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Any sleevers not have a thyroid and successfully lose weight? I'm scared its going to hold me back from losing the weight I want to lose after surgery on oct 23

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I had my thyroid out in 2005 & I am 3 mths po. My starting weight was 321 lbs & today I am 50 lbs down & currently weigh in at 271 lbs!!!! I take medicine for my thyroid tho. Hope this helps you...

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Yes it did thank u. It's good to here your success story and also, congrats! I am also on meds for not having mine. I now have hope and more excitement... Thank u

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You are very welcome!!!! Glad I could help you. Also thank you very much. I wish you the best weight loss journey of your life. You will do great!!!!! Enjoy your journey to the fullest. It is the best feeling in the world to see the weight come off!!!!

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I have an underactive thyroid. I'm 2.5. Months out and have lost 35 lbs. I have also had my dosage reduced twice already. The doc said thyroid meds are somewhat weight depends t so it's not uncommon for doses to go down with weight loss. We do lose a but slower as we get pcos, thyroid, Menopause, get older, etc., from what I have read. But it's still all a lot faster than without the sleeve!

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I'm hypothyroid as well, sleeved 2 months ago. I've had my medication reduced once and lost a total of 37 lbs since my surgery. I'm in my 60's, and it is a slow-go, but it is real.

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I have pcos and take a thyroid pill. I was worried about this too. But better slow than nothing at all. I gwt sleeved 10/25

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I had my thyroid out a couple years ago. I had VSG on 5/15 and today 10/17 down fifty lbs

My thyroid dosage went from 150 to 125 to 112 mcg.

And yes Dr said it will be a little bit slower

But I am 53 years old as well

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No thyroid vsg on 3/14/13 down 45.9 lbs (healthy weight now) yay!

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I'm hypothyroid too... Had VSG November 30,2012 down 97 lbs. still on meds take 137 mcg synthroid every day.

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I take 215 mg of levoxyl with no thyroid. I'm only 21. I was concerned about the slow loss. But feel better now.. Thanks guys

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I take 215 mg of levoxyl with no thyroid. I'm only 21. I was concerned about the slow loss. But feel better now.. Thanks guys

I am 33

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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