u/No_Tomato_2106

My wife and I are both interested in starting GLP-1, but we're at a crossroads.

I am cool with going through an online provider and tela health. Sign me up, get my prescription mailed to me, and then essentially just find a dosage that I don't feel like crap on but I'm losing weight.

My wife on the other hand wants a medical professional's opinion and to have routine test done to monitor her health. The only issue is I cannot find a route that doesn't involve going to a weight loss clinic that has some fancy website that gives off professional vibes instead of "Botox and lipo are the way to go".

How do you find a reputable doctor or something? Or if you do an online provider, how do you manage the health tracking side? Just make it a point to visit your PCP every 3 months and have a blood test done?

My wife and I would like to try GLP-1/Semaglutide but we're at a crossroads.

I am totally fine with going to an online provider, ordering a 3 month trial, and essentially just winging it - start with .25 and move my way up or down and figure out what doesn't make me feel like shit while losing weight.

My wife on the other hand wants to have a medical professional involved - go through test, get prescribed a dose, and I guess have someone help tailor dosages while doing regular check ups, and is somehow a more reputable source for the medication?

I'm fine with going through a clinic or a doctor, but every clinic I've called seems like it's a money grab - monthly fees while you do the medicine at home, and then you have to pay every time you come in. And of course it seems like all of their medication is more expensive than what you get from an online provider.

So any suggestions? We keep butting heads on this. She think I'm just being cheap and wreckless where as I don't want to spend like $600 a month at minimum for both of us to try it.

I'm interested in starting Semaglutide but it's been a struggle to find a provider - currently I'm looking here.

Can someone please give me a simplified start to finish of what I have to do and pay to start with Pom and refill my prescription? I've read that they require biannual testing? Any hidden cost? What is the monthly cost for Semaglutide?

It seems like every time someone suggests 1 company, another person says how bad they are.

Tried going based off the Forbes list but I've only heard of the #1 company and none of the others.

Im honestly at a loss trying to find someone who has affordable cost, but also isn't a shit show. Unfortunately the Semaglutide reddit won't let you ask for suggestions

My wife and I are on the fence on how to start our Semaglutide journey and I'd love some input/advice.

I want to go with an online provider because it's straightforward (fill out your application to be reviewed by their medical team) and then they prescribe you your dosages) and cheaper.

She wants to go though a clinic because they do testing before hand and track stuff, make adjustments for you, etc. But it seems like you're paying an extra $100 minimum a month for the same prescription and whatever fee they charge every time you come in.

Tl;dr: wife thinks going through a clinic is safer than online provider.

Unfortunately the main Facebook group/discord doesn't allow discussion for after hour events.

One of the things I read about SanJapan is that between the 2 hotel blocks, 1 is considered the party hotel.

My question is, as someone who is going for the first time all by themselves, what are these "parties" like?

Just friends hanging out in eachothers rooms? People meeting at the con and going back to a hotel room to party? Hallway ragers? Or are there really no parties?

Long story short, I was checking out the state websites for unclaimed property and when I searched my name, I also saw unclaimed property for who I believe is my deceased great grandmother.

There isn't any family left between us and she died when I was 13 (so nearly 20 years ago), so is there any way for me to lay claim to the funds? Or will the state just keep it?

Both myself and my wife would like to get on GLP-1 for both weight loss and other benefits (inflammation with endometriosis) but we're lost when it comes to finding a doctor that will work with us rather than tell us to eat a salad.

We're both overweight, but not obese, so I'm worried it would be a waste of a copay and visit just to be shot down.

Anyone in the Houston TX area with recommendations?

Or is there anything else we can say to convince them other than we want to lose weight?

And if you went without a prescription, where did you go to get this stuff to pay out of pocket and how much do you pay?

So if black people are allowed to say the N word, can people with down syndrome say the R word?

And if so, how far along the spectrum does someone have to be until theyre allowed to say it?

Asking for America specifically since Europeans seem to have different values.