I’ve been reading teh posts about stopping before surgery, and I want to share what my February break taught me. It might help you prepare. When I came off tirzepatide, the hunger returned suddenly. What I wasn’t prepared for, though I wish I’d known it, is that it comes back with information attached. The pharmaceutical suppression lifts, and you can feel the difference between what your body actually needs and what your brain is narrating. ngl That’s not the same as relapse. In nine years of ED recovery, I’ve learned my cues by feeling them, losing them, then feeling them again. This is just another cycle of that. For surgery timing, I’d frame it this way: the rebound window is when you get to see what the drug was actually suppressing. That’s useful data for your recovery after. Your appetite will come back online. You’ll also remember what hunger feels like without the noise. Your team will manage the physical side. You prepare for the learning part, which is separate. The drug stops working. Your recovery work doesn’t have to reset.