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Originally posted by SlimShAdY
Hey, i had that done..I had the same thing..
I don't know what you mean by "adjusting to no thyroid meds"..After you have the surgery, you need them for the rest of your life bcause it replaces the actuall thyroid 
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Of course ... I wasn't clear ... I mean that although I'm taking meds now for hashimotos that I will need to take more after the surgery ... will that make losing even harder for me than it is now?
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And recovery dosen't take too long  ..The first 2 days are the hardest because you can't move your neck and your head. and you won't be able to yell..lol But I was fine after mine and even went back to work after 3 weeks..(which was way too soon, so I don't recomend it lol)
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Uh oh ... I wasn't planning to be down that long. I'm a preacher and my doctor said I wouldn't feel up to preaching the next Sunday, but that I could be there, even read a little if I felt up to it. I planning to be back the following week ... I don't expect I'll be doing lots of home visits, etc. But I will be planning on working at the office -- planning, writing, reading etc. Is this too ambitious?
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I'm just wondering...How long have you been doing Atkins? ... wondering How much you have lost since doing it? 
Hope that helped, and good luck! 
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I've been doing Atkins since July 27, 2001. Just about 6 months now ... When I started Atkins I weighed 280 ... now it's about 236. It's worked well; I once lost 60 pounds by counting calories, cooking low-fat, and exercising. But that was nearly 15 years ago ... I gained it all back and then some within 2 years.
In March 2001 my doctor's scale weighed me in at 287 and I know that my home scale went above the 290 mark at least once. I took a mission/study trip to Guatemala last summer and lost 10 pounds .. the food and intestinal problems ... when I got home, I decided to start Atkins.
That averages to about 7 pounds per month, but it's actually more like 4 or 5 pounds per month now ... I lost 8 pounds during induction.
Thanks for writing ... my surgery is scheduled for February 6.