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My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow and I'm SO nervous I wont be down the 10 lbs my surgeon wants me down. I have stuck to the diet as perscribed, and the lbs dropped at first, and now the scale wont move. I have 4 lbs left to go and I'm scared I'm not going to get my surgery tomorrow! :wub:

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I'm in the same boat as you. But i had to loose 20 lbs. The first month i lost the ten so easily. Now i'm in the second month and i can't drop the other 10 lbs. I have my final appt july 23rd and was hoping to have the 20 lbs gone. My surgery will not even be scheduled unless i have lost the 20 lbs.

Good luck and i'll be praying for a miracle to loose the last few lbs so you can have your surgery.

Tracie

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How rigid is your surgeon about the weight loss requirement? One of my pre-op requirements (surgeon's rule, not ins. co. rule) is to lose 10% of the starting weight (my weight on the day of consultation). For me, that is 21 lbs. So far I have lost 17. I asked on the day of the consultation if I didn't acheive the exact # if it would be a deal breaker, and was advised that it would not be, but I should make every effort to get as close as possible to a 10% loss.

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My surgeon says he won't do the surgery if you don't lose every pound. However, there are several in the support groups who have been within a couple of pounds of that and still had the surgery.

But..I wouldn't want to take any chances with it. Increasing exercise and Water intake is what I did when I was close.

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apparently some surgeons are very strict... i asked to be weighed when i went in for my surgery... otherwise they wouldn't have even weighed me. My surgeon only required me to "lose as much weight as possible" during a 10 day preop...i lost 10 pounds but don't even think the surgeon knows.

at the very worsed... i am sure it wouldjust be postponed, not cancelled. you'll get there.

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