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Sorry Kathy182 hit send to early. Regardless of how much I lose or how fast there is an overwhelming consensus by everyone to date that they have no regrets and life really is much happier and healthier on the other side. Thanks for the support.
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Sorry Kathy182 hit send to early. Regardless of how much I lose or how fast there is an overwhelming consensus by everyone to date that they have no regrets and life really is much happier and healthier on the other side. Thanks for the support.
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Awesome advice Kimini. Thank you so much. It was me who made the decision to speak to a surgeon about WLS because I thought I was being proactive about my future health given my weight. Apart from the thyroid and a menopausal problem which only occurred last month, my bloods say that I am in good health (no high GP, cholesterol etc) there is a family history of diabetes which was also why I thought I should do this while I am still relatively young and healthy for such an operation, but even my GP didn't seem to express any opinion, positive or negative and then the surgeon was the same. I thought the surgeon could have been a little more reassuring in order to give me confidence in him if nothing else. At least he was more polite than your surgeon...lol. Anyway there goes overthinking again. I have never had a negative reply or read a negative comment by anyone who has had the sleeve. So that I guess is the proof in the pudding, so to speak. Please let me know how your journey goes and I am envious of your decision and loss to date.
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I'm a Queenslander. I am north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region.
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Thanks Krakow57 and congratulations n your success to date. My thyroid was diagnosed 11 months ago. Was started on 50mcg Oroxine then retest three months later. Still low so Orxine was upped to 75mcg. Recheck three months later and all good. Retest three months later and way down again. Oroxine up to 100mcg and retest in three months. Aaaaargh so over it. That being said you are proof that good loses can still occur. I was aware of all the great success numbers I've seen on this forum and was just a bit gobsmacked about how adamant my doctor was that I would not lose more than 20-25kg and offered no hope or encouragement to even try for a greater loss. I guess these forums and positive sleevers like yourself will have to be my support. Thanks again.
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Thanks OutsideMatchinside for your advice. I knew from reading all these posts that plenty of people here have exceeded their Drs goals and I guess that's why I was a bit deflated by his estimates, hence the use of "only". Part of me expected that these Drs would be doing their utmost to to sell the surgery to me but this guy certainly didn't do that and just made me feel flat and doubt my decision. I know Drs these days are reluctant to say what they think due to the fear of being sued and stress that it has to be my decision but I had just expected a bit of support, encouragement and positivity about my decision which I didn't get. At least I can get all that from these forums. Thanks again.
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