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Nancy in Florida🫘 @nancyinfl.bsky.social · 4d

No Kings! Fort Myers Florida!

Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · 19d

Rising up from my posting slumber to say that I love, love, love The Life of a Showgirl. So far, I love Fate of Ophelia and Opalite. The hip-shaking beats have me smiling in the midst of the world's chaos right now.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you're angry about how the FDA is limiting our ability to keep our families safe by using misinformed, nonmedical professionals to make decisions about vaccines, please call your reps. I downloaded the 5 Calls app; it makes it insanely easy to call your reps. Happy calling!

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jul 31

Starting reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I’m really enjoying the daily morning practice.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jul 13

I didn’t know what to expect, but they were so good. I love the show. It’s exactly the right mix of spooky and funny, and the writing is so good. I need to get the books.

Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jul 13

Photos from the show.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jul 13

The @nightvaleradio.bsky.social live show in Boston was amazing! I was laughing all night. Who knew a night filled with crows and murders and AI bots could be so funny? If you have a chance to see them live, do it!

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jul 4

I woke up after a terrible dream of arguing with people to please have some humanity and not rip their healthcare away from poorer people. I’m feeling a tremendous urge to be in community. We are not alone. There are so many people who care. We have to find each other.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 26

I think I have hit maintenance on my Mounjaro journey. Spoke with an RD yesterday to discuss. It was super helpful. I wish I’d had this guidance and support at the start, but better late than never.

Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 26

Sharing your story is so important to balance out the fear-mongering happening around this med. Thank you for sharing it!

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 26

It is amazing! A desire for whole foods and energy to exercise. I cannot get over the difference and improvement this medicine has made to my health and my life.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 25

Got my jog in before the temps reached 90 here (just barely). Loving this part of my GLP-1 journey, where I have energy to enjoy exercise even when it's gross outside.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you so much for this! These medicines are truly life-changing, and access to them should not depend on how rich you are or how good your insurance is.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 11

Mounjaro has saved my life. Lowered my blood pressure and A1C. It’s frustrating to see so many articles about Ozempic hands, face, mouth. And now whether I’m human? When my hunger hormones did not match my body’s needs, that’s when they didn’t feel human.

Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 7

Today, I'll be trying my hand at baking whole wheat pitas. I've been on a kick making whole wheat bread and tortillas. A lot easier than I previously thought, and still tasty (though my Mexican-American dad scoffs at the thought of WW tortillas, ha!).

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · Jun 6

Missed your post when you started-hooray! And, yes, access to these life-changing/saving meds should not depend on whether your employer wants to cover them or if you have enough money.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

GLP-1s show me that no amount of diet and exercise could fix the metabolic issue that made maintaining weight after losing it sustainable. The med helps make that maintenance not torture. We can all then wait while this admin fixes the systemic obesogenic environment. I won't hold my breath though.

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🎃 Spooky Scary Jam (they/them) 🎃 @jaimekay.bsky.social · May 26

about my experiences with this to try and combat the stigma and shame people feel about using GLP-1 drugs to help with weight loss.

People will judge you for being overweight/obese and they will judge you for how you lose weight; don’t worry about their opinions and just do you!

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🎃 Spooky Scary Jam (they/them) 🎃 @jaimekay.bsky.social · May 26

One of my favorite parts of taking Wegovy so far is that I don’t have cravings for sweets, junk food, high fat snacks, etc. I can eat a little of them and enjoy it, but I don’t crave it constantly. It feels so weird to not always think of food and what I’ll eat next.

I’m gonna to keep talking…

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

If you really care about people's health, then fight for increased access to these life-changing medications. Insurance and pharma greed is keeping people from accessing medications that will save their lives.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

If you're attempting to gatekeep these drugs, really ask yourself why you're doing that (and why you're not doing that with any other drugs). Check your weight bias and stigma, because it's helping this admin play to these biases in their anti-science, anti-health policies.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

Early research shows that GLP1s also show promise in Alzheimer's pathways: www.nature.com/articles/s43.... They help with chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver disease. Every new study that comes out shows more promise.

GLP-1R agonists protect against Alzheimer’s disease by rewiring energy regulation - Nature Aging

A study from Zhang, Chen, Feng and colleagues investigates the multifaceted role of GLP-1R agonists in different brain cell types. They show that GLP-1R agonists can reduce amyloidosis and mitigate Al...

www.nature.com

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

They are also FDA-approved for folks who are obese and for folks who are overweight with comorbidities. And they are approved for people with sleep apnea.

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

The folks saying, well, GLP1s are good, but only for diabetics, well, I'm diabetic, and was obese, and had hyperlipidemia, and high blood pressure. These meds are for me, but...

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Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social · May 26

I think I've finally found something that drives me to be an advocate. My GLP-1 journey has been life-changing. Seeing the stigma that causes people to gatekeep these meds makes me want to share my journey and the research.

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