#tw weight loss surgery

[cheeseburgersinparadise]

TW DIET AND WEIGHT LOSS

another plus size person I follow on Instagram had bariatric surgery and I have to unfollow her and my thoughts and feelings about this are complex.

On the one hand, objectively I know that weight loss surgery is inherently dangerous and fucked up becuase of all the horrible side effects and outcomes that happen. I know objectively that there are better health outcomes for people who just accept their size.

But on the other hand, I am incredibly jealous and angry and disappointed. I struggle with accepting myself all the time. And I guess I could just get wls as well and lose weight. I could!! I could do it. It’s tempting. Some days I want to be thin so badly I don’t eat, or eat very little. Maybe if that choice were made for me, things would be different idk. I am not even considered to be a super fat or anything. Just a mid small fat probably. So like what do I even have to complain about.

I want to say that people can do what they want with their bodies. And they definitely can. It’s just so disappointing and feels like a betrayal when a plus size fat lib activist does it. Because what the fuck is the point! What are we even doing here?

I feel like such a fucking hypocrite knowing that I secretly still wish I could be thin and fucking yell on here all day about fat activism and fatphobia and rights and all this other bullshit. Maybe I should just have half my stomach hacked off and call it a day. Then not only can I be treated like a human being, I can be the hot fit thin feeder y’all are desperate for. I can wear whatever clothes I want and not worry about if I can fit on rides or what people think. Idk. I’m tired.

#tw fatphobia #tw weight loss #tw weight loss surgery #tw diet talk #ANYWAY #i just had to get this out of my system #delete later

[jenthebug]

Update: I’ll be having two surgeries, a double mastectomy and tissue expanders, then a bilateral DIEP flap (reconstruction using fat from my belly) a couple months later when my tissue has sufficiently expanded. It’s gonna expand a lot. I’m going big.

I’m about to be sober af this summer…no weed 6 weeks before or after each surgery. So I’m getting absolutely snoop dogged tonight. 200mg. Because my surgery could be as soon as 6 weeks from now (come on let’s get this over with!). I’ll get an exact date when the surgery scheduler calls.

Dr. Plastics wants me to start losing weight in a healthy way, too; cut out sweets, fast foods, and alcohol, and cut back on simple carbs. So that’ll be something to work on this spring.

This. Is. Gonna. Suck.

These are huge surgeries.

And two of my favorite coping mechanisms are now off limits. Three, counting sweets.

#insertcaffeine breast surgery #insertcaffeine vs weed #insertcaffeine vs alcohol #cancer fitblr #tw weight loss #metastatic breast cancer

[raceweek]

#i cant #alex albon #monza 2022 #tw surgery mention #tw weight #tw hospital #tw injury mention #tw weight mention #tw weight loss mention

[fatmasc]

Top surgery while fat!!!!

I got inverted T/anchor T top surgery on feb 13 2023 after many many years of wanting it. Heres some stuff i learned and dealt with over that process:

I live in a state where transgender healthcare must be covered by insurance according to state law. Despite this, i felt unable to try and bill through insurance. This is because the requirements for top surgery approval involve getting approved by a gender therapist who you have seen for at least a year and then getting approved again by the clinic you are applying to. Almost every trans person i know who did this had to reapply multiple times because theyre were rejected for unclear reasons. And if you get approved you are often waitlisted for at least a year bc there are only so many top surgeons in jn the state

Thats not even touching on how most surgeons have a low BMI barrier here, so i was more likely to be rejected by insurance through that alone (apparently the primary place ppl seek top surgery in my state has since changed this but it was too late for me)

I sought informed consent surgery (read: completely paid out of pocket) with a well-regarded surgeon. This guy was one of my least favorite people because his bedside manner was so dismissive and i was told to lose weight multiple times. If his nursing staff wasnt so awesome and i not so desperate i might have put off surgery to seek out another surgeon. This is a problem i have heard from multiple other ppl who seek surgery from him: he sucks but his results are good

On his initial application form, my surgeon lists his BMI barrier as 36. At consultation, he told me the hard cap is 40. I would be operated on if i was above 36 but turned away day of surgery if my BMI was 40. I spent the five months between my consultation and surgery date losing 30 pounds to make sure i could get this surgery

My surgeon is already able to charge a hefty amount because his practice is so well known, but that combined with a) recent inflation and b) his statement thay i would need an extra hour on the table and therefore more anesthesia meant i was charged even more! Compared to a recent quote from another person who saw him, i was charged about $1000+ more for my surgery

The operaton went without hitch and so far recovery has gone wonderfully. I was finished half an hour before expecred and the anesthesiologist only asked me if i have had past issues w anesthesia. As far as i can tell, my weight has had very little to do with that. It is super weird to feel nerves reconnecting but finally the way i look in the mirror matches the way i look in my head.

