We had a funeral to attend at the crematorium in Havant, about 1.5 hours drive away. We drove down the afternoon before and booked into a hotel close to the crematorium.
This was a long-standing family friend, my sister’s godmother’s husband.
It was important to my Mum that she be there to support her friend, someone she’d nursed with in Portsmouth many moons ago.
Mum has another nursing friend in the same area – the three of them stay in regular contact. When my sisters and I were younger, our parents would often travel down to Porchester / Southsea during the school holidays to visit these lifelong family friends. Their “children” were a similar age to us.
It was fortunate that around 3 years ago, my sisters and I took my Mum down to Southsea for an overnight visit to the seaside and to meet with these friends (and their now adult children…). It was a really lovely evening hosted by one of their daughters. We were well looked after and had the chance to catch up on all of the family news. That was the last time we saw Ken.
We tried to inject a little joy into the trip and we genuinely enjoy spending time together as a family. My 91-year-old Mum seems to be attending funerals every other week recently.
In one of the dry spells inbetween the rain showers, we drove to and walked around Emsworth, a picturesque harbour-side village nestled in Chichester Harbour.
Food whilst we were away was…. a challenge. I don’t usually eat breakfast, but I ate breakfast at the hotel as I knew we wouldn’t be eating anything until the funeral wake, at around 2pm. The food on offer at the wake was plentiful, but all brown – not even a little green garnish! I just cannot eat too much bread, pastry, fried food without feeling queasy. I didn’t drink enough either – when I am at home I glug down pints of cold drinks, but I was distracted and spent a great deal of time driving.
The wake was the opportunity to see Mum’s friends, so a nice end to an otherwise sad occasion.
Earlier this week, I received the information regarding price increases of Mounjaro from my supplier Voy:
“While manufacturer prices have risen by 100%, we’re offering our existing customers exclusive pricing. Your cost will only increase by 10–20%, depending on your current dose.”
My next pen (10mg) will increase from £229.00 to £279.00. So not too bad and certainly not the predicted 100-170%.
I have two 10mg pens obtained before the price hike – one from Voy with 3 doses remaining and another I managed to obtain from Superdrug. I am now planning to start taking 5mg doses from my 10mg pens (I have bought some spare pen needles). That should ensure the pens last twice as long and, all being well, I’m covered for the next 16 weeks.
My dose of Mounjaro this week was taken in a “split” (two) doses – extracting the “golden dose” in two pens, so 2.5mg on Monday and 5mg on Thursday – equivalent to a 7.5mg dose over the week. Less than my 10mg taken last Monday.
It was useful to monitor how this affected my appetite suppression and regulating the food noise, as at some point (in the not too distant future), I would like to drop my dose back down with a view to maintaining my weight.
By the way, that is a cake in the food images! My favourite – a carrot cake. Way too calorific though, over 400 calories per slice. I settled for two half slices. The remainder has been portioned and popped into the freezer to be dutifully eaten by my partner.
Weight loss this week: 1.2kg (2lbs)
I’m now down to 62.7kg, 9st 12lbs.
Under 6kg (12lbs) to reach my weight loss target of 57kg (9 stone).
In case anyone reading this is considering weight loss using Mounjaro, I have a link which will enable you to get £50 off your first order:
For anyone else considering Mounjaro, I have a link which will enable you to get £50 off your first order:
Voy is giving £50 off to new users — here’s my link if you want to try it. If you don’t lose at least 10% of your body weight in 6 months, they will refund you!
https://joinvoy.com/r/U-I3GBXgFKqs?raf=RAF50&rv=2&referrer=Simone
For transparency, this will also earn me £50 off my next order from them 🙂