i have to lose 100 pounds before i can get my surgery!!! My bmi is 90 right now!! I need help

I need some serious help and encouragement, I need to lose 100 pounds before i can be considered for wls!! my bmi is currently 90 and i hate it!!! i saw the dietition and i am hopefull!!!
i need lots of prayers!!!!

 I have to lose like a hundred pounds too My BMI is 80 so I feel your pain. We can do this I know we can. Feel free to email me anytime [email protected]  What kind of diet did they put you on I am doing the high protien low carb. I am in Portland Or. Where are you having your surgery at? 

That's a big challenge before surgery. OH is a great place to start for encouragement. Did they give you a diet to follow? Start limiting all white (bread, sugar, pasta) eat more protein and veggies and plz join our excersize thread on this board even if you have to start with small workout sessions, you can do it.

It is so hard - BUT - you will have a tool in a hundred pounds that will help you finish the "job" - and that's what really counts.  They want you to have the best possible chance during surgery - and afterward.  The high protein low carb option would be a good weight loss program, since that's what you'll do afterward, too!

Well...I would go for a 2nd opinion.  With a BMI so high have you looked into the possibility of getting the Duodenal Switch surgery?  It's a surgery with better stats for weight loss and long term maintenance, better stats for resolution of comorbidities - and that is especially true in those with BMI's of greater than 50.

I'm not saying you can't lose 100lbs - I'm sure you can.  But I can't imagine having to do that prior to my surgery - there was a reason I was getting surgery right?  I'd recommend researching your surgery type and then going with an experienced surgeon who specializes in higher risk cases.  I can give you names of some DS surgeons who you could see (or point you in the right direction anyway) that would allow you to get the DS.  Check out the DS board.  There was a girl who posted yesterday (DannielleH I believe) who had her DS approximately 6 months ago I think and she started out at over 600lbs - not sure what he BMI is but I suspect it's close to yours).  She had the FULL DS (some will recommend doing it in 2 stages if they aren't experienced with high BMI's) and didn't have to lose a tonne of weight before surgery.

If you'd like more info on the DS (or if anyone reading wants more info) you can PM me, check out the DS forum and check out www.dsfacts.com.

Good luck with whatever you do!  You deserve happiness!

 I agree with Cherie.  Shop around for a new dr.  Mine had me work on weight loss prior tosurgery to show him I was committed but gave me no number to lose.  He is a laproscopic expert and does lap on pts as large as 650lbs.  There are drs out there that are skilled and able to help you - find one.

Please consider the Duodenal Switch.  You'd have the best chance of losing and keeping your weight off.

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/

I was waiting to say anything, but now that some others have posted I will speak now lol

I would go for a second opinion. I started out with a bmi of 93.5, 597lb by the time i went in for surgery i was 540. So I did have to lose some weight but not 100lb. Sounds like your dr may not have as much experience working with high bmi's. In this case I would look for a dr who does. Because even after losing 100lb you will still have a high bmi and would be best if you had a surgeon that specializes in that area.

My first surgeon had only assisted on a high bmi, and as much as i liked him, he didn't have privleges to operate in the hospital that would be best equipped to help someone my size if something went wrong. So I researched more and found my beloved Dr Wilson lol He wanted me down to 500 before the surgery, but since I had been dieting for 9 months at that point, he said he would go ahead and try it but if it looked too dangerous he would back out and i would have to lose more weight and try again.

I'm sure he was concerned about the size of my liver, but once he got in there he said my liver was normal size, not fatty or enlarged. He thought the surgery would take 3 hours and he did it in 1.5 hr!!!! He said he couldn't believe how easy it was and how well i did.


soooo....get on a diet...start losing weight because it is dangerous for us to be under anethesia for a long period of time, especially at our weight. losing will help shrink your liver so the dr can get to your stomach behind it. This may just not be the dr for you. Keep researching...start moving and ditch those bad carbs...get in lots of protein, then veggies, then whole grains. This is what you will need to do after surgery anyway so you might as well start practicing now!

Good luck, please let us know how you are doing

To the first two posters: My BMI was over 80 when I first went in. The surgeon I met with originally had a weight limit of 450, so I'd have had to lose 60 lbs. Fortunately, she was nice enough to refer me to the surgeon I ended up with - Dr. Landerholm in Edmonds, WA. He and his partner, Dr. Billing, actually do all their surgeries together so you have two super experienced surgeons right there. They are AMAZING and I HIGHLY recommend them. Do you have any ability to travel to try to find the right surgeon? I noticed you're both in OR, and I definitely think my drs are worth traveling to Seattle to see.

I ended up having my surgery done at 496 lbs. At 5'6" that was an 80 BMI. I had absolutely no complications and wasn't under anesthesia for too terribly long - 2 hours, I think. I agree with what another poster said about considering trying to find a surgeon who has more experience with high-BMI patients. Surgery on someone with such a high BMI is not only more dangerous but more technically complicated.

Hmmm Dont give up hope...  you can make an informed decision on your surgeon and type of surgery but losing 100 pounds ... :) I know you can do it.  I think I would just do a VERY serious Atkind induction type thing because I bet you'd lose it super fast...but I guess not knowing what your specific health issues are I woudl ask you doctor for sure.  Dont give up hope though!