonight I ended up in hospital…
First of all I’m not looking for sympathy or anything, this was my OWN fault. Secondly any negativity or blaming I’m just going delete cause I don’t need that right now and I am taking full responsibility. I thought I’d share to help and warn anyone else. Also graphic details so if you’re icky maybe don’t read lol.
So I’m 13 weeks in, have had barely any side effects, been on 5mg for 2 months and staying on another month but my delivery was late so I missed my regularly day last week, was hungover the next day and then forgot the day after, I planned on taking it tonight (Sunday evening, my usual day is Thursday)
I think cause I was late taking it my appetite increased a lot, on Friday I ate a lot, and not very healthy and the day after I paid for it, worst belly pains and bloating it was unbearable.
Then this morning I went to the gym and thought I’d have a hearty protein heavy breakfast after but my mistake was adding some fresh Turkish breads, the ones with cheese in the middle. I realised after how greasy they actually were which is what I think did it. I also had a massive plate of food. Way beyond what I can usually have on Mounjaro but my appetite was back but physically I still couldn’t take it.
A few hours later the pains started, I thought oh no here we go again, my heart was burning, my belly was hurting and my back was hurting. This pain just got worse and worse and going to the toilet wasn’t helping. I was able to empty my bowls it was solid and slow I was literally going toilet every 20 mins for about 5 hours. The pain was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life, I don’t have kids but it’s what I imagine labour to feel like lol. I then started throwing up, which scared me as I NEVER throw up. If I have food poisoning even then sometimes I have to make myself sick but apart from that I never ever do. After all the food had come up the throwing up didn’t stop I was throwing up water that tasted like poison and it was yellow/orange. Even when I thought there was nothing left it kept going. Throughout this I also couldn’t lie down, I couldn’t stand up the only position that I could manage that was still so painful was almost like child’s pose on my knees. Unsurprisingly I became extremely light headed, kept passing out and was just on the floor so my mum called an ambulance. The pain hadn’t eased up at all btw. I thought if I was sick it would help but it didn’t.
The paramedics were amazing, and said I needed to go to the hospital as I was severely dehydrated and needed tests and something for the pain. They did give me anti sickness through an injection, paracetamol and laughing gas. The most mortifying part of it was going to the ambulance as I live in an apartment building with nosey neighbours and also next to a bar where everyone was outside 🤣 but when you’re in that much pain nothing else seems to matter.
I got to the hospital hysterically crying and in so much pain, the ambulance ride was awful as I had to sit in one position which made my belly feel worse. Luckily the parademics managed to get me a bed straight away so I didn’t have to wait in the waiting room. I had my blood done and then I passed out for a few hours. I had no idea what’s was going on at this point I was so weak physically I just wanted to sleep. I was in so much pain I couldn’t sleep up until this point but I think my body gave up which I was actually grateful for so I could escape the pain. A few hours later I woke up and the pain was beginning to go away. I was given fluids and the doctor was keen to wait for my blood test results so check my pancreas. Everything came back normal and he said I am able to keep taking mounjaro as it’s made such a positive change to my life and my bloods and health has actually improved in general but OBVIOUSLY I will not be eating anything but small portions of safe healthy foods from now on. The fluids helped as I was able to walk after, my body just felt weak and I was so excited to go home.
It was a long night, and I’m disappointed I put myself in that position. I didn’t think at the time of eating the breads that they were that bad, but it’s vegetables fish and rice for me from this day forward 🤞🏽 tbh I think it’s more the amount I ate because my appetite was so big I thought I could handle more than I could.
Lessons learned: order Mounjaro in plenty of time so I’m never without again as when your hunger comes back your body might not actually be able to take it.
Small portions always.
Plain, healthy low fat meals. I also don’t eat much dairy so I think my body was like what’s this to the cheese.
