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Thanks for responding!! I heard from a few low bmi-ers by private message and that's helped me a lot. I'll definitely do the same for you and keep you updated on progress and answer any questions about recovery

What are you all most nervous about? I'm a little nervous about the surgery itself but moreso about failing or regretting a permanent decision.

Oct. 19 for me. Very nervous and excited and it's DEFINITELY occupying all my head space!!

Any updates from you guys? I'm scheduled with Dr Fitzer for 10/19!

Hi everyone, I know this forum is pretty dormant, but I'm low BMI (32) and <1 month pre-op! I'd love to hear how you are all doing (hopefully with maintenance!). My biggest fear is not being able to keep the weight off long-term, since re-gaining any weight i lose has been my primary issue over the last decade.

Thank you, LA! I appreciate that there are other people out there who made a similar choice and had good results.

apologies for re-posting this, but I think I posted it in the wrong forum initially Hi everyone, first time poster here! I am scheduled for a gastric sleeve on 10/19. I am currently 184 lbs, 5'4, bmi 31. After I first met with the surgeon and scheduled the surgery I was very sure this was the right thing to do. I have battled my weight for almost 10 years (I'm 30) and have tried every diet and drug under the sun with no success. My only success has ever come from a combination of medically supervised protein-sparing diet combined with phentermine. But even that 30 lb loss came back on pretty quickly. Now I'm starting to question this choice. It just seems so completely elective -- I'm healthy and young, I even completed a triathlon this weekend! But the choice goes beyond vanity, I struggle with significant depression that I never dealt with prior to the weight gain, I feel constantly exhausted (possibly from sleep apnea) and just generally feel that I'm living my life in someone else's body under a cloud of failure. I'd love to hear from others who had the surgery at a low BMI - are you happy with your choice? I'd especially love to hear from anyone who went on to have healthy pregnancies afterwards, the concern about pregnancy at my current weight has led me to hold off on having kids! Any other thoughts would be much appreciated, I do think this is the right choice for me but I struggle with feeling selfish to put my loved ones through the stress of worrying about the outcome when I'm not facing an immediate health crisis. And God forbid something happened, I wouldn't blame them for hating me for putting them through that.