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Lightweights in the house! Any more people with less to lose/less BMI's?

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lilijo    187

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Well' date=' my date was Wed the 9th, but I was moved up to Monday the 7th. Will be sleeved this Monday October 7th ;-)[/quote']

Good for you! Hope all goes well!

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Mommie4    53

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My doctor's office and I have received verbal approval from ins. co. for my surgery. In order to get a surgery date, my doctor's office requires a written letter. The letter was mailed on 9/18. Hope it arrives on 9/25.

I am a band to sleeve revision patient. My ins. co. waived the six month supervised diet criteria due to band complications.

Looking at a 10/8 if available by the time I get written approval. If that date is unavailable I will have to wait until 10/25 due to work obligations.

a written letter from insurance? I don't understand. I just got approved and called my surgeons office 2 times today to see if he can get me in before the beginning of the year but of course they don't call back..maybe tomorrow! I do not wanna switch surgeons!

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ribearty    544

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a written letter from insurance? I don't understand. I just got approved and called my surgeons office 2 times today to see if he can get me in before the beginning of the year but of course they don't call back..maybe tomorrow! I do not wanna switch surgeons!

My doctor's office wants to make sure rhat the ins. co. approves the correct surgery. There is only one number difference between band, sleeve and bypass. If they schedule you and ins. co. makes a mistake on letter, it can cause a cancellation while they wait for ins. co. to get it corrected. By waiting they know it's correct, and you aren't disappointed by having your procedure delayed.

The ins. co. only pays on what they approve.

My surgery is on 10/25.

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ribearty    544

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a written letter from insurance? I don't understand. I just got approved and called my surgeons office 2 times today to see if he can get me in before the beginning of the year but of course they don't call back..maybe tomorrow! I do not wanna switch surgeons!

My doctor's office wants to make sure rhat the ins. co. approves the correct surgery. There is only one number difference between band, sleeve and bypass. If they schedule you and ins. co. makes a mistake on letter, it can cause a cancellation while they wait for ins. co. to get it corrected. By waiting they know it's correct, and you aren't disappointed by having your procedure delayed.

The ins. co. only pays on what they approve.

My surgery is on 10/25.

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Sonia Singh    25

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Hey guys! It's been a while so let me update you all. Surgery date was July 23rd (I think). My highest weight was 229 and my current weight is 185. I am 5 ft 10 in which had me in a size 16 and I am now a size 10 and counting down. The weight is leaving so quickly its crazy! BMI went from 33 to 26.5 now. Surgery Wed and back to work on Monday. I feel great and have since the day of surgery! Here is my latest photo:

Wow. You look great & height helps.

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kendra01    7

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Hi I have BMI 30 & waiting for an appt to see if my surgeon accept me - the wait is torture - I'd love to know if any lightweights have been done by dr adib in Brisy Australia ?

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lowbmi65    65

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I'm a BMI of 31 with related health issues but really having second thoughts as most seem to have a higher BMI. I'd love a comment from someone with a 31/32 BMI to hear how they are post sleeve. And importantly no regrets. Thanks

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lowbmi65    65

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Ok, I'll share this, but I know people may have strong opinions. I had a BMI of 30.9 pre op, but day of surgery was 29.0. I'm 5'2 (ish) and have lost 21 lbs since May 1st. So my BMI is around 27??? 28??? I was on the low end for qualifying for surgery BUT I've had a BMI of 36, (and as low as 23). I have gained and lost 300 lbs in less than 5 years, and over 500lbs in the past 8. I was TIRED of losing and gaining the same 60 lbs, so that's why I did this surgery.

Add on: I'm not really sure how long it will take me to get to goal weight, (I've got about 47lbs to go) but like most others, my bigger goal is to lose it, and keep it off FOREVER!!!

@@danelle235 thanks for sharing. I'm the same starting BMI and same goal weight. Have my op 5 Oct. how is your weight loss going ? Thanks

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kendra01    7

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]So any 30 BMI's out there ? How did your weight loss progress after sleeve ? Did u lose a lot or a little in the first 6-8 weeks and how much and how often after that?

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kendra01    7

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We have Drs here that state a BMI of 30 is good to do the sleeve ( with previous genuine failed attempts etc) as it prevents the patient getting to the point where they are in a life threatening weight situation and they're healthier on the operating table to do the sleeve - prevents getting unhealthy to get healthy at an earlier and safer intervention point - I'm just saying basics as there would be other factors looked and psyc consult also involved - but makes sense -

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kendra01    7

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How do u make a thread - i can't as much as I've looked would love to hear from Aussie lightweights ( it's too much of a head game trying to convert pounds to kg every single post lol ) I need some stats in metric lol

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caddygirl    208

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My Doctor told me I will lose about 100 lbs but I told the nutritionist I wanted to lose 50 that will put me at 170 ! If I lose 100 I will weigh 120 lbs !

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caddygirl    208

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WOW you look fabulous! Thanks for the encouragement! I'm in a 16 too !

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