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I decided against the depo shot due to the potential for weight gain and possible issues with getting pregnant after stopping. I'm getting the Mirena IUD very soon, my gyno estimated the cost to be $800-900, but it's good for 5 years. Hoping it's a good choice, looking to avoid for another 2ish years.

Good luck! I'd never had a stone before surgery but ended up in the hospital with them three weeks after surgery. It was the worst pain of my life, but thankfully mine passed on its own.

I was sleeved 8/21 and am down 66 lbs. Feeling great now and feel like I've found my 'new normal', but the first six weeks were pretty rough.

Good luck with surgery! I haven't had too many problems with lows, thankfully, and can fix pretty easily with a few glucose tabs. I did have some really delayed lows after working-out (like 8-12 hours later), but my CDE figured out a basal pattern to help fix that, and I just set it on days where I'll be exercising.

Thanks, I was so happy it dropped so much. I would like to try to conceive when I get to goal and my endo recommends being below 6.0 to do so. I eat mostly meat (lots of chicken and eggs), cheese and a tiny bit of veggies. Snacks are nuts, beef Jerky and the occasionally Protein bar. I crave carbs a lot too, still. If I want bread, I use half a low carb flat bread, those are only 3.5 g carbs for a half. I like having cheese and crackers, so I buy these really thin wafer crackers that are 7g carbs for 6 crackers.

nslnsweetie-Sorry to hear about the plateau, that stinks. I'm just over 3 months out, but have found that I need to watch my carbs even more than I did before the surgery to keep the weight coming off. I try to eat no more than 30-40g carbs per day. It has definitely helped my A1c though, it was 6.2 at my last appointment, down from 8.5 before surgery.

I had my surgery at Forest Park also and the bill was 66K. My insurance allowable charges were only around 12K (in network negotiated rates), I paid 0.

Hi, I'm late to the party but wanted to reply. I've had T1DM for 18 years, been pumping for 10. I'm having sleeve surgery on 8/21 and have the same fears about low bgs. Im doing my 2 week pre-op diet now and have had some lows, but nothing a little juice couldn't fix. Do you have a CGM? I do, and don't wear it frequently now due to site issues, but plan to more once I'm back at home after surgery, to help catch lows before they happen.