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So I know the thought is "tirz is tirz," and that one pharmacy shouldn't be any more effective than the next, but I've had Hallandale for over a month now after being in BPI for a while. BPI gave me some icky side effects when I switched from Southend, but all in all the appetite suppression was prime. Since switching to Hallandale I have titrated up from 6 to 7.5mg. I find myself much more snacky on Hallandale. I don't have side effects except delayed gastric emptying (so I know it's not doing nothing). This past week I decided to try my BPI stock and it suppressed my appetite so much more. I kind of wonder if the B6 could be the culprit there? Maybe for some reason it doubles down on the suppression? Or the preservatives... Idk what to think.

If I had to choose between the two because my budget prevents buying both, what would y'all recommend?

How are some of these providers I see on Instagram and tiktok retaining business? I keep getting ads for Freya, Mochi, Elara, Ro, etc. and when I look them up they're almost as much for compounded meds as you could pay Lilly direct for name brand. I don't understand how they stay in business when there's so many much cheaper providers who also give you more pharmacy choices! And the influencers who advertise them, are they getting the products for free for the ads? Are they also getting paid on top of that? Like I can't imagine simping for a company that's ripping people off so bad unless they're not only getting free meds, but also paying some bills...

My pain from surgery feels significantly better today, but unfortunately I woke up with pretty bad flank pain. Feels similar to a kidney stone except it doesn't come and go. It's just like a persistent Charlie horse in my right kidney basically. I called my on call and they mentioned it could be a UTI and to come in but I'm waiting to see if it gets better or worse because we live an hour away from a hospital and have 3 kids under 5. I put test strips and phenzopyridine on my Walmart order for today. If the test strips do indicate a possible infection or if things get worse and/or I develop a fever I'll definitely go in. Just worried about loading 3 kids in car seats and driving an hour just to learn it's referred gas pain. 😏🤦🏼‍♀️ Anyone had something like this that resolved on its own?

Is it too early to tell? I'm 3dpo and drinking a ton of water. I'm able to go far longer between bathroom trips and seem to be peeing far more. I used to need to go every 20 minutes and had the urge to go even when I didn't really need to. That seems to have gone away but it could be temporary I guess. But maybe not? Maybe without the pressure of my uterus on my bladder my pee problems are solved?! Is that wishful thinking?

Had surgery Wednesday, came home yesterday afternoon. I'm sure being super tired is normal but wondering for how long? I pretty much can only stay awake maybe two hours at a time right now.

I got home a few hours ago from staying overnight after my laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomy. I wanted to read my 2.5 year old stories and when he climbed on the bed next to me he kind of leaped on my belly. It hurt but was quickly better. That said, is this something I need to call my doctor about or just watch for symptoms? There's nothing about something like this in the paperwork 😅🫣🤦🏼‍♀️

Hi, so I'm having my hysterectomy tomorrow. My doctor is going to try for laparscopic but said he won't know til he gets in there if he'll be able to do it that way on me. I've had 3 c-sections prior and in the last one it took a long time because I had a lot of scar tissue and adhesions. Have any of you had this with a prior C-section and gone on to successfully have a laparscopic hysterectomy? I'm just trying to see whether it's even worth hoping for 🙈😅