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August 5, 2025 11 mins
Andrea calls in concerned about her husband, who she found out is hiding his Ozempic injections from her.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
K W the Dan Ryot Show.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
All right, I have Andrea on the phone, and she's
got a little issues. She's dealing with a home. So Andrea,
we're gonna jump right into it. What is going on
that you need to help on group therapy today.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
So my husband's gained probably about fifty pounds in the
last three years, I would say, and he's a little
self conscious about it, but I love him just the same,
Like it doesn't bother me at all. But I noticed,
like recently he's like not eating as much. So I thought, oh,
you know, maybe he's watching his portions trying to get healthy.
But then he seemed to drop weight like pretty quick,

(00:37):
and I'm like, oh, that's weird. And so we have
like a double vanity in our bathroom, and each of
us have our own like stuff onto the sink, you know,
we each have our own sink. And I go, you know,
the other day, digging through because I want to see, like,
is there anything in there? And I noticed, you know,
somem ozempic in his garbage. Oh, and I didn't know.

Speaker 4 (00:57):
He was mean, what do you mean by that? Like,
I guess I I don't really know what ozempic is.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
I think of it, like, sure, a shot when I
think of ozempic, because I know you have to like inject.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
It, right, Yeah, but you know what, it kind of
looks like one of those pens, almost like an EpiPen.
It's like a thick blue pen. But I guess there's
a needle in it, Okay, Okay, yeah, yeah, So I
found that, and I was very surprised, and honestly, I'm
a little upset that he didn't open up to me
about it. I'm not sure how I feel about ozembic,

(01:27):
if I'm being honest, Okay, And I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
It feels like I think a lot of people feel
that way right now. They're not entirely sure how they feel.
Some people are for it, some people are like unsure.

Speaker 5 (01:37):
It's brand new, so it's hard to like know what
you feel about it when it's something that's so brand
new exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
But also like I don't know, to me, it feels
like something you would talk to your partner about ahead
of time, you know, like you don't just do this
without talking to your partner. So like I'm wondering, like
can I confront him about this? And it's so like,
how do I do that, and am I even allowed
to be upset about it? Because I'm kind of upset

(02:04):
that you would do this without talking to me.

Speaker 5 (02:06):
I wonder what you were looking for, like for the
reason for him to talk to you, Like did you
want him to ask you for permission? Or why is
it that you would want him to bring it up
to you.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
No, but I mean it's a health decision, and you know,
I wouldn't just go schedule a surgery without talking to him.
So why would you just start taking a serious medication
like this without a discussion with your wife? You know,
totally agree, not necessarily permission, but you know, consideration or
or or just just open this, Like why are we

(02:37):
hiding it? Is the real question.

Speaker 6 (02:39):
I wouldn't say consideration, but I definitely agree that it's
one of those things.

Speaker 7 (02:43):
It's just a big decision in your life.

Speaker 6 (02:44):
And it's not like it's a boyfriend or girlfriend, even
though I would talk to my girlfriend and I would
hope that she would talk to me, but your husband
and wife, that's definitely something I feel like, you know,
shouldn't be hidden because it's not just like, hey, I'm
doing this thing. It's doctor's appointments, it's I'm sure it's research.
It's the fact that he's doing it in your house.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Okay, so exactly right.

Speaker 4 (03:03):
I mean, we can.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Definitely give our opinions all day, but we would love
to hear from you if you want to give us
a call.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
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Speaker 2 (03:09):
Maybe you've been in this position before with your partner
where they kind of hid something from you, or maybe
it was specifically something like wagov or ozempic or something.

Speaker 4 (03:18):
But I think like in terms of.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
The hiding part of it, yeah, I do you feel
like that's a little bit weird as a partnership.

Speaker 4 (03:26):
That you would like be a little bit open about that.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
However, you know, he does have probably the right to
do what he wants right with his body. Yeah, so
you know that's definitely going to be an argument here.

Speaker 4 (03:37):
I think, Yeah, we.

Speaker 5 (03:38):
Just got a text that said it's his body, so
it's his choice and he but he probably was a
little bit embarrassed about it, so he didn't want to
talk about it.

Speaker 6 (03:45):
I never understood why people are a shamed to admit
that they're on no ozempic, Like maybe it's the fear there's.

Speaker 7 (03:50):
A stigma behind it.

