studies say minimal difference overall like under five percent. belly absorbs fastest which can mean more side effects but slightly more effective. rotate spots to avoid scar tissue buildup. i rotate zones on my abdomen each shot.
small bruise and sore after injection, bends wrong and i feel it. got it thru my provider and she said bruising is weird for such a tiny needle, try a different spot. just looking for reassurance it's okay.
stable a1c of 5 for a year at a consistent dose is a really clean outcome. the quarterly check-ins tied directly to refills is the kind of structured monitoring that actually catches drift before it becomes a problem. 135 total with 116 of that since mounjaro is the kind of data point that makes the long-term use argument easy.
The diet-alone lipid and A1C improvement is solid baseline data before the GLP-1 results come in. Having both sets of labs over time is actually the cleanest picture of what each intervention is adding. Have you started the GLP-1 since and if so how do the markers compare now?