It hits you on Day 4....
You realise you haven't been since Sunday. Then the waistband that fitted last week. Then a burp that tastes like a meal you'd forgotten you'd eaten. Then the day after your jab, when even water feels like effort. Then cancelling dinner with friends, because you already know how the evening goes.
The injection is working. That's the part nobody says out loud — the weight is coming off, you're grateful for it, and you still feel rotten.
You went in to get healthier. Nobody warned you this came with it. And when you finally said it out loud, you got "give it time" or "that's just part of it".
You're not imagining it, and you're not being dramatic. Constipation, bloating and nausea aren't rare reactions to the injections — they're listed as very common on the medication's own patient leaflet. That's the highest frequency category there is: more than 1 in 10 people. It's documented, and it deserves a real answer.
