Military Service

 Does anyone know if the military will accept you if you had Sleeve Gastrectomy?

They will not as far as I know. You can not serve if you've had wls. But I'll check with my hubby tomorrow. (he's military)

 hello i see you had dr bell as i do ,how are you making out ?

 wow im not sure but i would say  no..but this is the new army..good luck

No. Having any surgery for the purpose of weight loss is an automatic disqualification. They just can't accept people with altered eating plans. And even with the VSG, you will have an altered eating plan. If you were given 10 minutes for lunch, you could never eat enough during that time to sustain yourself. You could never chug water to hydrate yourself in very limited time. It's just not safe for them to take you, and they won't.

Sorry.

And the fact that it makes you non deployable is I'm sure the major reason.

Nope. I posted this question a few months ago. Here is the link
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/vsg/4450984/Armed-Services -After-Weight-Loss/

I see the answer is no. That's entirely too bad.

I guess I understand the military's reasoning but I think it's ironic that the military performs a large number of bariatric surgeries.  Of course, those are mostly done on spouses.  It was one of the surgeries my current surgeon performed when he was in the military.  

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 Matter of fact while I was in the Army we discharged a soldier who flew to Mexico and did it on their own dime.  You cannot serve with any sort of WLS.