Three Years on Tirzepatide – My 61st Birthday Reflection

Today, August 19th, 2025, I celebrate not only my 61st birthday but also three full years since I started tirzepatide on August 19th, 2022. Birthdays always bring a moment of reflection, but this one feels especially powerful. Three years ago, I was weighed down by more than just age and numbers on a scale. I was living with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, PCOS, insulin resistance, and hypoglycemia. My inflammation was sky high, my thyroid and blood pressure medications kept piling up, and I felt like my body was working against me no matter how hard I tried.

Now, at 61, I’m standing in a completely different place. My thyroid medication has been cut down to a quarter of what it once was, my blood pressure meds reduced by half, and my Hashimoto’s antibodies slashed in half. The chronic inflammation that once ruled my days has eased in ways I never thought possible. My body feels resilient, my systems are calmer, and the fireflies of inflammation that once swarmed me, 116 of them, are gone.

Yes, I still manage challenges like reactive hypoglycemia, but now I face them with more control, more confidence, and a whole lot less fear. The weight loss is part of this story, but what really matters is how much better I feel in my own body. My energy is higher, my focus sharper, and my health more resilient than it has been in decades.

Three years ago, I chose to try a medication based on the research I was doing and hope for a change because it had been over two decades of me doing all the right things but yielding no results. Finally, this medication, this wonderful line of medications, has let my results match my efforts.

And I am deeply grateful. Grateful that at 61, I can celebrate this milestone not only as another year of life but as another year of life reclaimed. Grateful that science, persistence, and faith in myself have carried me this far. And grateful that the future feels like something I can step into with strength instead of dread.

I always say this: I am not a doctor, and nothing I share is medical advice. Please, always consult a professional. But what I can share is my truth. Three years ago, I chose to try, and today I stand here healthier, stronger, and ready for more.

This is my 61st birthday gift to myself: resilience, renewal, and hope for the years still to come.