Speaker 6 (03:51):
I think maybe it's the fear of shaming, because you know,
there's some people that are like running five k's or
dieting or doing whatever to lose weight, and then ozempic is,
you know, just it seems like a shot. I don't
want to say just a shot and downplay it, but
it is, you know, a shot, and it's a quicker
way to do it. But at the same time, like,
if you know this person personally, I'm gonna in the
back of my mind be like, wait a minute, you're

(04:12):
not changing the way you eat, You're not going to
the gym, are you doing ozep like.

Speaker 7 (04:17):
You know this person's habits. Yeah, so there's no reason
to be ashamed.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
But with ozmbic and stuff like that, a lot of
the reason that you lose weight is because it suppresses
your appetite. So you probably are going to notice a
difference in how they're eating if they're on ozembic or
wakobe or whatever form they're taking. I think also it's
just the fact that there's I mean, I've heard different
opinions from different like prestigious doctors on podcasts and stuff

(04:41):
like that about ozembic, whether it's good or bad. But
I think a lot of people are just nervous because
they don't feel like there's been enough research as to
if this is going to hurt people down the line
from taking it, because.

Speaker 3 (04:53):
And that's that's a concern I have, because what if
you would have had like a bad reaction. And I
don't even know he's taking it, and like, how am
I going to help him? How am I going to
tell a doctor? Like I don't like this is something
you don't you know, It's like he's hiding it almost
like drugs, Like it's weird. I don't know. Like that
that upsets me. I'm worried.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
So you're more upset about the fact though, that like
he's hiding it from you, right.

Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yes, because I don't understand. I just don't understand why
you would hide it.

Speaker 6 (05:20):
Yeah, And I'd also be scared. We all know on
the show I'm an overthinker. But it opens the door
of like what else are you hiding or what else
could you be lying about? Because like I said, this
is not just like a gumball in the gumball machine.

Speaker 7 (05:33):
This is like I have to do research. I'm probably
paying for it.

Speaker 6 (05:36):
I don't know if insurance covers this, or it's out
of pocket, it's I have to go to doctor's appointments.
If you were able to hide all that, my overthinking
mind is going to go down the road of like, Okay,
what else do I not know?

Speaker 4 (05:47):
Well, let's just I.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
Think we focus on this for right now because I'm
sure like that's a whole different conversation, but we do
have some people on the phone.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Amanda is on the phone right now. Hi'm Amanda.

Speaker 7 (05:56):
How are you good?

Speaker 3 (05:57):
How are you good?

Speaker 5 (05:58):
So?

Speaker 4 (05:58):
What does your take on this?

Speaker 3 (06:01):
I would say that.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
There's a lot of shames around weight in general, and
it's a society thing. When I decided to go on
a similar medication called step bound, I really contemplated whether
I tell my husband, if I tell other people in
my life, and things like that I've lost one hundred
pounds on it, like it has changed my life, and

(06:24):
I think that really as a partner, like you should
want your partner to be healthier and support.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
Them in their decisions.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
And so the fact that he didn't tell you, like
you know, that's a whole other thing. But I think
it's I think it's a shame thing.

Speaker 4 (06:38):
Like, so, how long did it take for you to
tell your partner.

Speaker 1 (06:42):
I did end up telling him after I got the medication.
It was pretty quick, but I didn't know how I
was going to hide it in the fridge. So if
I had had a way, I probably would have waited
a little bit longer.

Speaker 3 (06:54):
Because when you try to lose weight a bunch.

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Of times then you don't do it, It's kind of like,
is this going to work? Is this going to be
the thing? But I think we should be happy for
people who are helping themselves to be healthier because.

Speaker 7 (07:08):
And I also have no big problem.

Speaker 4 (07:10):
Yes, that is true.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
Can I also ask what was your partner's reaction to
you wanting to take it and starting to take it?

Speaker 1 (07:18):
I mean, I think he he ended up being supportive
with it, especially once I've lost, you know, the weight.
He's like, you know what, this is working for you.

Speaker 3 (07:27):
You tried really hard to.

Speaker 1 (07:28):
Lose the weight before and you weren't able to and so,
you know, I think he's proud of me for doing
what needs to be done.

Speaker 3 (07:34):
And honestly, I can now.

Speaker 1 (07:35):
Go do the things with my kids I want to
do because I can keep up. And so that weight
was probably holding him down, and so I think she
should be happy for him and maybe act him. Hey,
you know, did you start othentic and when you start
the conversation like be supportive? Like that's our jobs, that's partnered,
just to be supportive for sure.

