u/M1ckster

Background: T2D 20 years or so - well controlled then it wasn't. Stroke in 2018. GLP in 2018-19. Well controlled until 2022-food habits and movement habits adjusted - great A1C until late 2023. 23-25 A1C went from under 5.8 to 9.3.

Decided to try Mounjaro as I I found Victoza daily was great but very inconvenient in 2018-19. One shot a week plus GIC - great! Went from 178-128 lbs (5'2) and A1C 9.3 to 5.1. Currently 130-135 lbs. A1C last at 5.4.

Exercise daily and play competitive and pickup ice hockey as well as skating at least 3 times a week. 57.84 years old.

Libre 3+ user since November 2025. Had many compression lows, and at least 8 failed sensors so far (fall off, error).

Started Dexcom G7 and Libre 3 on Tuesday, September 8. Played 1 game of ice hockey. Libre mounted on arm. Dexcom on abdoment.

September 8,Day 1: Dexcom attached, protective cover barely staying attached (hairy); Libre came off after 75 minutes of hockey.

September 11 Day 4: Arm healed enough from last Libre to install a new one.

Notes: Calibrated Dexcom Today, September 11 with finger prick - was roughly 15 difference - high on Dexcom.

Libre 3+ and Dexcom G7 15 Day are currently within 0-8 points of each other at any time. This can easily be attributed to margins of error, abdomen vs. arm, and Libre 1 minute vs. Dexcom 5 minute measure.

Libre feels smaller - sometimes too small. Dexcom feels the same size - but a bit thicker.

I will install the Libre on my abdomen next go round if I stay with it.

Apps: Libre vs. Dexcom

Both are good, not great. Dexcom has much more fine tuning and calibration. UI/UX 3/5 for each.

Warm Up: Identical

Cover - only Dexcom - but staying on. Will cover both.

Comfort- same.

Installation- near identical

Stay tuned for more…

Just sent a quick thank you to a team mate. We play C level and a lot of beer league pickup together. He and another team mate saw me regressing in skating and also issues with pass reception and movement near my feet.

I just switched to single vision lenses so I saw the puck better but it turns out my stick was too long. He did the “measure.” Made the adjustments and things felt better and back into place. For skating - was tired and made a point of addressing it with my skating teacher.

I love hockey!

A friend saw the last photo and wanted to make sure I was eating (he is one of the few people I want asking that question and checking in on me - we are a 3 friend group chat in our 50s - we lost one friend to suicide so this is about care and health, not an uninformed or insensitive question). I sent him the first photo.

I never really lost muscle mass as I dropped from 178 to a range of 130-135 (5’2”, 57, M) over 6 months. What I’ve found is slowly my belly fat is minimizing and muscles are increasing even there.

had collapsed arches on my feet. Between food habits, exercise, and Mounjaro, I’m reclaiming my health and my body. My arches are strong, almost all inflammation is gone.

The photos with my big belly was 10 years ago, all others last month except the first one was 30 minutes ago.

I started playing late for my age in the late 1970s. Stopped in 1983 or 4 when they closed Long Beach Arena.

Last night I scored my first league goal in 8 games this season and first in league play in over 40 years-wearing Schafer’s jersey. A little similar to his first goal but over the goalie and top shelf of, as Butchie says, The Toy Department (goalies’ water bottle took the brunt and popped in the air).

It’s beer league C Level here in North Carolina and casual - still organized with refs and a scorekeeper. I’m rapidly approaching 58 and had:have health issues so this was it.

I do not think, however, I am the solution to the Islanders right side D 🤣🤣🤣

LET’S GO ISLANDERS!

57 years and back in the game

I made a point to myself before this game that I was going to go to the boards more!

Goalie pulled and 6th skater is on!

Down 3-2 with 0:35 in the 3rd, the puck was trapped on the boards I saw my chance and I jumped in - being so low (short guy with black with white stripes jersey and grey hockey socks) I can work the corners and sneak between players - got it loose, a pass, another pass, drag, drag, shoot and we scored!

Stayed tied in 5 minute OT - made a few good offensive and defensive plays and we won it in the shootout!

Thanks everyone here for the advice and guidance. I’m trying to break 2 very bad habits - stopping skating and using 1 hand on my stick. I’m skating more and really staying with both hands on. Grew up playing more D.

I think every carbohydrate in my gut from the 24 hours prior, processed all at once! Normally around 100 baseline or lower. Not used to this! In any event caffeine and cortisol were also a pert of this. Took my shot Sunday (2.5 mg).

Normally, I’d super hydrate and walk or run a mile to start processing any excess but no chance prior to heading to work.

Much has gone on over the last decade - but I feel closer to my teens than my approaching 60th in 2028.

There’s much more that happened in the last decade - but I feel better now than in my 20s when I was athletic as well.

Free to read: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7519175/2026/08/18/nhl-prospects-rankings-pipeline-2026/?unlocked\_article\_code=1.6VA.tiUp.WxxPYInMzX-O&source=athletic\_user\_shared\_gift\_article\_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

Finally was able to grab the clip. Pickup game last Wednesday evening. I changed on the fly to left wing. F1 exited his zone but did not have full control of the puck until he was right at the red line and was joined on his right side by F2 off his bench with a 2 on 1 developing to my left. I knew I had trailing help on the right side so I got between F1 & 2. He had his head down and I stayed on the puck and stick. He apologized and said “Sorry, I had my head down.” I was just happy he didn’t get hurt and stuck the landing. It was less than 0.7 seconds from when he got control of the puck at the red line until impact about 12 feet later.

Yeah I’m a right hand shooting wing, a foot shorter, and almost 40 years older than Schaefer, but I will represent here in the Carolinas. One of my favorite people at the rink turned out to be a lifelong fan growing up here. LGI!