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Bariatric Surgery & Weight Loss | Last Active: Jan 28 7:19am | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
@3oakley2 - another route you might go would be to look at these available discussions on Mayo Clinic Connect on GLP1s and see if you'd like to see if someone or a group of members might like to be GLP1 buddies with you. Check out some of these discussions https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/bariatric-surgery-weight-loss/. It might be optimal if it were the same exact shot.
What is the timeline for your bariatric surgery, @pinkrose72? How are you feeling as you approach that time?
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@lisalucier thank you! I am just at the end of my weight loss journey. I think 5# more. But I am not at the end of my GLP journey as I couldn’t keep the weight off if the food noise returned. I will continue to take a GLP. I have battled weight my entire life. Dieting yoyo. But I would love to be a cheerleader for others on this journey and life style change. I’m retired from nursing but it’s still gratifying to be able to help. That helps me too! Mental Health is a big part of the weight loss.
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@lisalucier I am not open to GLP1s. My PCP and I have already discussed it. My body has always had extreme reactions to medications, and I normally have nausea and other gastrointestinal symptoms, so I am not willing to chance taking medications that are known to CAUSE stomach issues.
My conversion surgery has not been scheduled yet, as I need to get cardiac and medical clearances done before my surgeon will submit the request to my insurance. He says it should be an easy approval because my surgery is more or less "medically necessary". I had an EDG in October that showed a medium hiatal hernia and chronic inflammation in the esophagus. I have a massive inferno in my stomach and esophagus even when eating plain lettuce. I'm getting those clearances this week, so I'm thinking by the end of February for a surgery date.
At first, I was against the conversion, so I tried losing weight with phentermine, which was an epic fail due to interactions with other medications and extreme shortness of breath and palpitations. Thanks for your response.