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ahpowers    2

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Hello all. I am considering the sleeve due to my health issues, my doctor also recommended it. With that said, I would like to know how this procedure helped with health issues you had. If you had high BP and cholesterol before do you still have it now? Are you off all pills. Thanks :)

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MamaOfDrama    1

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I'm in the same boat as you. I have HBP and other issues that my Dr is hoping the surgery will help with. Looking forward to hearing from someone on this.

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living life    7

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I have high blood pressure due to primary aldosteronism (basically my adrenal glands producing too much hormone which increases BP). I had surgery 15 May and have come off 2/3 medications. The third one I will be on for life because of the PA. I used to take cholesterol mess but have been off them long before the surgery however my latest blood tests showed normal levels. Not sure at which point they became normal. Losing weight will help your whole body function better


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gwbicster    257

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Can't give you info about those things yet but I am off of FOUR diabetes meds already.

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lisaBme    46

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I'm in the same boat as you. I have HBP and other issues that my Dr is hoping the surgery will help with. Looking forward to hearing from someone on this.

I was on BP meds for 24 years. I have been completely off of them since the day after surgery. I'm 7 months post op. Also off my CPAP.

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lisaBme    46

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Hello all. I am considering the sleeve due to my health issues, my doctor also recommended it. With that said, I would like to know how this procedure helped with health issues you had. If you had high BP and cholesterol before do you still have it now? Are you off all pills. Thanks [emoji4]
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Off all BP meds since the day after surgery. Also off CPAP. All cholesterol levels are normal. I'm 7 months out.

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BigDog Bryan    262

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I went in with both of these issues, yes. Within DAYS of the surgery, I was OFF of the Diabetic meds and Water pills. Additionally, the Atorvastatin and Losartan were reduced to the lowest available doses.

It's been 19 months and I've lost 1 full grown man. I am still on the last 2 meds, yes. The BP med should be gone in another 25-30 pounds. The Cholesterol meds will be re-evaluated in that same window. I honestly believe that they will be with me until I can stay under 220 (preferably closer to 200).

I still consider the decision to have the surgery a Life Saving move - my only "regret" is that I had it in 2015 instead of earlier in my life.

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ahpowers    2

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Thank you all so much for the replys. So glad this journey has been a life changing experience. I think I will do this so my life can improve as well. I am not severely over weight, weighing in at 240, 5'4", but to be 36 yrs old and have a total cholesterol of 262 and high BP I feel right now is the prime time in my life to get this started.

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GotProlactinoma    458

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I've thought about bariatric surgery for years. I only did it this year because my blood pressure was going sky high. I had a lot of stress and I thought that was it. The Meds for BP made me so sick.

well, I was sleeved July 19th. Two weeks before that, of course I was on the pre op diet, which I called a starvation diet. Two Protein Drinks and one meal of a piece of meat with some veggies. During those two weeks, I kept taking my BP every day, and it went way down. It went into the yellow on the graph and no longer always up high in the red zone. Amazing.

And now it has been two weeks since surgery, and nearly every BP reading (I do twice a day) is in the normal range. What?? I haven the even lost that much weight yet. It is AMAZING and it is a huge relief for me.

i have six months of BP charts all RED with really high BP. Then boom, the pre op diet dropped it into the yellow "moderately high" range. And post surgery all but one lone reading has been NORMAL.

We want to live long and healthy. So glad I took this step.

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