Does your doctor's scale weigh you heavier than at home???

[Wheetsin 714]

My surgeon's scale weighs me about 14 lbs heavier than my home scale. My PCP's scale is about 6 lbs heavier.

What's ironic is that my surgeon has no way of tracking how much weight I've lost. I was weighed at my consultation (in really heavy clothes), but he never weighed me on my day of surgery (I weighed myself at the hospital, but it wasn't a number that ever made its way into his records).

So whenever I go for a fill, it's depressing. Not only does his scale weight so much higher than my home scale, but there's a ~15 lb loss (what I gained between consultation and surgery) that is never accounted for.

By my records, I've lost about 130 lbs. By his records, I've lost about 108.

[Wheetsin 714]

This is my cynical nature showing through, but I've often wondered if WL surgeons don't "pad" the weight on their scales - you know, like set it so that 0 pounds registers at 10 pounds...

...I can tell you that when I was weighed at my consultation and saw a number over 20 lbs higher than what I THOUGHT I weighed, it certainly didn't HURT my decision to go through with it.

[Sunta 5]

So whenever I go for a fill, it's depressing. Not only does his scale weight so much higher than my home scale, but there's a ~15 lb loss (what I gained between consultation and surgery) that is never accounted for.

Oh! Yes, great point! I too have that dreaded "unaccounted for" weight that I had gained in between my consultation and surgery. It's four pounds for me. Actually my consultation had me weighing in at a different place, so my surgeon never got my official "highest" weight. But every time he says "oh you lost x amount of pounds" I correct him and say "well actually it's that plus four".

I still wish I could get an accurate reading. It's sooo depressing being in ONEderland at home but knowing I can't really Celebrate that because I could be anywhere up to 13 pounds heavier than that.