Dave Knapp

That's where my mental state was at the time. I'm not knocking anybody who makes that decision for themselves. In fact, I'm still considering it at 39 years old, that that actually might be the best course for me. I don't know. but still sort of wrestling with it is my point. But I didn't have coverage for it. So he goes, there's this new class of medications, right?

They're actually mimicking what happens when people have bariatric surgery. We found that there are a bunch of hormonal changes that happen like on the operating table. Once we make these changes, there's a hormonal regulation that starts to happen almost immediately. And they're starting to mimic that with this class of medications called GLP-1s. And so he goes, I'm going to put you on Manjaro.

They're actually mimicking what happens when people have bariatric surgery. We found that there are a bunch of hormonal changes that happen like on the operating table. Once we make these changes, there's a hormonal regulation that starts to happen almost immediately. And they're starting to mimic that with this class of medications called GLP-1s. And so he goes, I'm going to put you on Manjaro.

They're actually mimicking what happens when people have bariatric surgery. We found that there are a bunch of hormonal changes that happen like on the operating table. Once we make these changes, there's a hormonal regulation that starts to happen almost immediately. And they're starting to mimic that with this class of medications called GLP-1s. And so he goes, I'm going to put you on Manjaro.

It's expensive, but you're diabetic, so you should be able to get it covered. So I went home, again, still super skeptical of medicine in general coming off of all the shenanigans that we saw around that time. And... I'm like, I'm not going to just put this into my body. I'm going to learn everything there is to learn about this. And so I went to YouTube.

It's expensive, but you're diabetic, so you should be able to get it covered. So I went home, again, still super skeptical of medicine in general coming off of all the shenanigans that we saw around that time. And... I'm like, I'm not going to just put this into my body. I'm going to learn everything there is to learn about this. And so I went to YouTube.

It's expensive, but you're diabetic, so you should be able to get it covered. So I went home, again, still super skeptical of medicine in general coming off of all the shenanigans that we saw around that time. And... I'm like, I'm not going to just put this into my body. I'm going to learn everything there is to learn about this. And so I went to YouTube.

And what I found from YouTube was a bunch of stories. Like, hey, I lost 100 pounds in six months on Ozempic. Yada, yada. And there's 100 stories out there. But I didn't find anybody talking about what they were, what they did, how they worked, what the study showed. And I thought...

And what I found from YouTube was a bunch of stories. Like, hey, I lost 100 pounds in six months on Ozempic. Yada, yada. And there's 100 stories out there. But I didn't find anybody talking about what they were, what they did, how they worked, what the study showed. And I thought...

And what I found from YouTube was a bunch of stories. Like, hey, I lost 100 pounds in six months on Ozempic. Yada, yada. And there's 100 stories out there. But I didn't find anybody talking about what they were, what they did, how they worked, what the study showed. And I thought...

You know, I'm going to go find this information, but I'm going to share it because somebody else is going to come behind me and they deserve to be able to find this information. And so that's sort of where On The Pen was born is just this desire to empower people with information. Right. And so essentially.

You know, I'm going to go find this information, but I'm going to share it because somebody else is going to come behind me and they deserve to be able to find this information. And so that's sort of where On The Pen was born is just this desire to empower people with information. Right. And so essentially.

You know, I'm going to go find this information, but I'm going to share it because somebody else is going to come behind me and they deserve to be able to find this information. And so that's sort of where On The Pen was born is just this desire to empower people with information. Right. And so essentially.

this sort of has evolved as, as I've been a slower responder, I've seen many people in our community. We have probably 110,000 people between we're split, spread out across the platforms, right? TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, email, Facebook, everything. Um, but I've heard such dramatic stories about, uh, just massive transformations in, in weight loss, et cetera. It's just not been my story. Um, and,

this sort of has evolved as, as I've been a slower responder, I've seen many people in our community. We have probably 110,000 people between we're split, spread out across the platforms, right? TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, email, Facebook, everything. Um, but I've heard such dramatic stories about, uh, just massive transformations in, in weight loss, et cetera. It's just not been my story. Um, and,

this sort of has evolved as, as I've been a slower responder, I've seen many people in our community. We have probably 110,000 people between we're split, spread out across the platforms, right? TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, email, Facebook, everything. Um, but I've heard such dramatic stories about, uh, just massive transformations in, in weight loss, et cetera. It's just not been my story. Um, and,

So there's been sort of a level of frustration and wanting to know what else is on the horizon, what other things that I may be able to explore to get to treat my metabolic dysfunction. And so really what we do is we effort to share the news about these medications, the trial data that comes out.

So there's been sort of a level of frustration and wanting to know what else is on the horizon, what other things that I may be able to explore to get to treat my metabolic dysfunction. And so really what we do is we effort to share the news about these medications, the trial data that comes out.

So there's been sort of a level of frustration and wanting to know what else is on the horizon, what other things that I may be able to explore to get to treat my metabolic dysfunction. And so really what we do is we effort to share the news about these medications, the trial data that comes out.

whatever's going on in the news that might be pertinent to somebody whose life is being transformed by what I always call leveling the metabolic playing field. That's really, in essence, what these medications are doing for people who are taking them for type 2 diabetes or obesity, is they're actually just giving people a fighting chance for their biology to come into alignment with