Speaker 2 (07:54):
Well that was a great take on that. I may
we appreciate you calling in. I always got more text
access it is.

Speaker 5 (07:58):
Yeah, so this person says, I'll be honest, I started
taking some glue tide in January and I've never told
my husband. Same with botox injections, you just don't say anything.

Speaker 7 (08:10):
This person says, hold on, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (08:11):
So your husband isn't noticing that you suddenly don't have
wrinkles and or maybe weight if it's.

Speaker 5 (08:17):
Consistent with like if you consistently get botox, who's going
to know that you.

Speaker 7 (08:21):
Had the wrinkles in the first place.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
I guess that's true, but I feel like most people
notice weight loss in their party. But I guess if
it's like a gradual thing, yeah, maybe I was like
you've changed your lifestyle then okay.

Speaker 5 (08:32):
This text says he probably feels like she would shame
him for not losing weight the traditional way, like through
exercise and diet. This one says, as someone on weight
loss medication. There's so much shame for using it for
weight loss. When I decided to tell my husband, I
was telling him, not asking him for permission. Also, there's
a lot of embarrassment behind using it, especially for men
to admit that they need weight loss medication, which is

(08:53):
kind of what our last.

Speaker 7 (08:54):
Caller just said too.

Speaker 2 (08:56):
I mean, there hasn't been a lot of takes on
the opposite side of things. Most people have said like
it's it's a shame thing and he should be able
to do it and whatever. But this person does say
marriage and sickness and health, he should talk to her
about it because it has a lot to do with
his health.

Speaker 7 (09:09):
I agree.

Speaker 6 (09:09):
I think you should just tell him that, you know,
because you've gone this far in the dark now that
you know, and you're you're worried, you know, you're concerned, because.

Speaker 7 (09:16):
Yeah, it has to do with his health. God forbid.

Speaker 6 (09:18):
You come home one day and I don't know, I
don't even want to speak anything in the atmosphere, but
you don't know what will happen.

Speaker 5 (09:23):
But like, yeah, but people who are single are on
weight loss medication as well, who live alone.

Speaker 7 (09:30):
So they don't have vowed that saying sickness and health
to tell somebody else.

Speaker 2 (09:33):
See.

Speaker 5 (09:34):
I guess that's where I just kind of like, if
it's if it's his choice that he's doing it, and
he does have shame around it, or maybe he just
doesn't have shame around it. Maybe it's just like a
non issue for him. He's like, Yeah, I'm gonna go
on ozempic, I'm gonna lose some weight, and that's just
like his choice.

Speaker 2 (09:49):
I mean, I think I think the difference between though,
like someone living alone someone in a partnership, is with ozempic,
you're injecting something into your body and not None of
us are doctors, at least awesome, they're not doctors, so
we don't fully understand the implication of that, Whereas, like
with a diet, maybe you're restricting your portions, you're eating
more fiber, or you're eating whatever that's like something proven

(10:11):
to be like that is healthy and you should not
all of a sudden keel over because you ate broccoli
instead of having a cookie, you know what I mean.
So I think that there is a difference between a
diet and losing weight that way or portion sizes versus
injecting something into your body.

Speaker 7 (10:28):
But I'm not.

Speaker 4 (10:28):
Saying that there's anything wrong with that.

Speaker 2 (10:30):
I'm just saying that, like I, if I had a
partner who decided to do that, I would also want
them to talk to me about it, just so I knew,
not because I am allowed to have an opinion whether
they do it or not, just so I know that's all.

Speaker 3 (10:44):
Yeah, And I would not have told him not to
do it either. I would support him and whatever he
wants to do. I want him to know that I
love him just the way he is. But whatever is
going to make him happy, I'm here for it. But
you know, I to hide it is very concerning, and
you know, I just you know, I understand everyone's talking
about the shame and I'm trying to understand that, but

(11:05):
I mean, I I just wish we would have talked
about it.

Speaker 7 (11:09):
Yeah, yeah, that's valid for sure.

Speaker 2 (11:10):
There's so many texts and calls coming in right now,
and we appreciate it, but we do have to move
on because we got to call our Tate McCray winner.
But thank you so much for being on, Andrew. I
hope that we helped you out today. We appreciate it.
If you ever want to be on for group therapy.
You can just email us at Ryan Show at KDWB
dot com
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