Bariatric Surgery & Weight Loss: Meet others & Share

My wife just had stomach bypass surgery and surgery on her hiatal hernia. She is a diabetic *(1) so really life changing. She is still in hospital 4 days after surgery.

Hi. I'm Andy. I've struggled with weight and yoyo dieting my whole adult life(I'm 46). The only thing that has ever worked was wegovy. It took away the food noise and allowed me to get my life back. Unfortunately two years ago, my bcbs insurance decided to change the RX tiers and now it would cost me 700 for one month. Very frustrating and that is after a tier exception. Ugh. Why is the medical system the way it is? Anyway, I decided to look into bariatric surgery. My insurance covers that, with just a 450$ copay. Make it make sense!! 🤣 Anyway, I am now in the process of starting my surgery journey. Looking forward to hearing other people success and experiences! ✌️

@hope2lose23 - welcome. That's great insurance approved it.

How are you feeling about the surgery, now that you've gotten through the insurance coverage hurdle?

Myself@lisalucier was just approved by insurance

Hi, @zidbuck - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Are you currently looking into bariatric surgery for yourself or someone you know?

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@loveylouise - just wanted to check in and see how you are doing? Sounds like you were experiencing a long and challenging journey to get to your bariatric surgery. Were you able to jump through some of those hoops to get to your surgery?

@lisalucier I have had a lot of life changes recently. Osteo based PT and acupuncture have been essential to keeping me active and managing chronic pain and vestibular conditions. I have suddenly dropped 25 lbs in 5 months without any intent or symptoms of causes. I still struggle with the excess skin, movement makes it shift and throws me off balance. It is difficult to find clothes that fit my abnormal shape. My legs and hips are a burden, and I still experience edema. Im in a better place with my body overall though. I could not recommend osteopathic treatments enough. My job’s new health insurance doesn’t cover the acupuncture which I will not be able to private pay. I am still going to PT-thankfully the company I use has a satellite office where I have moved to. They have built up my trust that I can recover from injury and can stay active despite chronics. I would be lost without them. Thank you for checking in!

Hi @herbi13 - just checking in to see how you are doing these days? You'd mentioned before that your body was hard to use. Is this because of not being able to access additional plastics, not conforming to a single pattern or strategy, or something else?

@roch
I have worked with doctors for my menopause and have done hormone therapy as i had a hysterectomy when I was 24. So, I have been going at this a long time. All of my symptoms are under control except for trying to get the weight off. I have tried everything there is to get the weight off and either a little weight comes off and it comes right back. I was just saying since I turned 40, it has gotten so much harder to lose weight, its like no matter what i do it doesn't come off and stay off. And the self esteem thing, I know that is because I hate the way I look when I look in the mirror. I just want to be happy with my body and i don't know where else to turn.