My husband and I will being having gastric sleeve surgery on September 10th. My husband had an ivc filter placed on Friday, but he had a pulmonary embolism 12 years ago after a bad fall. Our surgeon wanted to be cautious and asked for him to get the filter because of his history with blood clots and his BMI is high. I wasn’t initially asked to get a filter, but at the last minute our surgeon asked me to get one placed too because of my BMI which is on the higher side too. Did anyone else have an ivc filter placed before surgery?

Your husband being asked doesn't sound unreasonable.

You on the other hand is just weird.

Is your bmi like 80 or something?