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The clinic the surgery is happening it, is a private clinic, and they have a BMI cut off. The surgeon has no control, or ability to bend the rules, and the clinic will be the ones to decide.

The weigh in will be the same day as surgery, so I won't be drinking or eating anything that day I think I'm going to try and push through with only water/crystal light, and have a shake only if I really can't stand it anymore.

Apparently the dietician (she is busy with another patient, so she can't call me) says to cut out all veggies, and have 2 shakes a day. And I'm due to get my period, and all the bloating that comes with it, in a week as well. :|

She is going to have the dietician call me ASAP. Hopefully she has something helpful to say, not just 'keep drinking the shakes, and see what happens'.

Thanks guys. I am on hold with my co-ordinator at the moment. She claims that it was the doctor's responsibility to tell me that. I'm not sure when he would have been expected to tell me that. She just told me that she thinks it is possible to lose weight. Thanks genus.

So I had my final consult with the surgeon tonight, and he just then mentioned that there is an upper BMI cut off, and I am currently above it :| If I don't lose 9 pounds before next Friday, my surgery will have to be rescheduled. I am very unimpressed that I am just hearing this now. I am a self-pay, and I am travelling. I am also self-employed, so to get the time off I need, has been a great deal of arranging. I guess I won't even be drinking the protein shakes now, and I'll just be having steamed veggies for the next 9 days. Anyone have tips on how to cut weight?

I wish I was allowed to have 1600 calories a day, and eat real food. My pre-surgery diet is only 3 medical shakes a day, and 225 calories of only non-starchy veggies a day, so like 850 calories a day. I'm not even allowed to have other protein sources. If I could have tofu, or chicken or fat free cottage cheese, I wouldn't be feeling so deprived.

I'm scheduled for April 20th. I've been on the liquid diet since the 1st of the month. I've cheated twice. I had easter dinner on the weekend, and tonight I ate some popcorn at the movies. I'm down like 8 pounds already though, so I'm not too concerned.

Nurses are not doctors.

I hate leaving things until the last minute. I hope it works out for you.

Have you had any additional fills?

Maybe don't weigh yourself more than once a week.

SWLS in Vancouver is the closest surgeon for private-for pay clients. There are also some surgeons doing the lap band through the public system, but the wait time might be long.

That's awesome Manda!

I am 29 days away from surgery today. I haven't told many people, just my immediate family and two friends. On the 29th of this month, I have all my pre-op blood work and ECG to do, so I have to fast, as well as my pre-op doctors appointment. Then I start my pre-op diet the next day, so I figured that there wouldn't be a better day to have a last big meal. I have invited a bunch of my friends out for dinner at The Olive Garden, and I have just called it a gluttony party, but I think I am going to come out to all of them that night, about getting my band. And considering I may never be able to eat those darn tasty bread sticks again, I couldn't think of a better place to go. I have 3 weeks of pre-op diet to do, so anyone have some guesses as to how much I might lose? I know that this is a bit rambly, but I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

You look really good Lap Band Gal! I hope I can have the same success you have.

I want to shop at a regular store for clothes. I haven't been able to do that since junior high. I want to weigh less than my husband. I want to be able to wear heels on occasion, and not have my feet and knees hurt so badly after standing for 20 minutes. I want to stop having to wear insoles in my ankle-protecting footwear. I sprain my ankles at least once a year, and I hate that. I want to be able to go out dancing, and not look like a sweaty mess. I want my thin friends to feel like they can invite me to go hiking/cross country skiing. They don't invite me now, because they know I won't be able to go. I want my knees and back to not hurt all the time. I want to learn to run, and see if I actually like it. I want to join a softball team next spring, and not feel like a whale that everyone is watching, when I try to run the bases. I want to be a part of the recreational dodgeball team my friends have. (I would have joined this year, but with the surgery next month, I won't be recovered in time). I want to not be the fattest person in the room, wherever I go. I don't want people to doubt my professional skills and knowledge anymore. I work on an oil rig, and I know that some people doubt why I am, at my weight. I want to feel sexy again. I avoid having sex with my husband, because I feel so unattractive. I hate that.

I am also being banded on April 20th. Good luck!

Haha, that's funny!

Insurance companies are there to make profits. It is the most profitable to not pay for things, and so they decline. Most people won't appeal anything though, so they get away with not paying for insured benefits. Good luck.

Jason, Has your wife been looked at for epilepsy?

Which doctor?

Uggh?

It is very common for people to come and go from online forums, no matter the topic. This place seems pretty busy now though...

I thought it was a liquid only diet for at least a week after surgery?