Hello, I'm new here and just wondering if anyone else had to put weight on to qualify for lap band surgery? I'm nearly there according to my GP. How fussy are the surgeons? I am wide but also quite tall!

Doing lots of research,

....Lisa

I never heard until now having to gain weight just enough to get over a threshold to get this surgery. I hear so much about insurance companies and the demands they make of us. My doctor said that he has been with me so long that all it should take if for him to write a letter to the insurance company to tell them that I have been fighting this problem all my life. If it could be that simple.

Hey,

I slouched when they took my height and had LOTS of change in my pockets when they took my weight!

When I started this process (Jan 08) my BMI was 39!! I knew from my ins company that I would need a BMI of 40 or they wouldnt do it without comorbities. Unfortunately I don't have any but do have some running in my family (found out that is not good enough). So I needed to gain 5-10 pounds before my first appt with the surgeon. I ate everything in sight and gained almost 15 pounds. Now, the nutritionist wants me to lose 10 pounds over the next 6 months of meetings with her. I am so afraid that if I lose too much I will slip back to the 39 BMI and disqualify myself.

Somehow I have to figure out how to lose the 10 pounds and still be eligible. My husband says if I work out with weights instead of cardio then I will be able to be on the nutritionists diet and not lose too much weight. I hope it works and I hope the process doesn't last too long. I hate having even these extra 15 pounds on me...nothing fits anymore and I don't want to buy new clothes when I should be getting my lapband around september (fingers crossed).

SilverBand, It's my understanding that the weight submitted to your insurance is your original weight that you walked in with. He wants you to lose weight either to satisfy an insurance requirement of 6 months' doctor supervised diet (very common) or to show him you're serious. Hope that helps ease your mind... :huh2: