Hi all I am 5'6" and 285lbs before surgery size 20/2x-3x. My surgery is planned for the third week of July. I start nursing school August 27 and we start clinical 3 weeks after nursing school. i am wondering what size uniform i should order for clinical. so it will be about 9 weeks post op. was thinking of buying larges but i don't want them to be small or to baggy on me. how much weight should i expect to lose in that timeline and what size should i anticipate on getting?

thank you!

Can you wait until closer to the time you will need them? I'm in nursing school too. Was sleeved on May 7. We have our summers off so I don't start back until August 14. All of my school scrubs don't fit now. I'm going to wait until the end of July/beginning of August to buy more.

i am not sure of how long it takes to order them. i will look at the sheet when i get home but i want to have them before school starts so i am prepared

I went down 1 size in my scrubs at work in 5 weeks (5 weeks post op)

Just order two sets to begin with unless someone can take them in for you (relatively easy alteration for sewers in the family). Or get two in 1x and 2 in large to start out.

I would buy one size down from your current size. But that's it.

Read through the threads about measurements/sizes. You can't guarantee that you will lose places that change your size a lot. For many people the belly is the last to go. This has been true for me. I have lost the most in my legs. I also lost my "muffin top", so the same size fits loosely.

I think the bigger problem here is that nursing schools still require uniforms ? When I went to nursing school (10 yrs ago) we all just had to wear the same color scrubs.

14 minutes ago, Sleeved36 said:

I would buy one size down from your current size. But that's it.

Read through the threads about measurements/sizes. You can't guarantee that you will lose places that change your size a lot. For many people the belly is the last to go. This has been true for me. I have lost the most in my legs. I also lost my "muffin top", so the same size fits loosely.

I think the bigger problem here is that nursing schools still require uniforms ? When I went to nursing school (10 yrs ago) we all just had to wear the same color scrubs.

@Courtney95 I agree ^^^^

I didn't see a big improvement in my waist until almost 80lbs down, and I still only dropped 2-3 pant sizes. However, my outer extremities are a lot smaller. It truly depends on where you carry your weight, and how fast you lose. It's hard to say if you'll be one to lose 30+lbs in that one month. But one thing is for sure, I wouldn't buy a large if you are a 2-3X now. I don't think its realistic to say you will lose more than 35-40 lbs your first month. And that probably won't put you down 3-4 sizes. It would be better that you had something to wear, big or not, than something you couldn't fit into.