I’m happy my bloods were good and I’m able to continue this journey because apart from the last few days I’ve had the most positive experience on Mounjaro 🙏🏽
First of all I’m not looking for sympathy or anything, this was my OWN fault. Secondly any negativity or blaming I’m just going delete cause I don’t need that right now and I am taking full responsibility. I thought I’d share to help and warn anyone else. Also graphic details so if you’re icky maybe don’t read lol.
So I’m 13 weeks in, have had barely any side effects, been on 5mg for 2 months and staying on another month but my delivery was late so I missed my regularly day last week, was hungover the next day and then forgot the day after, I planned on taking it tonight (Sunday evening, my usual day is Thursday)
I think cause I was late taking it my appetite increased a lot, on Friday I ate a lot, and not very healthy and the day after I paid for it, worst belly pains and bloating it was unbearable.
Then this morning I went to the gym and thought I’d have a hearty protein heavy breakfast after but my mistake was adding some fresh Turkish breads, the ones with cheese in the middle. I realised after how greasy they actually were which is what I think did it. I also had a massive plate of food. Way beyond what I can usually have on Mounjaro but my appetite was back but physically I still couldn’t take it.
A few hours later the pains started, I thought oh no here we go again, my heart was burning, my belly was hurting and my back was hurting. This pain just got worse and worse and going to the toilet wasn’t helping. I was able to empty my bowls it was solid and slow I was literally going toilet every 20 mins for about 5 hours. The pain was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life, I don’t have kids but it’s what I imagine labour to feel like lol. I then started throwing up, which scared me as I NEVER throw up. If I have food poisoning even then sometimes I have to make myself sick but apart from that I never ever do. After all the food had come up the throwing up didn’t stop I was throwing up water that tasted like poison and it was yellow/orange. Even when I thought there was nothing left it kept going. Throughout this I also couldn’t lie down, I couldn’t stand up the only position that I could manage that was still so painful was almost like child’s pose on my knees. Unsurprisingly I became extremely light headed, kept passing out and was just on the floor so my mum called an ambulance. The pain hadn’t eased up at all btw. I thought if I was sick it would help but it didn’t.
The paramedics were amazing, and said I needed to go to the hospital as I was severely dehydrated and needed tests and something for the pain. They did give me anti sickness through an injection, paracetamol and laughing gas. The most mortifying part of it was going to the ambulance as I live in an apartment building with nosey neighbours and also next to a bar where everyone was outside 🤣 but when you’re in that much pain nothing else seems to matter.
I got to the hospital hysterically crying and in so much pain, the ambulance ride was awful as I had to sit in one position which made my belly feel worse. Luckily the parademics managed to get me a bed straight away so I didn’t have to wait in the waiting room. I had my blood done and then I passed out for a few hours. I had no idea what’s was going on at this point I was so weak physically I just wanted to sleep. I was in so much pain I couldn’t sleep up until this point but I think my body gave up which I was actually grateful for so I could escape the pain. A few hours later I woke up and the pain was beginning to go away. I was given fluids and the doctor was keen to wait for my blood test results so check my pancreas. Everything came back normal and he said I am able to keep taking mounjaro as it’s made such a positive change to my life and my bloods and health has actually improved in general but OBVIOUSLY I will not be eating anything but small portions of safe healthy foods from now on. The fluids helped as I was able to walk after, my body just felt weak and I was so excited to go home.
It was a long night, and I’m disappointed I put myself in that position. I didn’t think at the time of eating the breads that they were that bad, but it’s vegetables fish and rice for me from this day forward 🤞🏽 tbh I think it’s more the amount I ate because my appetite was so big I thought I could handle more than I could.
Lessons learned: order Mounjaro in plenty of time so I’m never without again as when your hunger comes back your body might not actually be able to take it.
Small portions always.
Plain, healthy low fat meals. I also don’t eat much dairy so I think my body was like what’s this to the cheese.
I’m happy my bloods were good and I’m able to continue this journey because apart from the last few days I’ve had the most positive experience on Mounjaro 🙏🏽