Odd thing to ask on a Friday night, but worth a shot.

Anyone have experience with being young-ish going thru #joint replacement #surgery ?! Or surgery in general, this will be my first so gen input also appreciated.

Specifically curious abt things you wish you knew going in, questions to ask that I might not have considered, etc.

#medicine

(PS, I am 100% set on following standard of care here, zero interest in “alternative”, woo, chiro, etc. TY.)

#Wegovy®, #Zepbound®, and similar medications continue to gain attention for effectively treating #obesity, and now there is discussion—with research underway—about their potential for improving certain #surgical outcomes.

The brand-name medications mentioned above belong to a class called GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) agonists. #GLP-1s mimic the actions of the GLP-1 hormone, which is secreted in the gut and sends an “I’m full” signal to the brain after you eat.

GLP-1 medications aren’t new. @Ozempic® (generic name: #semaglutide) received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat type 2 diabetes in 2017.

After its weight-loss effects were studied, semaglutide (at a higher dose and sold under the name Wegovy) was approved by the FDA as an anti-obesity medication in 2021, and others have since followed.

Most recently, the FDA approved Wegovy for patients with #cardiovascular #disease and obesity or overweight after a study showed that those taking the medication had a lower overall risk of major cardiac events, such as heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular-related death.

Now, some Yale Medicine surgeons believe, based on their ongoing research, that taking anti-obesity medications before and sometimes after total #joint #replacement and #bariatric #surgery can be beneficial.

“These medications have been transformative, in terms of expanding the pool of people who can safely undergo joint replacement surgery,” says Daniel Wiznia, MD, a Yale Medicine orthopaedic surgeon and co-director of the Avascular Necrosis Program.

“These anti-obesity medications are game-changers; they are changing the way people practice medicine.”

Often, patients who need a total hip or knee replacement must delay surgery until they lose enough weight to meet specific body mass index ( #BMI ) standards.
This is important in protecting the patient’s health.

“Weight increases a patient’s risk of postoperative complications, including wound-healing problems, stroke, heart attack, blood clots, and infection,” he says.

However, having patients take a GLP-1 medication before surgery, as well as improving their diet, has allowed more patients to reach a safe preoperative BMI, Dr. Wiznia says.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/anti-obesity-medications-before-surgery

#Youth #activist #groups jointly #endorse #President #JoeBiden. They say his #achievements #matter more than his #age

The #joint #endorsement is meant as a show of #political #strength for Biden

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics

https://apnews.com/article/biden-youth-activists-joint-endorsement-reelection-age-15ea5b67e05f2dc6c41ba7f48cfccdcd

#Murfreesboro to pay $500,000 in #settlement over its #antiLGBTQ #ordinance.

“This type of behavior will no longer be tolerated here — or anywhere across the country,” said #attorneys for the #ACLU, #BallardSpahr, and #BurrAndForman in a #joint #statement.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Murfreesboro #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://wpln.org/post/murfreesboro-to-pay-500000-in-settlement-over-its-anti-lgbtq-ordinance/

#FrancescaFarago and #JesseSullivan detail “#mentally and #physically #taxing” #joint #IVF #journey.

Both Farago and Sullivan, who is #transgender, have been going through the same in vitro fertilisation journey together in the hopes of #growing their #family before they #tietheknot.

#TransMen #Transgender #LGBTQ #Family #Relationships #IVF

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/18/francesca-farago-jesse-sullivan-ivf/

#Embassy #Statement in #Support of #LGBTQ people in #Hungary #Criticized in #Romania

The #RomanianEmbassy in #Budapest signed a #joint #statement in #support of the #LGBTQ #community in #Hungary, which organized the #PrideMarch in the #capital on Saturday.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #Romania #Hungry #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://hungarytoday.hu/embassy-statement-in-support-of-lgbtq-in-hungary-criticized-in-romania/