Peptide_Journey
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Hey everyone, I think we all know that super fast weight reduction is usually a bad idea. I didn't listen, and paid the price. Just wanted to share my story as a warning since I know many of us are on similar journeys via similar meds.
I had great results with my protocol, dropping a significant amount of weight pretty quickly. I'm talking nearly 60lbs (around 27kg) in only 7 months. That's over 2lbs per week, which is not advisable!
One day, I woke up from a nap with a crazy sharp abdominal pain. It was like nothing I've ever felt before. I was pacing around, trying to get comfortable, but the pain just kept building until I was screaming and thought I was dying. Off to the ER I went, and the ultrasound showed...
My gallbladder was packed with stones. This was my first biliary colic attack. For those who don't know, the gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver, which helps digest fats. Gallstones can form, which really complicates things.
If you know the pain scale from 0-10? Biliary colic is a solid 10. Seriously, you don't want this. It's pure torture. Even nurses who've given birth told me it was just as bad.
Morphine barely touched the pain. Each attack lasted 4-8 hours. After the first, they kept coming back almost daily. The only real fix is cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal). ER surgeons usually won't operate right away, so I had surgery scheduled about 2 weeks after my first attack.
Of course, things escalated. One of my stones got stuck in the common bile duct. I was admitted to the hospital after multiple ER visits. My blood work showed my liver was in distress and things were getting serious. They had to perform an ERCP to remove the lodged stone before they could remove my gallbladder.
Luckily, the stone dislodged after 10 hours in the hospital. The surgeons bumped up my surgery, and I got it done just two days later. The surgery went well, but it's still surgery. I needed two weeks off work to recover.
My warning is this: rapid weight reduction is a major risk factor for gallstones. It's not necessarily a direct side effect, but every doctor I spoke with said they're seeing more gallbladder issues with patients using similar meds.
If you want to avoid this, take it seriously. Reduce weight SLOWLY. Give your body time to adjust.
My life has changed because I'm no longer obese, I'm exercising, and I feel great. But it came at a significant cost. These meds are a tool, and they must be used wisely to avoid complications.
I had great results with my protocol, dropping a significant amount of weight pretty quickly. I'm talking nearly 60lbs (around 27kg) in only 7 months. That's over 2lbs per week, which is not advisable!
One day, I woke up from a nap with a crazy sharp abdominal pain. It was like nothing I've ever felt before. I was pacing around, trying to get comfortable, but the pain just kept building until I was screaming and thought I was dying. Off to the ER I went, and the ultrasound showed...
My gallbladder was packed with stones. This was my first biliary colic attack. For those who don't know, the gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver, which helps digest fats. Gallstones can form, which really complicates things.
If you know the pain scale from 0-10? Biliary colic is a solid 10. Seriously, you don't want this. It's pure torture. Even nurses who've given birth told me it was just as bad.
Morphine barely touched the pain. Each attack lasted 4-8 hours. After the first, they kept coming back almost daily. The only real fix is cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal). ER surgeons usually won't operate right away, so I had surgery scheduled about 2 weeks after my first attack.
Of course, things escalated. One of my stones got stuck in the common bile duct. I was admitted to the hospital after multiple ER visits. My blood work showed my liver was in distress and things were getting serious. They had to perform an ERCP to remove the lodged stone before they could remove my gallbladder.
Luckily, the stone dislodged after 10 hours in the hospital. The surgeons bumped up my surgery, and I got it done just two days later. The surgery went well, but it's still surgery. I needed two weeks off work to recover.
My warning is this: rapid weight reduction is a major risk factor for gallstones. It's not necessarily a direct side effect, but every doctor I spoke with said they're seeing more gallbladder issues with patients using similar meds.
If you want to avoid this, take it seriously. Reduce weight SLOWLY. Give your body time to adjust.
My life has changed because I'm no longer obese, I'm exercising, and I feel great. But it came at a significant cost. These meds are a tool, and they must be used wisely to avoid complications.