Im happy to answer questions ab top esp while im still recovering! Im still a little bewildered that its finally happened and i dont think itll fully hit me until i can actually get dressed on my own lol

#top surgery #transgender #.txt #weight loss tw

[masquenoire]

OOC/Healthcare stuff under the cut ~

Thank you so much to everybody who left lovely comments before! My appointment with the hospital went much better than expected; the doctor I saw was very lovely and confirmed suspicions as to what I had (Lymphadema) as well as other issues (Lipoedema) and unfortunately while there are no cures for either condition, with the help I’ll be getting in future (on top of self-care treatment for now), my condition will become a lot more managable and I may be a candidate for surgery in the future to relieve the worst of chronic pain/fatigue/swelling! Thank you all again for being so supportive and patient with my slow ass!

@johnnlocked​, @fiddlingonthetympanic​, @wolfmoonsdream​, @thewomanwholaughs​, @oswald-pengu1n-cobblepot​, @elisethetraveller, @shinebrightsweetdove, @awolxsiblings​​​

#💀 ;; OOC #;; mun bullshit #healthcare tw #healthcare cw #Good news it's not terminal which is a HUGE relief #That was a big worry on my mind with so much weight loss going on #Beyond was I was aiming for #Not happy about having a lifelong condition but with some early intervention and management it shouldn't get worse #The doctor was very pleased with my current diet/exercise schedule so that was one thing #And makes me a candidate for surgery as they know I'll be able to maintain fitness/dietry requirements to improve health #Very stressful all the same so gonna grab some tea and start dinner #Just wanted to follow up from earlier so nobody's out of the loop

[gendzl]

⚠️ weight loss discussion in tags ⚠️

#weight loss tw #¶ #so! I'm losing weight for surgery #and my surgeon gave me the kind of arbitrary goal of 40 pounds (which i have officially surpassed 😇) #but there's still a few months until my hysto so I'm just gonna keep going to see how much i can lose before then #doing the math on it at my current pace would mean I'd go in for surgery weighing precisely 1 pound more than i did as a teenager. I'm — 😳 #but like. how fucking cool is that???? #and I'm so much healthier than i was a year ago and my body is working WITH me now instead of me struggling against it #and I'm getting my A1C checked at the end of the month and my fasting sugars have been phenomenal so it's going to be SUCH a good number #and basically everything about this is so so good and I'm incredibly happy and very very proud of myself 🥰🧿 #(p.s. if you're reading this and wanna tell me completely unprompted about how weight loss doesn't stick? do fucking not 💗)

[kontrosol]

one of the things that stresses me out the most is that in order to get breast implants when your breasts are different sizes you have to stay at a regular weight for the rest of your life. i dont know what is the perfect weight for me and how i would see myself if i didnt have body dismorphia. so either i postpone my boob job, as im doing, or i decide that im never getting them done. the thing is that the idea of cutting my body doesnt seem that good. so maybe thats for the better

#plastic surgery #st4rv1ng #ana trigger #thinner is better #low calorie #tw ana diary #tw ed sheeran #th1nsp1ration #weight loss #pro4ana #ed relapse #body dysmorphia #body positive #body image #breast implants

[foxfolktalks]

experiencing genuine body horror in my psych class today (learning about weight loss drugs)

#tw ed #<- just in case but i promise this is as anti weight loss drug as possible #was literally sitting in this class taking notes thinking wtf wtf wtf that’s not RIGHT #we shouldn’t be able to DO that #‘this one shuts down your reward pathway so eating is less pleasurable’ #’this one slows your digestive tract so much it can cause gastroparesis #’this one is a surgery where we TAKE OUT PART OF YOUR STOMACH’ #this is body horror #felt genuinely ill learning about it #and everyone was treating it like these are Normal and Okay Things To Do #to lose weight!!

[running-in-the-dark]

a couple days ago I was talking to someone and mentioned that I had to go to the ER recently, and why (pain because of my gallbladder). and literally the only thing this person said in response was 'and you've lost weight too, haven't you?' (their tone made it very clear that they thought this was great)

yeah I mean, barely being able to eat for like a week because you're in too much pain kinda does that. but why is that the relevant thing here? why do people think that is an acceptable response?!

