Lap Band

[Netha1960]

I am considering having the lap band surgery.  I am on 75mg Levothroxine.  I continue to gain weight.  I went to a weight loss center and only lost water weight.  I spent several of dollars each month but could not keep the weight off.  Have anyone been successful with the lap band surgery having thyroid disorder?

[gimel]

Based on what I have learned from friends who have had the surgery, I would recommend it only as a last resort.  One friend in particular went through the surgery and has had many resulting problems, requiring additional surgery.  She has to be very careful to take all the vitamins and supplements required daily, because of the lower absorption problems.  She is now back to being close to pre-surgery weight, which I attributed to thyroid problems.  

When I suggested that she should get tested for thyroid levels, FT3 and FT4 and TSH, she went to doctor.  The doctor only tested for TSH and proclaimed she was normal, since it was 1.05.    Upon my insistence she went back and this time they did test for TT3 and TT4, not FT3 and FT4, as requested.   According to them, the Totals are adequate.  Even the totals showed levels at the very low end of the range, along with the low TSH.  Again they said she was "normal", nothing further required.  

Finally I intervened and have searched for a good thyroid doctor and hopefully have found one for her.  Maybe at last they will test for the biologically active thyroid hormones, and also test to determine why her pituitary output is so low that it results in low FT3 and FT4.  I firmly believe that when she gets all this sorted out and is properly diagnosed and treated, that her weight problem and other hypo symptoms will go away.  I also believe that if she had a good thyroid doctor years ago, she probably would not have had to go through all of this.

[stella5349]

Can you tell me your lastest thyroid labs?

The thyroid regulates our metobolism and thermostate so if you are not optimal then you won't lose weight.

I gained 65 pounds through 4 years when my thyroid was ablated. It took over a year to lose the weight after I was optimal.

Recently I gained 5 pounds in a month again but it is a combo of things I think I changed in my life and need to make some changes to get back on track again. Eating is one... but I recently went back to work and the stress is different too.

There is a post on here sticky on the top about an experiment we are doing with information that hypos need to eat better and make changes in their diets to achieve weight loss.


Would you be interested in trying this with some of us?