Does the Gastric Sleeve work for morbidly obese?

Does the Gastric Sleeve work for morbidly obease?

A lot of us on here are classified as morbidly obese.  As with all of the surgeries, it is a tool, when used correctly - you will be the one 'working', but to answer your question, yes it is a good option for weight loss in the morbidly obese category.

Thank you, my first appointment is January 30, and I do believe this is the option I'm going with. ..

That's what it's designed for.

Yes. Assuming you work with it. 

Obviously, its working for me. 12 point drop in BMI and Close to 100 lb as of yesterday. Since pre op consult on Oct 15th.

Got a ways to go to loose the morbid tag but can see it on the horizon.

Honestly, I couldn't cheat it if I wanted to, and I don't.

The weightloss is GREAT, But my body hasn't  quite caught up yet. I don't have any excess ENERGY.

Sometimes, Bordering on LAZY.

Hope its a phase!

First labs on Monday, hopefully, I'm missing something in my diet that will give me " A BOOST".

Right now, just staying hydrated is a full time job.

It ain't gonna be easy, but I don't see why success should hinge on a label like Morbid.

Any goal reached is a success in my book, and motivation to work towards the next one.

So, in short, YES, it does! If you let it!

Rod

Rod, did your skin tone up afterwards? ??

Danna...

I'm only 73 days post op, so the skin thing is a bridge I haven't crossed yet. Although....

I am not that concerned about it, if its really bad, ill pursue removal later.

Right now, its all about the loosing weight and getting healthy.

I'm starting to see a little sag now and not even half way to my goal weight.

I'm a man, so probably not as concerned about it as a gal would be.

I just wanna shed the NFL linebacker I've been carrying around all these years.

Health first, vanity later.

Rod

Thank you

"Morbidly obese" is defined as having a BMI of 40 or greater. Most insurance companies require a BMI of 40 to qualify for any sort of bariatric surgery. (In most cases, you can also qualify if your BMI is at least 35 and you have two or more co-morbidities.)

There are four basic forms of WLS---LapBand, VSG/Sleeve, RNY/gastric bypass, and DS/duodenal switch. All are intended for morbidly obese people, but generally speaking the higher your BMI is, the more aggressive a WLS you may need. For example, the LapBand is the least aggressive form of WLS, and gives its best results with people whose BMI is no more than 40.  The DS is the most aggressive form of BMI, and gives the best long-term, maintained weight-loss stats, especially for people with a BMI greater than 50. (Super morbidly obese.)

You need to research them ALL, in order to decide which one is best for YOU. Each works in a different way, and requires different things from you post-op. There's also the question of any medical problems you have, or that run in your family---different forms of WLS work better for different medical problems. There is no "one size fits all" in WLS.