Mounjaro Update: Week 30

Plumbing Problems

Welcome to another week of egocentric bloviations regarding my progress on Mounjaro. This week’s edition will be brief because I am not feeling well due to plumbing problems. My human plumbing is in disarray from aging pipes and opportunistic bacteria.

I somehow contracted a urinary tract infection (UTI). For anatomical reasons, women tend to get more of these than men. I never had one. My wife, being a UTI veteran, was surprised to learn that. Well, I’ve got one now, and it’s no fun at all.

Everything was moving along well last week until Saturday. While I was doing my workout, I felt pain in my bladder area. Then came frequent, urgent, painful urination. I grabbed an AZO test, which tested positive for leukocytes. I also had pink pee, presumably from blood, and I was getting chills. So, I texted Dr. DeLorean, who in turn prescribed an antibiotic called nitrofurantoin, which I’ll take twice a day for a week. He said I should feel relief in 24-36 hours into the therapy. I sure as hell hope so.

The Week on Mounjaro

Christmas week was a good week, with average morning glucose of 95. My weight was down 2.4 pounds for the week. I am pretty sure that’s because of the UTI.

For the coming week, my glucose measurements will be unreliable, because nitrofurantoin has an effect on them.

I hope I’ll be back in the groove for next week’s update. Sorry this one was so short!