My wife’s bariatric surgery is coming up, and suddenly life looks like a 1998 hospital-themed operating system. Protein shakes everywhere. Stress hidden under sarcasm. Gen X coping methods still running outdated firmware but somehow surviving. Humanity remains one emotional blue screen away from collapse.
#GenX #Bariatric #Health #90sTech #Recovery
https://ericfoltin.com/2026/05/25/gen-x-waiting-room-philosophy/
FTTDK: I had bariatric surgery 5 weeks ago and got some bad complications. 2 weeks in hospital, 2 weeks of intense recovery at home. Last week was better.
I'm documenting this more on my FB feed because it's for my fam and old friends, but I would post here if there's interest.
Today in #Employer Coverage: #Bariatric surgery leads to substantial decreases in medical spending.
https://open.substack.com/pub/employercoverage/p/bariatric-surgery-leads-to-substantial
Getting your weight in check is not an easy task, but Koop and Tiki are willing to take advantage of all of the goat’s extra weight. 🐐🐦
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Some people claim "goats will eat anything." Rhyj is willing to put fensmer's waistline to the test!
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Today in #Employer Coverage: Although the focus in benefits has been GLP-1s for obesity, it’s a good time for employers to review their coverage of #bariatric surgery.
https://open.substack.com/pub/employercoverage/p/guidelines-for-coverage-of-bariatric
I am proud of the strides I've made even though I still have a way to go to reach my goal weight. I've continued to work despite life challenges and lots of physical plateaus.
Getting #bariatric surgery is not an "easy way out." It is not a quick fix. It is a tool in a long list of possible lifestyle changes that one could make.
Even if you have surgery, you still have to change how you think and how you move through the world. Most of all, you have to continuously DO. THE. WORK!
Learned lessons
- very challenging to find a journal for this manuscript (obesity related journals = ‘out of our scope because it’s an environmental study’, environmental health related journal = no, it’s a clinical study)
- lot of pleasure when you work with colleagues with various backgrounds
- physical activity promotion strategies need to integrate climate change current and future issues
- I hate Fahrenheit temperature
Our study is finally published 🔓
"Associations of weather and air pollution with objective physical activity and sedentary time before and after bariatric surgery: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study"
https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad64b2
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↘️ Daily time spent in Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) after maximal temperatures ≥20°C
- MVPA before and after MBS and ST before MBS were negatively impacted by higher AQI
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