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First and foremost, I want to give a shout out to @HarleyGuy for encouraging me to share this story, start a log (coming shortly), and welcoming me and all my questions. Thank you again bro for all the help you've given me thus far.
For context, I reside in SW Ontario, Canada, am 31, 6'0, and in April of this year (2026) I weighed in at 375lb. I hated, and was becoming increasingly fed up at, my current state of being.
I was speaking to a close friend and he suggested peptide therapy which I had never even heard of, specifically Retatrutide, and told me to do my own research, which I of course did as thoroughly as I could. A couple weeks later after lots of reading, watching, and listening, I decided to make the commitment to this journey and got myself some Reta, tested my vials etc. but did not start pinning because I wanted to do the responsible thing and see a doctor first.
At the start of May, I'm at my appointment with my primary care physician. I told him I want to get back on the horse and get my life back together again, and I'm hear to request a full physical with a "comprehensive blood work panel to establish a baseline". He agreed and after taking my weight, blood pressure, etc. we sat down to discuss the lab work. I restated what I was seeking, and specifically mentioned I'd like to have my hormones checked as well. That was immediately shot down with the explanation of "I can tell just by looking at you testosterone is not an issue" (because I have a full beard and good hairline??), "you seem to have no complaints about mood, energy, sleep or stress so checking hormones is not needed". Okay then I'll go f*ck myself I guess. I then asked to have at least the rest of my basic health markers to be checked to which he replied "That's no problem, but I will add and remove markers as I see fit". Okay then I'll go f*ck myself again I guess. Next, completely unprompted he says "Depending on your progress in a month, we can possibly add Ozempic or Wegovy to help you, but PLEASE do not take any "internet peptides" as they are [completely fake, do not work, and are social media scams]". This was legitimately a 5 minute emotional rant/tirade. As you can imagine, the though of even bringing up Reta to him didn't sound too appealing to me at this point, so I shut my mouth, thanked him, took my requisition and went off to get my blood work done.
I began my Reta protocol, 1.5mg per week (1.0mg on Sundays, 0.5mg on Wednesday). Over the course of 3 weeks I have dropped 25lbs, while maintaining a cleaner diet, and semi consistent workout regiment. (More context to this will be in my log).
Fast forward to this current week, the last week of May 2026, and I had not received my results even though I was told they would be emailed to me. So I went to the office and asked the receptionist for the results for my own records. She handed me one page, which I will share here. I'm not much of a doctor but I don't really think I need to be one to see these results were less than a "comprehensive baseline".
So I decided to go see my naturopathic doctor, who has always been much more of a willing listener, and has never skimped on blood work. She didn't even flinch or raise an eyebrow when I mentioned Reta as part of my life, and actually nodded in approval. I took the requisition and went to the lab the next day. The results were emailed to me a day later, with suggestions to improve certain markers, while also noting how my current Reta protocal should begin to correct these markers, along with the fat loss. These results will also be attached for everyone to view.
I decided it would still be best to take these results to my primary doctor to review, and compare with my inital lab work. Initially he praised the weight loss, slightly improved blood pressure, and blood work. He was geniunely impressed. He asked what I had been doing this month, and I explained everything from above, and lastly brought up Retatrutide. His mood and vibe did a 180. "What's Retatrutide, I've never heard of that". I explained its an upcoming triple agaonist GLP1 medication, that is currently in clinical trials with promising results, the benefits, and what I myself had taken was gray market, but I had personally had my vial tested. I explained to him that this past month, I've felt better overall than I have in a very long time, and that for the first time in my adult life I had a stable relaltionship with food and felt in control of my eating habits, with consistency that I've never had. What followed was somewhere between a 10 to 15 minute back and forth of him being visibly angry, dissuading me from using Reta because "you don't know it's real", a push to prescribe me Ozempic or Wegovy, and repeatedly questioning why I chose to take a "random internet drug". I calmly offered to show him the published clinical trials results from Eli Lilly that was published to investors, explained that I prefer the flexibilty of being able to choose and control my own dosing, and also offered to show him my Janosik results. Suprise, he also had no clue what Janosik was. At the end of this back and forth he concluded with "Well if you're not going to listen to me, I don't want to waste time. Mine or yours. I'll give you a list of doctors who are accepting new patients. I'm willing to follow up in 3 months if you choose to do 1 more round of blood work at that time, but after that I will no longer be your doctor". I thanked him for his time and care for the past 8 years and was handed the list of doctors... which was a list of doctors who were accepting new patients in June of 2024.
So, here I am today and for all intents and purposes do not have a primary physician. I do plan on committing to PED's, and do not plan on dropping Reta, but am unsure how to navigate this without a doctor I can sit down with to help me interpret what's going on in my blood work.
To everyone who's read through all this, I'm open to suggestions and help of any kind. What should I look for when trying to find a new doctor, what are some tells or indicators that a specific doctor would be able to aid me in my goals, or is somewhat open to a patient controlling their own life turn around in their own way, and is willing to focus on harm reduction, instead of my way or the highway?
