Scheduled for surgery tomorrow with Dr. Ortiz and Tijuana what scares me is that my BMI is only 3029 or 30 and I'm 5 foot seven 170 pounds. I'm afraid that I will lose too much weight and die. Please anyone who's had a low BMI have the band removed or had the vertical sleeve let me know your story in your outcome thank you so much

Are you sure your BMI is 30? I'm 5'7" as well and one of my goals is to be 170, and that'd put my BMI around 26.5.

Your body will know when to stop, in most cases. I don't think it'd go as far as kill you if you got too small. Other people on here had lower BMIs on surgery day and they've leveled off. If anything, all you'd have to do is eat more, which doesn't sound too bad. As long as you're eating well, you shouldn't die of starvation.

By my calculations, your ideal weight would be around 130 to 135 lbs, right? So you're about 35-40 lbs overweight. At 5'6" and 268 lbs (over age 40 and with a BMI over 40 as well), I wonder why you're going the surgery route. If I only had 35-40 lbs to lose, I'd be ecstatic. In fact, 170 looks really good on me and I'll be lucky just to see it again. Do you have any health problems as a result of the weight, such as diabetes or high blood pressure? Both of these health problems would be good reasons to consider a sleeve. Have you seen a nutritionist or had your thyroid checked? If I were you (and could do the last 100 lbs over), I'd be seeing a nutritionist (seriously can't believe I didn't do this sooner), getting your thyroid checked, getting checked for PCOS (if you have any other symptoms), and getting more exercise (which is hard for me to do at the moment).

I think you'll be fine, since people can still eat/eat the wrong things with their sleeve. Further, the sleeve will stretch with time, making weight gain inevitable if you don't change habits. I tend to think of WLS as a last resort, and it isn't clear to me that you have run out of options.

Thanks for the info. Yes had thyroid checked. Just keep gaining every year. Band didn't work so revision to sleeve. Can lose it but comes right back. Thanx guys

I have been lurking around here for a while, afraid to register even because of my low bmi. I have been working with a nutritionist for a year, I have upped my exercise. Nothing seems to help. Just did a cleanse with some thin friends, they lost a bunch - me? Only a couple of pounds. I am just now considering pursuing surgical options.