Trying to decide which surgery is most effective?
hi in my opinion the Vertical Sleeve Surgery is the best if you are thinking of doing any of that kind of surgeries I can recommend you a really good doctor would you like that?
Bella, you haven't even had surgery yet. On what basis have you formed your opinion, since it's clearly not personal experience?
I am 5'2 and 266 as of today. That's a BMI of 49. It was 54 before I dropped 25 lbs for my insurance this year.
Would I be a worthy candidate for the DS?
My BMI was about 48 when I had surgery. My insurance uses the same guidelines they use for the sleeve or RNY: BMI of over 40 OR BMI of 35-40 with co-morbidities.
*DS with Dr. Ara Keshishian on 08/06/13* SW: 231 CW: 131 GW: 119 * Check out My YouTube Channel: AmysDSJourney *
So my response would be to consider your options carefully, and consider what the cost/benefit ratios are and how much bodily risk you are willing to tolerate. The DS is the most extensive by far of all the WLSs and the most prone to complications. We only have one body.
Please please please only go for PROFESSIONAL expertise, recommendations, and opinions; several would make sense, including at least one consultation with a surgeon who won't perform the DS and ask him why not.
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Got your back- thanks for having mine! ;)
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly." Richard Bach
"Support fosters your growth. If you are getting enough of the right support, you will experience a major transformation in yourself. You will discover a sense of empowerment and peace you have never before experienced. You will come to believe you can overcome your challenges and find some joy in this world." Katie Jay
I am 5'2 and 266 as of today. That's a BMI of 49. It was 54 before I dropped 25 lbs for my insurance this year.
Would I be a worthy candidate for the DS?
Let's be clear---anyone who meets the requirements for WLS meets the medical requirements for the DS. I know people who've gotten the DS with a BMI as low as 32, and done very well. (Primarily diabetics, who chose the DS not so much for weight loss as for treatment of their diabetes.)
Would you be a worthy candidate? Depends on whether you're willing to educate yourself about the post-op eating and supplementing necessary. If you can commit to taking charge of overseeing your health, even when your doctors don't understand your surgery, if you can advocate for yourself, do whatever you must in order to get the right lab work done (some PCPs simply can't understand why we need so many things tested), and buy and TAKE the necessary things---then yes, you are a worthy candidate for the DS.
If you are willing to tolerate the extensiveness as well as complications risk of the DS in exchange for being able to eat more, more power to you! Go for it!
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly." Richard Bach
"Support fosters your growth. If you are getting enough of the right support, you will experience a major transformation in yourself. You will discover a sense of empowerment and peace you have never before experienced. You will come to believe you can overcome your challenges and find some joy in this world." Katie Jay
