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I have been on Wegovy since Feb 2023 and have lost 58 pounds with no side effects at all. My doctor was very smart and only raised my dosage as needed. Even now I am not on the full dose. It was very slow - I also walk 5 miles a day, stopped eating sugar treats and fast for 16 hours a day. It all works together. The thing about Wegovy is that is stops the food noise in your head...you know the one telling you to eat...eat junk...eat more. I get full faster and I don't need more. I am thankful every day for this. I had lapband in 2006 and have stuggled in the last few years with yo yo dieting. This time it is working. At my highest weight of 230 I wore a size 22 - I am now down to 135 and can wear a 6/8. It's amazing. I think if Wegovy is taken correctly and slowly - and you work at it too - there isn't all the issues you hear about.
Women have always been the majority when it comes to breakdowns by gender for WLS, in general (as far back as the early 2000's). However, we have had an increase in male attendees year over year at our National Conferences. We even had a Men's Roundtable Discussion this year that was well-attended.
Unfortunately, photos are not captioned with names due to the number of attendees we have each year, and the photos do have labels below each of the 4 sections.
I agree that things have gotten a little quiet ?
Wasn't there forums for XX years post surgery?
Thanks! Looks like "a good time was had by all". 
Curious to see though how underrepesented we guys were there this year .. It appears we made up like less than 10% of the attendees .. (?) Makes me wonder now about the gender breakdown of WLSers of late, and whether the stats are that far apart there as well .. 
Btw, wish the pics had some captions, so we could tell who the people were in them, what they were doing at the time of the pic, etc. 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Understandable, but a good, competent surgeon should still get you through it w/o problems, esp. if they do it as a two-parter as I mentioned. I was 461 lbs./61 BMI ("super-obese") when I had my surgery (my DS was done all at the same time, and laparoscopically + gallbladder removal, btw), and there are many others on here who weighed even more at the time of theirs. 
Have faith, and just do it! 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Batwingman, I am sorry you missed the event. We had about 400 attendees who attended. Dr. Now did a keynote and a fireside chat, he also walked the runway in the Fashion Show. You can go here to see photos from OH2023 https://www.obesityhelp.com/events/photos/
I'm just nervous about the surgery at my size
Yes, I would recommend same, given your super size/BMI .. In fact, for safety reasons, the surgeon may want to make it a two-parter (V.S.G. performed first, then return later for the "common channel" work) .. 
Also, you might want to look into the S.A.D.I. version of the procedure .. I have been hearing some good things about it of late (e.g. avoiding malabsorption complications), and, if I had it to do over again 17 years ago (it wasn't around back then), may have gone with same myself.
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
You were fortunate enough to escape this for fifteen years. Many of us develop it much earlier. The solution is to eat high protein and avoid carbs. It is not a normal American diet, but it can be done. There are substitutes for sugar and flour that can be tasty and satisfying, but it takes work to find what you will enjoy.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
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