I know this sounds very strange but is it possible to lose too much weight prior to obtaining authorization from the insurance. My BMI is 44 right now. I'm afraid that I'll lose one pound too many while I'm working through my six month requirement and drop my BMI to 39.9 and then not qualify for surgery. Is that possible? Or do they use the starting weight from your first appointment?

If you can lose so much on your own....why do this drastic surgery.

How do you rationalize, removing 80% of your stomach. I was hopeless and did this insane surgery.

Now I am losing too fast and could care less about the weight loss.

I would take every single pound back not to be on daily meds for this acid reflux

I can lose weight like a pro, but never ever in my whole 45 years of dozens of diets have I ever been able to keep it off. I've lost 120, 100, and 170 pounds plus more 10-30 pounds lost diets than I can count and always gained it back. A 100% personal failure rate is why I thoughtfully considered and went through with surgery. So far so good.

I'm sorry you're unhappy, but this is lifesaving for many people.

No you will be fine. I drop almost 80 pounds before surgery.

If you can lose so much on your own....why do this drastic surgery.
How do you rationalize, removing 80% of your stomach. I was hopeless and did this insane surgery.
Now I am losing too fast and could care less about the weight loss.
I would take every single pound back not to be on daily meds for this acid reflux

I rationalize it as I have lost weight and always gained it back plus more and I'm tired of doing that over and over and the way it wreaks havoc on my life and body. And I am tired of being afraid of gaining even more weight in the future and getting sick from it like the rest of my family. I'm sorry you're unhappy but all of us here have good reasons and evidence to believe we CANT do it on our own... thus why we are here!

On 3/5/2017 at 11:21 AM, AnneElliot said:

If you can lose so much on your own....why do this drastic surgery.

How do you rationalize, removing 80% of your stomach. I was hopeless and did this insane surgery.

Now I am losing too fast and could care less about the weight loss.

I would take every single pound back not to be on daily meds for this acid reflux

I imagine there was a valid reason for your surgery (especially if done in Canada).. comorbidities associated with obesity, and the severity of these that leads to decreased lifespan, tend to drastically outweigh the annoyance of taking PPI's for reflux.

Edited March 7, 20179 yr by PatientEleventyBillion