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If an insurance policy covers bariatric surgery, they generally require a BMI over 40 or BMI of 35-40 with comorbidities.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Totally! I have plenty of NSVs I'm looking forward to. The big one is not needing a seat belt extender. I guess I should be thing about where we should go when the time comes!
With a bmi of 45 hypothyroidism, depression and sleep paralysis is that enough to qualify for surgery?
It was a way to reward my super supportive husband too. We're going to the beach after going to Universal so I'm hoping we will both get what we want out of the vacation and have a lot of fun. We haven't been on vacation in soo long, I seriously cannot wait. I highly recommend a reward system - I've been looking forward to this ultimate reward wince I set it over a year ago!
Unless you have an issue like GERD, I'm not sure why you'd do RNY instead of DS for a second surgery?
What are you eating every day? Are you weighing, measuring, and tracking what you eat?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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Great goal! I love the idea of setting rewards. I think I need to give that some thought for myself.
High weight: 378
Last week: 323.9
This week: 323.4
haha always swore I'd never track my weight to the decimal but there you have it!
I went from 750ish to 440 and at that point I started to look at bariatric options. My VSG BMI was 78. I lost about 140 with the sleeve.
I'm going to shoot for the DS next, depending on what an endoscopy says about GERD/chest pain I have. With our higher BMIs, the DS is almost always better long term.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
I don't have a similar story, but I believe your situation is pretty routine for your bmi. It came up in one of my pre op classes, and I've seen it talked about a few times on the boards! Good luck with your search!
I made my mini goal of 158 by the time I went on vacation :) We leave on Thursday for Universal and I'm so beyond excited. I haven't ben on a roller coaster since I was dating my DH when I had cancer and I was the skinniest I ever had been due to you know being super sick and I still couldn't get on some of the rides. After that I gained about 150 pounds.
I have ALWAYS wanted to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter but knew there wasn't really a point since I couldn't ride the rides and when I was thinking of a reward for myself for making my goal weight of 175 (and yes I reward myself like I'm a puppy lol) this was the first thing that came to mind!
My next goal is going to be a bit further out since I am planning on eating healthy on vacation but also know I won't have a food scales with me and don't want to beat myself up if I gain a pound or 2. I've been super strict with myself for the last 2 weeks because of this vacation actually.
High Weight: 377
Last week: 160
This week: 158
Dream goal: 149 - Normal BMI - by Christmas
Next?
Melinda
HW: 377 SW: 362 CW:131
TOTAL LOSS: 249 pounds
just curious to find out if anyone on the forum started with a high BMI of 80+, and had to have two surgeries? I had surgery 1/17/12 with a BMI of 86.9 and lost 134lbs, my surgeon and the NP at my surgeons office think I would benefit from having the bypass now. they feel I lost all I could with the sleeve since I been holding on to the mid 300's for the past three years. just would love to here anyone story similar to mine. TIA
VSG 1/17/12
hw:488.5 Sw: 427
CW:389 GW: 200
SGW:132lbs
Lost 134.5lbs Gained: 17lbs
Pending Revision Sleeve to Bypass
