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Hey guys .
my DS is coming up and I'm wondering if anyone has been through it and can tell me how it went compared to the original bypass results?
thanks
I think it varies greatly from program to program and people's individual insurance. I had several pre-op visits - some for medical clearance items and some for psychological clearance. I had to meet for an introductory group session, then a 1:1 with the surgeon, meet with the dietician and a physical therapist to talk about exercise. I also had to meet with a psychiatrist to get mental health clearance and "diagnosis" of an eating disorder (this was a weird process since they didn't really know what to diagnosis me with as I wasn't a binge eater).
My BMI was 36.1, so they advised I should not lose weight as the cut off for my insurance was 35 with a comorbidity (I have monogenic diabetes). I started my process in September and had surgery mid-January and I think I gained 6lbs in that time frame, LOL. I was really worried about losing - I was a great loser, I just never kept it off. I had regularly gotten down in the 28-30 BMI range "on my own" (hate that phrase but you know what I mean). I had 9 days pre-op of liquid diet. I was allowed protein shakes, calorie free clear liquids and one 'meal' of greek yogurt or cottage cheese per day. Then one day of only clear liquids before surgery.
VSG: 1/17/17
5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145
Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish
LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18
Every insurance company has a board that reviews the request for weight loss surgery. They may decide that you still need surgery or that you can proved you can do it without surgery. Why take a chance? The doctor told me unofficially not to lose any weight. He could not put that in writing. You have to take care of yourself and do what is right for you.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Actually ( at least for my insurance) the initial weigh in weight was the only one that counted. Losing too much before surgery was a big concern for most "lightweights" back when we had to prove we could lose weight to get surgery but in most cases it was unfounded.
Greatest adventure... oooft!! Lol does surviving WLS count?!? Lol ..... this includes the judgements the passive aggressive BS comments, the putting in the WORK to learn our new self, the silencing of self sabotage...hmmm ?!? shrug I mean honestly the list goes on. Let us not forget the shopping for clothes woes, when newly post op we don't want to buy clothing because weight drops too quick then once weight is off and we shrink, we are now still in shopping for our new size hell because we are now "normal/average size" before we couldn't find the larger sizes cuz few ordered or if shopped at store specific to thee fully figured : fluffy sided we couldn't get it then either... lol
Honestly it was having lost 140 pounds in order to successfully have to have my kidney removed and then immediately beat kidney cancer thereafter.
This might not sound like an adventure but it was for me. I was able to travel up North to see family I had not seen in many years. The best thing is that they all could not get over my weight loss. Some of us went on a hike to a natural water slide that leads into a stream from the mountain. We used to do this as kids but for many reasons, I never made the hike or water slide again, until after my weight loss surgery. It was an adventure I won't forget and will do again soon.
I am post op and not too far out yet but my goal is to be able to ride a rollercoaster. I have been wanting to do that for years and have not done so since I was in my early 20's.
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