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looking for lower Bmi peeps. 1 cobid high blood pressure looks like surgery will be in march i only have to do 3 NUT visits and 1 psy visit pys done and 1 NUT done second is end of Jan so hoping for early march if not sooner i want to get this show on the road i am 5ft 5 and 199 and thats pushing it im just so tired of always being on a diet goal wt of 140 any people out there that started with a lower BMI

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Hello im bmi 37 gonna get sleeved 24. January :)

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I had a Lap done in 2011, 5’3, 292 lbs and a 34 BMI. The LB cause a LOT of problems and I did not I had a Lap done in 2911 with a 34 BMI. The LB cause a LOT of problems and did lose much weight. In July 2917, I had an emergency revision to Bypass with a BMI of 30. BMI is now 22 and I weigh 132. I go for my 6 month checkup tomorrow. So far, I am very happy with this surgery and SO happy to have the Lapband torture device out of a much thinner me!

Good luck in your journey. I hope you are as happy as I am.

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I had pretty much identical stats. Sleeved just after Thanksgiving and down 20 lbs. From a size 14 to size 12. That's even with some holiday treat cheating. I'm gearing up to start exercising and expect that weight loss to speed up.

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Also at a 37 BMI and getting sleeved on Jan. 11th. I have a couple co-morbid conditions so approval went pretty quick.

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Me too, just got by with my lower bmi due to high blood pressure and type II diabetes. Scheduled for surgery next week. Getting nervous!

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37 years old, 5’6, 239 pounds, BMI 38. I have 1 comorbidity of severe joint disease, and have already had a total knee replacement. I have been told that Cigna may not take osteoarthritis alone as a comorbidity, so I won’t know until the very end if I am approved. It is nerve wracking.


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BMI 37 + metabolic syndrome
Insurance accepted so fast
They'll probably make their money back in less than a year for all the prescriptions they have to pay for for me lop


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On 1/4/2018 at 6:16 PM, ItsJustMeToo said:

I had pretty much identical stats. Sleeved just after Thanksgiving and down 20 lbs. From a size 14 to size 12. That's even with some holiday treat cheating. I'm gearing up to start exercising and expect that weight loss to speed up.

Hows it going so far do you have ant regrets. i had my last nut visit yesterday so i will hear soon if ii am approved and now i am nervous .

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On 1/10/2018 at 7:26 PM, low bmi sleeve said:

Hows it going so far do you have ant regrets. i had my last nut visit yesterday so i will hear soon if ii am approved and now i am nervous .

It's going well! Only regret is not doing it sooner. There are some things I'm disappointed about, or still figuring out, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I still have cravings, food preferences haven't changed at all, and I experience hunger in 'typical' ways, but now, I'm satisfied with just a few bites. My pee smells strong/gross, I'm gassy (might be my food choices, or maybe the new normal?), and I've had a few bad experiences with poultry getting stuck (not to the point of throwing up, though!). Aside from those things, I feel pretty much normal, just with a teeny tiny stomach, lol.

I seem to be at a stall at 20# lost, but that seems pretty typical, and I'll be honest and say I haven't been perfect (at all) about following a strict diet. I'm sure things will pick back up.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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