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My doctor has my attention now
The good news is that my GP doesn’t think my blood pressure is too horrible even though it can stand to improve quite a bit. However she’s concerned with the fact that my back is keeping me from exercising and that I’m in a bad cycle because if I exercise it currently hurts my back but I need to improve my back with exercise.
Also, my weight has stagnated and I even put back on a couple of the pounds that I lost when adjusting to the new medicine and kept me from being hungry. She’s always been easy-going when it comes to how to take care of my medical issues. But she got my attention today for sure because she suggested something she never suggested before and even warned me in advance not to be mad at her.
Gastric bypass surgery. š³š³
The thought of having major surgery like that scares the crap out of me. But if she’s that concerned, I have to do something now
Also, my weight has stagnated and I even put back on a couple of the pounds that I lost when adjusting to the new medicine and kept me from being hungry. She’s always been easy-going when it comes to how to take care of my medical issues. But she got my attention today for sure because she suggested something she never suggested before and even warned me in advance not to be mad at her.
Gastric bypass surgery. š³š³
The thought of having major surgery like that scares the crap out of me. But if she’s that concerned, I have to do something now
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But since she was dead serious about me looking into it, that concerns me greatly because that confirms that she knows Iām very unhealthy because Iām not āthat obeseā but Iām quickly becoming āthat immobile.ā
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I reverted to my librarian days and found a couple websites that might be helpful places to start researching this:
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery https://asmbs.org/patients/bariatric-surgery-procedures
Mayo Clinic https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/gastric-bypass-surgery/art-20046318
Bariatric Surgery Source (This is a commercial site, but looks like the basic info is sound and they compare different options in some detail.) https://www.bariatric-surgery-source.com/bariatric-surgery-for-beginners.html
A list of articles from Medline Plus (My favorite medical source) https://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&v%3Asources=medlineplus-bundle&query=gastric+bypass+surgery
And finally, a video of the surgery http://nlm.bcst.md/videos/laparoscopic-gastric-bypass-surgery?view=displayPageNLM
The video may be a bit much, but I watched a hip replacement video before my hip surgery and it helped me feel more in control.
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That and although I have high blood pressure and mobility issues, there are many items that may disqualify me. Right now Iām about 10 pounds away from the 35 BMI cutoff, I have had kidney stones, have anxiety and panic disorder and technically Iāve never formally participated in any medically monitored diet
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Silver lining? You GET this warning, you have another chance <3 Somebody else that same day got told he or she needs that surgery, NOW.
*hugs*
If I can help in any small (or big!) way, please let me know <3 Even just for motivation, if you want that!
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So clearly I am going to have to get my act together as well as start posting on my
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:)
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ACCEPT MEEEE! LOOOVE MEEEEEEE!
;)
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Most insurances require between 6-12 months of formal dietary counseling before theyāll approve the surgery. This is a very good thing.
Many of us, and I am including myself, who are overweight eat to try to ignore certain feelings or to comfort ourselves.
When the bypass surgery prevents you from overeating, you still have all those emotions inside that played a large part in your overeating.
Losing weight is one thing. Changing long-standing behavior patterns is harder. If youād be willing to commit to counseling on an ongoing basis to help you face and work through whatever feelings are at the core of your overeating....after surgery ... youād increase your chances of permanent weight loss.
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In 1972, my Dad had the equivalent of a gastric bypass to try to fix his ulcer and was in the hospital for a year (I was only 3 at the time so I donāt remember it). He still has gastro issues to this day. Also, I already have my own gastro issues which is a big deterrent for me. A woman that worked in the department I used to work in who wasnāt much bigger than me died from complications a few months after the surgery.
I want to avoid having it unless itās the absolute last resort but for my doctor to even suggest it means sheās concerned about my health. So I have to figure out how to slowly and safely lose weight again and keep it off and also find ways to get exercise and not compromise my back.
One thing I did ask her to prescribe is an anti anxiety med thatās safer long term than Xanax. When I was going regularly to a therapist (yay, burnout from work stress), we tried the med (Buspar) and it did a great job on relieving my anxiety. Unfortunately I couldnāt adjust to the side effects of brain zaps. However, the psychiatrist had me on other meds for depression and I wondered if the problem was a med combo rather than the Buspar on its own. I figure itās worth another shot because I know my main issue is stress eating/nervous nibbling. If I can reduce my anxiety, I will tend to have better focus at work and will usually be less likely to turn to food for comfort
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But either way, it got my attention so while I'm trying to figure out how to get active, I need to use the diet to slowly get the number down