Ok so I got an email today saying my BMI is to low like 39/39.5 .i have no known comorbity issue ..I should b glad but I'm @least 100 lbs over weight! I'm 5'8 1/2 if I was 1/2 inch shorter wouldn't be an issue! I don't think :/ has anyone dealt with this and worked it out to get it approved?

All, with a bmi like that, what about trying to follow the same diet we do? Low Carb, high Protein, even the protein shakes, the liquid diet and the whole bit? Keep in mind, surgery is a tool. Only works for about 4 years if you are not committed. If I knew then about the necessity of low Carb, things might have been different.

Even though I have a low BMI, I travel globally for my work and spend 1/3 of my year in hotels. Each time I diet, I gain back what I lost and more. I battle high blood pressure and high cholesterol and high triglycerides. I need the help of surgery. My primary care physician was the one who recommended it. My mother is diabetic, obese and practically bedridden from a lifetime of obesity. I do not want to end up in her situation. That is why I am self-funding gastric bypass. I do not have a goal weight - I do have a health goal, however, which is to get off medication for high blood pressure and high cholesterol, to reduce my triglycerides, and to be on a path for better health. In my opinion, a lifetime of protein shakes is not realistic, though I plan to use them in my diet the rest of my life, such as one a day. Yes, I am aware that surgery is a tool. I know people who have had the lapband and today drink milkshakes, thus causing regain. I have a friend who had gastric bypass and, after 10 years, grazes on high-carb Snacks all day long, thus slowly regaining weight. But I know far more people who have had Bariatric surgery and who re following the program long-term.

I agree! That's why adamant about doing this..when are u having surgery?

I agree! That's why adamant about doing this..when are u having surgery?

My surgery is Nov 28. Nervous about surgery but am going to go through with it. When is your surgery?

Even tho our BMI's are what you would call " low", of course, wouldn't necessarily mean much at all. BMI is just an index designed to figure out what you should weigh approximately..they don't consider your ethnicity, genetics, body fat percentage, behaviors, deficiencies, and other things... my struggles are just as difficult as the next person maybe not as far gone tho.. and that's where we all don't want to be. I got all those co- morbiditites coming strong from both side of my family and I'm not wanting to sit and wait for it to happen.If the Lord shall bless me the opportunity to have a tool like RNY, I wont be gaining nothing worth crying about in 4 yrs...no way. We all want to be healthy...

totally.

Bakawaka I'm still doing my 6 month diet..I'm hoping to have surgery early spring!

Northwestbeauty I agree whole heartedly...my family is filled with diabetes heart disease cancer

I don't wanna sit and wait either!

My surgery is Nov 28. Nervous about surgery but am going to go through with it. When is your surgery?

We are surgery buddies...wish you the best..where are you having it done..if you don't mind me asking

I am having surgery at a hospital in a suburb of Chicago. How about you? I wish you the best as well.

Bakawaka I'm still doing my 6 month diet..I'm hoping to have surgery early spring!

I am on a one-month pre-op liquid diet. I look forward to eating real food again.

I am having surgery at a hospital in a suburb of Chicago. How about you? I wish you the best as well.

I'm having my surgery at Wareham surgical in mass