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A weight loss surgery blog by windyacres_2000 on BariatricPal. 2 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Read more about Working toward qualifying...

Working toward qualifying...

I am being compliant. I went and had an esophogram, and just to top the day off, went and had my first mammogram in a couple of years too.   THEN - I had a sleep study. I have been sleeping 11 or so hours a day, and still not having any energy. My FP kept saying that most people don't get enough sleep. He kept asking me all the sleepiness questions. I am not abnormally sleepy during the day (most of the time) but that's because of how much time I give myself to sleep.   Anyhow, they wir

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• windyacres_2000
• May 21, 200917 yr

Read more about The Beginning

The Beginning

So, I went to a doctor's appointment, and my Hg A1C has gone up to an unacceptable level. My pcp wanted to start me on a diabetes medication that also causes some weight loss. As I did more research into this drug, I saw that it can cause debilitating nausea. It is also pretty short acting, and would not deal with my high fasting blood sugars.   As I thought about the prospect in years to come of trying medication after medication to control my diabetes, I went back to the idea of CURING th

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• windyacres_2000
• May 6, 200917 yr