The universe sent me plenty of warning signs through the years before I finally walked out of a hospital brain scan in 2024 after surviving a stroke. You'd think that would have been enough to listen to my new diabetes doctor who recommended Mounjaro® a week later when we debated about the advances that were made, but I said no thank you. I had been on a GLP-1 and had my gallbladder removed, so he understood why I was avoiding the new ones. He gave me time to fix my behavior and for a year I fought all the food noise alone. That was so hard that I just could not stay in the “Goldilocks Zone” on my Dexcom G7® CGM system.

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That's the grey area under 180. I spent twelve months convincing myself I was doing better than I was. Twelve months resisting my doctor but my time was up. Not wanting another stroke I finally agreed to try Mounjaro®. It controls my food noise well and I consider it the second best tool for my survival.

I'm telling you this because diabetes survival isn't a straight line. It's a non-stop behavior challenge. Even after a stroke, the Denyabetic™ instinct doesn't just disappear. You fight it. You lose sometimes. You keep going anyway. With my numbers improving I've come to realize Denyabetic™ has two meanings.