Trying to get back into the swing of it

 Well, I am going to try and get back into streaming like I had gotten into doing in 2020, but have not kept up doing fully in 2021 ... part of me wants to start new and just go for it full out, but the other part of me wants to ease into it and focus on other things that aren't streaming. 

Not sure what I wish to really get into, been trying to think about what I would like to do. Part of me likes the idea of doing LIVE drawings on my Mac using my Wacom tablet and just talking as I draw so to speak, similar to what I did when I did the live stream of the creative process I went through trying to design the Epilepsy Awareness Month Instagram images. 

Another part of me is thinking that I should work on doing my own vlogs like I had started to do in 2019, but I know I do need to also get into actually editing the videos and not just posting them as they were live-streamed, something that is going to take some getting use to and figuring out what software will be best for that. 

Currently not too sure where to start, but one thing is for sure nothing will happen unless I make it happen, so it means I have to make an effort to move forward and keep moving instead of stopping like I did, I have to make a commitment to doing something every day or once a week or the like and keep at it. 

Not sure what that looks like right now, but I am thinking that doing one vlog a week will be a good starting point, even if the vlog is just a weekly update of what is happening in my day-to-day life. I'm also going to try and post at least 1 TikTok per week (though I know more is better) and I am thinking of doing the whole skull face deal for it, maybe not the half-face that has been done but something along those lines but is also keeping with my furry gamer self but also speaks to being aro/ace. 

As to streaming that also I need to get back into doing regularly, and I am honestly thinking of either continuing doing my Minecraft Mondays and then doing one other day of the week for streaming my Sims 4 Generation Challenge which I have been highly neglecting for the past several months. 

I know I need to pick what I am going to do and stick with it, so maybe just doing what I have written and not committing to 5 days a week of video game streaming might be a good start, as in just commit to once or twice a week streaming of two games and anything else I might stream is as it is and is like a bonus type deal. 

Well, hope everyone has had a good year, and may 2022 be even better! 

Take care peeps!

Ozempic - 3rd Dosage

 Well took the 3rd dosage a little later than I was expecting to take it, as in 24 hours later than expected but at least I didn't forget it longer - not that it would have been an issue its just annoying that I lost that much track of what day of the week it was to actually forget to take it on the day it was due. 

At any rate, took the 3rd dosage and can't say much has changed from the 1st or 2nd dosage - still having the same issues when it comes to the whole running to the WC when I have too much in the way of complex carbs, but it isn't as often as it was when I first started so that's something at least. 

Insulin dosage wise things are looking better, I still, need to take the 200 units of my background insulin but my general usage of Humalog though still, a 1:2 rato seems to be more stable to degrees than it was when I first started the Ozempic, so that means at least something is starting to work in the right direction.

No weight loss to speak of, not noticing any in regards to clothing fitting any better - so sadly can't say as yet that the side effect that many on it are looking for, it might yet still happen as it is also possible that the dosage needs to increase before it might have an effect or it might not happen at all since it is just a potential side effect and not a guarantee. 

Still not affecting my appetite as I expected it to, since that is the number 1 issue that almost everyone I have read who is on it. I'm not upset with that issue, I do have the odd feeling like I'm stuffed when I haven't even had more than a single bite - but it doesn't last for long thankfully. 

I will take my 4th dosage as scheduled just before the start of the new year, so will post more as time does pass! 

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Ozempic – 2nd Dosage

 Posted originally on December 18, 2021, on Nyxstium.info

Well took my second round of Ozempic at .25 on Friday (December 17th, 2021) around 11pm EST

It's been a good portion of the day and so far no issues like I had with my first dosage at least not within the first 24 hours. Still do not feel like eating at all, which is something that the med is supposed to interfere with as-is, but since I normally don’t have an appetite this aversion to food is new (as in thinking about food would normally not be a concern, but even thinking about it makes my tummy turn so trying to make meals has become a problem when I need to cook or bake or what have you and instead of it smelling good and yummy my brain/body is saying “Nope, Nope can’t make me, oh hockey stick nope!” so that is becoming very much annoying to say the least.

Running the to loo has been a problem here and there though not as bad as it was the first few days after my first dosage so thankfully that petered off, though didn’t completely stop just slowed down to a more manageable level. Here’s hoping that I don’t have a repeat of the first week for the second week. But like all things time will tell how it does actually go when all is said and done.

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Starting Ozempic

originally posted to my main blog at Nyxstium.info 

Well, my endocrinologist put me on Ozempic in the hopes that it will help with my developed Insulin Resistance, and as a potential side effect help with weight loss.

When I saw him two weeks ago, I wasn’t expecting him to spring this one on me at all it came out of left field, and seeing the increased online comments about the drug within the DOC (diabetic online community) I am starting to think the reason he even did so was because of a rep hitting him up to do so, but also that it's now officially be released in Canada so there is a push to get people on it who are not having good results from other methods.

Well, I am not happy to add something like this to my deal, I am willing to give it a limited shot to see if it will be of help/use to me. But knowing my body as I do I am not counting on it doing anything of a helpful nature (but I can always be wrong).

I was scheduled to start it the Friday of the week I saw him, but life happened so it wasn’t until last Friday that I finally injected myself with the .25 that I am supposed to start on. His instructions are that I am supposed to be on .25 for two weeks then go to .50 for two weeks so when I get my next pen I’ll be at .50 already.

However, all that I have read from various people within the DOC and specific to the drug itself is that it is best to stay at the lower dosage until your body gets used to it so as to not cause too many adverse effects, of which I am currently experiencing (which I was hoping wouldn’t be the case, but sadly is). I don’t know if I will do his .50 like he wants me to or holds out for to do .25 until the pen runs out and then with the new pen maybe start the .50 (or dial it down and keep at .25) he is 0 help so it comes down to my own judgment as to what I think will be best for me when all is said and done.

All I can say is as of right now, there has been no weight loss – I am still unfortunately at the 280 mark. But I also know that weight loss is just a potential side effect, not a guarantee so it is what it is. I do know that I haven’t noticed any change in my insulin needs as yet. As in I am still needing to take 200 Units of Background insulin and 60 to 100 units of Humalog with meals (1:2) and my correction is still at 1:1 5 days in. But I have read that it can take more than a week before you see a difference, yet others post they saw a difference in their insulin needs within a day or two of starting.

Maybe it depends on how bad of insulin resistance you actually have as to how fast that difference happens? I don’t know as I haven’t seen any posts that explain it and even the site itself doesn’t really go into detail in regards to this side of things so that makes me think it is an individual thing as to how it happens (if it happens at all).

If you are wondering what Ozempic is it is according to the parent website “Ozempic® injection 0.5 mg or 1 mg is an injectable prescription medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar. It also lowers the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease.”

That doesn’t really tell you much about what it actually it, but that is their basic explanation about it, the fun thing is that it is being prescribed off label as a weight loss drug – which it isn’t approved for or as, but it is still being prescribed as such there is a complete online community of people who are specifically on it ONLY for weight loss, the fact that is can cause hypoglycemia is something these people are playing with (which just baffles me to no end). But that is their bodies, the whole hypoglycemia issue is something that I have to be aware of that it can happen but so far so good.

At any rate, I’m giving it a go and will see how it goes for me.

 Starting Ozempic | Nyxks Musings (nyxstium.info)

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