Jrenae00

I just got approved yesterday. I also have hypothyroidism. The surgeon office said at the beginning that my thyroid needs to be stable with medication, mine always has. I am also on a fairly low dosage though. My family DR. told me that as long as you are on the correct dosage of medication and routinely get your levels checked, you can lose weight, its just finding the right dosage that can be tricky. Hope this helps!!

Awesome! Good luck!

I'm still in the pre testing phase... im about half done. I have 2 more psych appts, my sleep study, pft, and a dietician appt left. Problem is... i can not seem to quit smoking. Anyone else have this issue? I never thought it would be this difficult. I tried to quit.. made it 3 days and snuck out of the house at 3 am to the gas station... chained smoked 3 cigs before i felt bad and broke the rest. Only after all of that dramatic mess was i able to sleep that night! Is there any hope?

That is crazy! Did you feel tempted at all?

How did your surgery go?? Hope everything went well for you!

I am so glad that you brought this subject up. I have been afraid that people will judge me because of my smoking. My problem is that I don't want to quit. I actually really enjoy it! But I know that my surgeon will not operate on me if he knows that I've been smoking within two weeks of the surgery. So what do you do? I'm going to ask my doctor to put me on Chantix, and hopefully that helps. I also have a vaporizer, so maybe that can be an option. Just know that you are not alone. Quitting smoking sucks! Please let me know if you find something that helps you. I need all the help I can get too!!! I felt the same too! Im vaping today... not seem to be going too bad.. so far. Lol

I'm so thankful for everyone on here.. I don't know what I would do without everyones input to my stupid questions I'm sure have been asked a million times!

I've decided to vape. I'm going to friday and explore my options lol do you think i should just try and start with 0 nicotine? Or taper down?

Do you still vape? My friend does.. she is at 0 nicotine now. I just thought id be able to quit without starting another addiction... did you stop smoking and vape before your surgery?

My name is Jen. I'm currently in the process of getting approved for WLS. I still have a couple more tests to do before they send in for my insurance approval. My problem is, now that I'm getting further into it, I'm freaking out a little. I'm not worried about the actual surgery itself.. I'm worried about failing. My whole life I have been over weight and on diets with very small and rare results. What if I fail at this also? that's my number one concern. My second is what if I succeed? I don't know what it is like to be a "normal" weight. All of my family, my friends, even myself.. only know me like this. I've read article after article and forums and you name it... and I never recall anyone having a fear of losing weight. I guess I feel strange because even though the thought of buying and fitting into "average" size clothing would be awesome, I'm not miserable being overweight. The number one reason I am trying to do this is to be healthy. Has anyone else felt this way??

congratulations

Thank you all so much... I've been so emotional lately, which is odd. I've tried to talk to family or friends but no one truly understands like people who are in or have been in this situation. To be perfectly honest, I'm not very the best at opening up and showing my feelings. That's why I've decided to join.