Anyone morbidly obese or have had the surgery that was?

I am 5'2" tall and weight 261 my BMI is 42. I am getting ready to do the 2 week preop diet for my surgery.

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Carol, if you're 5'2" and weigh 261 your BMI is 47.7.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm

I started with a BMI of 60. I had the Sleeve 10 months ago, and life is awesome now.

What have you lost since then

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Thank you for the update on my BMI I don't know what I was thinking!!

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My bmi was 53 at surgery and now it's 34.2. I am 7&1/2 months out and have lost 113 pounds since surgery. I am super happy with my results so far.

I've lost 240 pounds and apparently still have a BMI of 46...

So I'm guessing I was probably a big unit back in that day...

That's amazing

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@@cberryspo.wa

120lbs, a zillion inches, and a whole entire wardrobe.

I just found out my insurance covers it so I am doing lots of research to find out if this is right for me I'm 28 and I'm 330 lbs and only 5'3" I've been big my whole life and with pcos it's been extremely hard for me to lose weight and keep it off reading everyone's stories just sounds like a dream to me it all sounds like it could never happen to me since I was 5 I have always been bigger so I can't even imagine being skinner

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Very encouraging!!

Anyone morbidly obese or have had the surgery that was?

Yes. My bmi is 40.3 and I am considerinf the sleeve. Hopefully I'll get a date for this summer.

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Bmi 48. 8 days postop

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I was, as well. BMI was 45.5 day of surgery. It was 60 way back when...

My BMI is 54 and I am getting the sleeve. It's the only option for me since I have inflammatory bowel disease. My surgeon said in his practice the sleeve has been just as effective as the bypass, it just may take a little longer to lose the weight with the sleeve.

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My Bmi is 48 and I still have almost a year until I can have the surgery. I guess I have plenty of time to do my research and get my ducks in a row as much as possible.

@@Kwilliams03,

I think most (or at least a lot of) people who have the sleeve were morbidly obese. The standard guidelines are to be morbidly obese, which is a BMI of 40 or over, or to have a BMI of 35 plus a comorbidity. Good luck with your decision! Let us know how it goes.