Hello, my name is William. I have just joined the bariatricpal forum. I was working on having gastric bypass surgery 5 years ago, and had been through most of the classes and was only a few months out from having my surgery when I had a heart attack, which caused me to have congestive heart failure. I thought that was the end of the road for me and would just have to live with it, or lose weight on my own. Well, I have not been able to lose any and have actually gained since the heart attack. I feel like a am being smothered by the weight, so I have been doing a lot of reading online, and have read that it may still be possible to have WLS even with my problems. I have a appointment with my cardiologist in 1 week and am going to discuss this with him. Because it was the last seminar for a while, I registered for a WLS seminar for the day after my cardiologist appointment.

Basically, while waiting for my appointments, I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience, and any information or advice I can get.

Thank you

Current weight: 390

Issues:

CHF

sleep apnea

Diabetes

High blood pressure

Gerd

I haven't had this experience so have no insight but I wanted to welcome you to BariatricPal and wish you the best of luck.

Procedures have changed even over the last five years so I encourage you to do as much research as possible. The cardiac clearance is critical but don't give up until you have had a good talk with a cardiologist.

Hi William!

Welcome to the group. I have not had heart issues and do not know what impacts that might have on your ability to get approved but it sounds like you are on the right path.

I can tell you that I had all of your other comorbitities and stage 3 kidney disease plus some additional health issues when I had bypass approved by my insurance company.

I am now free of type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, Severe Gerd and stage 3 kidney disease. All of them are in remission!

I really hope and pray that you are able to work something out with your cardiologist and a good bariatric team.

I do feel like Bypass gave me another lease on life. My Nephrologist is the one who recommended WLS for me and he told me I was headed for dialysis if I did not do something.

I will say a prayer for you!

Hi William, I have coronary artery disease I had two stents placed in my heart with a 99% blockage in one artery and 80% in another and I have similar co morbidities as you. Basically in order to get the surgery I had to get an additional clearance from my cardiologist he was very supportive of my decision. Good luck!