#I'm so sick of this #tw death for this - it's disgusting how many people said shit like that to my dad when they *knew* he was dying of cancer. #even if you think losing weight is a good and desirable thing. maybe... just maybe... don't fucking say that when you *know* the weight #loss is because of an illness?! #it's CLEARLY not a good thing in that situation! but society is so obsessed with thinness that they can't think beyond that #obviously this is way less serious than what happened to my dad but I don't understand how you can hear 'I had to go to the ER and will #have surgery next month' and the thing that you care about is that I lost a little bit of weight #and the worst thing is: this kind of thinking is so internalised in my brain that I *still* sometimes think like this too. #I was surrounded by people who think like this for so long that when I can't eat because I'm ill I automatically think 'at least this means #I'll lose weight' #it's fucking gross and I hate it so much #tw fatphobia

[upiora]

tomorrow i have surgery consultations, i am scared but also i really really want it to go well

#tw weight #weight loss surgery #can you believe they want to take off 50kg #that’s like 90lbs?? or something #110lbs #wow #pray for me #casue i have to talk to a MAN about it #ahhhhhhhhhhhh #scareddddd

[lovecubed]

Woo 8 pounds in a week

#if i go at this rate i will definitely get my surgery #weight loss tw

[fatmasc]

Had a consultation for top surgery yesterday. The doctor asked my weight for anesthesia reasons, i told him i dont know it, he said "can you guess, like maybe around 175?" So i told him "usually between 250-260 actually" and he was genuinely shocked, as ppl usually are when they hear my weight. He then told me 4 times through the rest of the consultation how losing 20-30 lbs would be helpful. Despite being off by 100 lbs when guessing my weight.

The reasons he gave were mostly practical, that my results would look better if they had to do less liposuction for sculpting, but to have such a blatant issue w my weight right off the bat was annoying at least esp since my surgery cost came out to far more than i expected largely do to the liposuction they expect to do. Esp when there are many doctors who operate on fat trans people all the time.

Also in general we need more trans doctors in gender affirming care. To listen to a cis man ask if i want a "male flat chest or a gender neutral/nonbinary chest" was frustrating and disorienting, not to mention the measurements he had to take on my bare chest.

#weight loss tw #medical fatphobia #i guess #i barely make the bmi limit and was told if im at it on day of surgery theyll reject me #.txt

[the-libra-husband]

Broke: 2022 me - getting close to my goal weight, seeing loose skin, relapsing, gaining 30 lbs, wanting to kms because of lost progress, mucho psych episodes

Woke: 2023 me - focusing on school, building my portfolio, praying, taking my meds, doing therapy, achieving sobriety, eating healthy and working out so i can make that money and pay for the skin removal surgery i will earn and deserve

if i can do it, you can do it - inner strength and innate power <3

#tw ed relapse #tagged just in case #sweetsp0 #goals #2023 is the year bitch get it #weight loss #fat loss #weight loss journey #skin removal surgery #plastic surgery #body goals #personal #good energy

[disengaged]

i lost 5 lbs ☹️

#eating habits have been shit since i started housesitting for my parents 2 weeks ago but i didn't think it was That bad #feels both good & bad but mostly bad. recovery is weird #anyways im gonna significantly up my caloric intake and hit the gym more than usual to prep for top surgery #but ugh . part of my brain is still 24/7 always like yess >:-) starve bitch #glad my friendboy is lowkey a gymbro cuz he's super supportive of my desire to get buff as hell & that's what keeps my eating in check tbh #can't get the hulk hogan physique if i'm not eating at a surplus 🫤 #pegasus speaks #weight ment tw #weight loss tw #ed tw #ed - #ask 2 tag

[rottenmarquee]

Tummy tuck is around 6000$

So anyways, friendly reminder that commissions are open

#art commisions #art comms open #i never at any point have even 1000$ pls i just want to be able to look good naked #plastic surgery #my face is also fucked up but its not as pressing #tw plastic surgery #tw weight #tw weight loss

[catfever7]

I had to do some required new employee training seminar today for work from 8am-12pm (today was the last day I could take it too). So since I was only doing that, I worked from home today. And thennnn after my training I had requested the rest of the day off, because of doctor's appointments.

I finally had my two + year checkup with the weight loss surgery clinic. I've been feeling like such a fucking failure with weight loss. I'm still not at my goal and tbh it just seems so far away.

It was good to get support tho today. They did a bod_ composition from my first visit until now and it was interesting to see.

My one doctor said I need to stop seeing myself as not good enough, because tbh that's how I feel 99% of the time and will continue to feel until I get to my goal weight. She said what if I never make it to that? I'm supposed to try to be happy with how far I've come and focus on doing my best everyday.

#life #all the feels #tw: weight loss #weight loss surgery #wlscommunity #wlsjourney #fat #personal