Advice

It just occured to me that I am losing wt ever so little and that I am dangeroulsy close to falling below the majic BMI number of 35, I haven't met with my surgeon yet, just got through the Phsyc eval yesterday. Some one told me that teetering up and down is a good indication of trying to loose wt on your own, and I my DW suggests that I gain some weight befor meeting with the surgeon. I am stumped, If I can't have surgery, then that just puts me that much further back. They say you should loose some weight before having the operation. Help Help Help

I wouldn't worry about loosing weight until after you meet with your surgeon. I also wouldn't reccommend gaining any weight either My surgeon did not care if I lost weight or not he just didn't want me to gain weight before surgery. This is just my opinion. Good Luck! Janet

Hello, Have you had your initial consultation with your surgeon?  The reason that I asked is that I was told that the surgeon goes by your initial weight and that is the number that they send into your insurer.  I had the surgery with my cousin and we were both lightweights but she lost so much pre-surgery weight that she would not have qualified for the surgery if the surgeon used that weight. Lisa 280/135/135

I am actually in the same situation, I am right at 35.0 BMI, but after reading the posts, I am going to actually gain a few pounds before I see the surgeon on 8/3 just to make sure I qualify for the surgery.  My ins is Blue Cross and for the surgery to be covered I HAVE to have a min BMI of 35. Good Luck