For context, I reside in SW Ontario, Canada, am 31, 6'0, and in April of this year (2026) I weighed in at 375lb. I hated, and was becoming increasingly fed up at, my current state of being.
I was speaking to a close friend and he suggested peptide therapy which I had never even heard of, specifically Retatrutide, and told me to do my own research, which I of course did as thoroughly as I could. A couple weeks later after lots of reading, watching, and listening, I decided to make the commitment to this journey and got myself some Reta, tested my vials etc. but did not start pinning because I wanted to do the responsible thing and see a doctor first.
At the start of May, I'm at my appointment with my primary care physician. I told him I want to get back on the horse and get my life back together again, and I'm hear to request a full physical with a "comprehensive blood work panel to establish a baseline". He agreed and after taking my weight, blood pressure, etc. we sat down to discuss the lab work. I restated what I was seeking, and specifically mentioned I'd like to have my hormones checked as well. That was immediately shot down with the explanation of "I can tell just by looking at you testosterone is not an issue" (because I have a full beard and good hairline??), "you seem to have no complaints about mood, energy, sleep or stress so checking hormones is not needed". Okay then I'll go f*ck myself I guess. I then asked to have at least the rest of my basic health markers to be checked to which he replied "That's no problem, but I will add and remove markers as I see fit". Okay then I'll go f*ck myself again I guess. Next, completely unprompted he says "Depending on your progress in a month, we can possibly add Ozempic or Wegovy to help you, but PLEASE do not take any "internet peptides" as they are [completely fake, do not work, and are social media scams]". This was legitimately a 5 minute emotional rant/tirade. As you can imagine, the though of even bringing up Reta to him didn't sound too appealing to me at this point, so I shut my mouth, thanked him, took my requisition and went off to get my blood work done.
I began my Reta protocol, 1.5mg per week (1.0mg on Sundays, 0.5mg on Wednesday). Over the course of 3 weeks I have dropped 25lbs, while maintaining a cleaner diet, and semi consistent workout regiment. (More context to this will be in my log).
Fast forward to this current week, the last week of May 2026, and I had not received my results even though I was told they would be emailed to me. So I went to the office and asked the receptionist for the results for my own records. She handed me one page, which I will share here. I'm not much of a doctor but I don't really think I need to be one to see these results were less than a "comprehensive baseline".
So I decided to go see my naturopathic doctor, who has always been much more of a willing listener, and has never skimped on blood work. She didn't even flinch or raise an eyebrow when I mentioned Reta as part of my life, and actually nodded in approval. I took the requisition and went to the lab the next day. The results were emailed to me a day later, with suggestions to improve certain markers, while also noting how my current Reta protocal should begin to correct these markers, along with the fat loss. These results will also be attached for everyone to view.
I decided it would still be best to take these results to my primary doctor to review, and compare with my inital lab work. Initially he praised the weight loss, slightly improved blood pressure, and blood work. He was geniunely impressed. He asked what I had been doing this month, and I explained everything from above, and lastly brought up Retatrutide. His mood and vibe did a 180. "What's Retatrutide, I've never heard of that". I explained its an upcoming triple agaonist GLP1 medication, that is currently in clinical trials with promising results, the benefits, and what I myself had taken was gray market, but I had personally had my vial tested. I explained to him that this past month, I've felt better overall than I have in a very long time, and that for the first time in my adult life I had a stable relaltionship with food and felt in control of my eating habits, with consistency that I've never had. What followed was somewhere between a 10 to 15 minute back and forth of him being visibly angry, dissuading me from using Reta because "you don't know it's real", a push to prescribe me Ozempic or Wegovy, and repeatedly questioning why I chose to take a "random internet drug". I calmly offered to show him the published clinical trials results from Eli Lilly that was published to investors, explained that I prefer the flexibilty of being able to choose and control my own dosing, and also offered to show him my Janosik results. Suprise, he also had no clue what Janosik was. At the end of this back and forth he concluded with "Well if you're not going to listen to me, I don't want to waste time. Mine or yours. I'll give you a list of doctors who are accepting new patients. I'm willing to follow up in 3 months if you choose to do 1 more round of blood work at that time, but after that I will no longer be your doctor". I thanked him for his time and care for the past 8 years and was handed the list of doctors... which was a list of doctors who were accepting new patients in June of 2024.
So, here I am today and for all intents and purposes do not have a primary physician. I do plan on committing to PED's, and do not plan on dropping Reta, but am unsure how to navigate this without a doctor I can sit down with to help me interpret what's going on in my blood work.
To everyone who's read through all this, I'm open to suggestions and help of any kind. What should I look for when trying to find a new doctor, what are some tells or indicators that a specific doctor would be able to aid me in my goals, or is somewhat open to a patient controlling their own life turn around in their own way, and is willing to focus on harm reduction, instead of my way or the highway?
infuriating! 
(because they are the "expert" and you are just a pleb)
