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Hi my BMI is 61.5, I am 5 foot tall and weigh 315 pounds I am going to my family Doc on tue to inform him of the fact that I want to have the lap band. My Ins. will pay if it is medically necessary. Is it different for bigger BMI's? Now I am nervouse. I want to have children in the future and that is why I choose LB over GB. I like that it is flexible and can be loosened so my baby gets what s/he will need when my belly is growing from something other then ice cream and cheese burgers.

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I also had a very high bmi when I decided to get banded. The only difference I had then other bandsters was I needed lose 20 lbs before my surgery. Good luck to you and I hope your journey is wonderful!

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Thank you.

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I just confirmed today that my BMI is 58.5. This also the first day of my liquid diet. I haven't been told to loose any additional weight prior to surgery.

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I think I win the BMI so far (LOL it's nice to be #1 at something) since mine started out at 67.4. I had to diet preop to shrink my liver for a longer period than others, but did not have a "goal" or set amt. of weight I had to lose preop. My doc never tried to steer me to RNY Bypass (he does both surgeries) and is encouraging and wonderful. I just have more to lose than many other bandsters but hey, that was true before I got the band, too. I love my band.

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anyone have any updates?? i also have a high BMI and i am just about to start the process of trying to get banded. im 5'10 and last i checked, i was 425....i think my BMI is in the 60s somewhere.

i assume i will have to do medifast or Optifast, which im okay with. ive done that before and i bet i will lose a fair bit of weight doing it too....

so, how is everyone doing these days?

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I also am just starting the process of getting banded. I am 5'5" and weigh 325, which puts my BMI at 54.1. I attended Dr. Machado's informational session 1/4/10 and am waiting for a return call from her office to schedule my consultation.

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I also had a High BMI. I am losing slow. But that is by choice. I dont deal well with being too restricted on my choices. So my Dr is happy and I am happy I am losing...just slowly.

I only had to do the 2 week Pre op diet...it was tough but I just kept looking forward...it is not forever. Once I was banded I had lots of things to choose from. I just could not eat much of anything. But I still could taste everything. lol

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I started w/a BMI of 63.5. I am 5'3" and 2 wks before my surgery I was 358.5 lbs. I was banded on May 19th. Since the beginning of May when I started the pre-op liquid diet I have lost 70 lbs.

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When I got married and got pregnant (same week), I had a BMI of about 60 (5'8" & ~400lbs). Pregnancy and breast feeding got me down to a BMI of about 57. I was 375 when I when in to my first consultation. The doctor wanted me to "have my weight trending downward" before I had surgery and I lost at least 30lbs by dieting for 6 weeks before hand. So I guess I was down to a BMI of 52 by surgery. So my daughter did the first 30 lbs and I did the next 30 pounds.

I'm only 5 weeks out and haven't had a fill yet, but the surgery went well, I had very little fat in liver and abdominal cavity (doc said I was skinny on the inside). I healed really fast and I think that made keeping to the post-op diet harder (felt normal but still supposed to be on liquid diet). I've lost 10-15lbs in the past 5 weeks, but I'm hoping my fill next week will make it easier to eat less, because I'm hungry a lot right now.

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its good to see high BMI people doing well and losing. i finally got weighed and i am 454 and 5'10...so according to my handy dandy wheel, i am around 65 BMI. i met with the surgeon today and he says because im a "volume eater" and not someone with a sweet tooth or something of that nature, that the band may still work well for me. he told me about another patient who had the band and only lost like 3 pounds over the course of 6 months because she keeps eating stuff thats not good for her but slides right through the band (i.e. milkshakes)

but anywho...thanks for the updates!

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