did anyone need to lose before surgery?

I had my second visit with the NUT and the practioner, I need to do a sleep study then they will submit to insurance for the RNY. They figured my "normal" weight to be 125 --ugg sounds so far away.. The nut said the surgery will only get me to 165. She said I needed to lose 20-25 pounds before surgery to get to be around the 125 mark. Did anyone else lose weight BEFore the surgery to plan for getting to goal weight?

A lot of us had to lose a certain percentage of our starting weight to meet insurance requirements.  Most of us also had to go on a pre-op diet to shrink the liver. A fatty liver increases the risk of damage to the liver during surgery as well as the possibility of having to revert to open instead of lap surgery. If they can't retract the liver enough to see the surgical field, they have to open you up to safely complete the surgery. This is the first time I have heard of anyone being told they needed to lose XX amount of weight before surgery in order to get to goal after surgery. I know that they consider the surgery a success if you lose 85% of your excess weight. I have lost 95% of my excess body weight, according to what the height/weight charts say I "should" weigh. However, I am at the weight I know I feel good at and have no desire to go lower.  When I was 22, I lost down to the weight the charts say I should weigh. I was too skinny and I felt bad. Even at 22 I felt better in the 130 to 135 weight range. I just wish I had been able to maintain that weight loss then. LOL Don't let anyone set limits on your success. It will be up to you to work the tool the surgeon gives you. How well you work that tool will determine your success. I know many folks who have lost much more than their surgeon or nut would have predicted. I also know some who have not done as well as they could have. The important thing is to follow the rules given to you by your surgical team. We are here to help with what we have learned on our own journies. Sometimes our advice conflicts with what your nut will tell you. We are the voice of experience and can only tell you what we have found that works and what hasn't worked so well for us.

Hello Janice!

AAH I see you have the same dietician that I have, Jennifer, it just sounds like her......lol yes, I too had a "set" goal amount to lose. I am going to PM you!

Diane

I was required by my insurance company to lose 10% of my weight before surgery. What type of surgery are you considering?  Leslie