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I went for the 2nd of my 6 month wgt management visits with my PCP. Yay!!!! 4 more to go. Should be great right? Well I get to the back being checked in by the medical asst. and this is when for the zillionth time I hear "you don't weigh enough to have weight loss surgery?" Then I know because of the look she saw on my face she added, "do you?" I had to take a breath to keep myself calm then I say " if I didn't weigh enough do you think I would be having 80 % of my stomach cut out to lose weight?" I then zip my mouth before I said something not so nice....I am soooo dang sick of hearing that from ppl. Ok I am done now.....just had to get it off my chest. I will now smile and show grace and let it go.

Southern gurl here!!!! Mississippi

I know if I don't have this surgery now I will be well on my way to 250 before I know It. Everyone in my family is obese. Half of them have diabetes the other half have Hypertension. a few have both. And now both my mother and father have heart issues. I myself have hypertension and take 3 medications for it. Just don't want to keep going and get worse over time. I wanna look like the person I feel to be on the inside. I know I have made the right decision for myself. Just disheartening to hear what other ppl say at times. But onward and upward. I will be over the hill of this journey in no time and on my way down the road to a HAPPY_HEALTHY_TERRIFIC brand new me!!!! And to heck with all those who don't support me in my efforts.....

Thank you

I hate hearing that too. I carry all my weight in the middle. Look like a potato with toothpicks for arms and legs. Lol. Thank y'all for listening and for the encouragement. I am not able to talk to many ppl about this because I am not telling many ppl and the hubby is not real happy about it so we have pretty much agreed to leave the subject alone for now.

Awesome,,,your mind has to catch up to your body. You really have done an incredible job. And it's not an easy road you have taken to become the new healthy you. Be proud and take care..,,,you deserve it!!!! Again you look amazing!!!!

I have struggled with my wgt since I was a teenager. I remember being 16 and an uncle we hadn't seen in a while came to visit and tells me, "Girl, you are getting big!!!" That embarrassed me to no end!!! I was devastated. Now knowing the idiot he was and is I would ignore him. But then I didn't. Then progressively I got bigger and bigger after 2 pregnancies. I have weighed more than I do now; however, I will not get back to that point. I believe I have made the best decision for myself. I just am still floored by Ppl and their insensitivity at times.

Bp was probably high due to being so mad I could spit fire!!! Lol

I am 5'2 wgt 200 lbs BMI is almost 37 and have high BP and on 3 bp meds and my bp is still 162/101 today. I have tried every diet known to man with minimal success and then always gain it back plus some. But no I don't need wgt loss surgery.

Hiya Miss sip girls,,,,I am from the Brandon area...living on gulf coast now. Will be having surgery on the coast with Dr Avara. In the insurance process now. In the middle of the 6 month wgt management portion of the insurance requirements. So ready for surgery!!!!!

Beating a dead horse.....lol

The point is WLS is approved for anyone with a BMi of 30 and above....no matter what our opinion of it is. BMI of 30 is obese no matter hgt an wgt.

Anyone with a BMI of 30 is considered Obese.....if someone's wgt is 165 and 5'2 their BMI is 30. 30 and above is OBESE. If your wgt is 210 and you are 5'10 your BMI is still 30 and they are still OBESE. If someone else's wgt is 250 and hgt is 6'4 they obese with a BMI of 30. No matter how you calculate this a BMI of 30 is OBESE......

My that sounds crazy....nothing like what my doc said we should have post op. Try increasing the nutrition. Your only factor is you do not want to take in more protein than fluids because this can lead to kidney damage. But if you mix it with your fluids it should be fine. Try it and see if you don't feel better. Keep us updated. Sorry your feeling so poorly.

http://www.m.webmd.com/diet/news/20130528/womens-weight-loss-surgery-may-benefit-later-offspring

Moms who had weight loss surgery may pass on healthier genes May 28, 2013 by CBNews.com The benefits of weight-loss surgery for a woman may pass on to her future children. Researchers found that children born to mothers who had slimmed down due to gastric bypass surgery had genetic differences than their siblings who were born before mom had the procedure. The genetic changes were seen as improvements in areas of heart and inflammatory health for the children, as well insulin resistance. "Maternal obesity is imprinting a type of mark that is put on the DNA of the children and that can then impact their gene expression, increasing the risk of chronic disease," study author Marie-Claude Vohl of the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods at Laval University, told Healthline. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on May 27. The researchers looked at the genes of 50 children who were born to 20 mothers before or after they had gastric bypass surgery. The children were on average about 15 years old. The moms were between the ages of 35 to 51 and were all classified as obese before they had biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch procedures. They all lost almost 100 pounds after the surgery. The biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch procedure is done to reduce the consumption of food and calories by redirecting the digestive path. It involves dividing the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) and the rest of the small intestine. The smaller small intestine is connected to the large intestine using one part of the smaller duodenum. The other portion of the duodenum is connected to the pancreas, and the gallblatter is connected to that, bringing both pieces closer to the large intestine. A larger part of the stomach is left intact compared to other gastric bypass procedures. This sugary is much less common than the other kind of gastric bypass, a Roux-en-Y procedure, where doctors create a small pouch by stapling a portion of the stomach together to limit how much food a person can eat. Researchers discovered that 5,698 genes in children born after their moms had the procedure were expressed differently from their siblings who were born while their mother was obese. The changes suggest that the children born after would have better health. Specifically, many of the ways the genes were methylated -- or had been altered, resulting in changing their expression -- had to do with insulin resistance, which is one of the major causes of diabetes. In addition, the children born after the surgery had smaller waists, smaller hip girth, better fasting insulin levels and lower blood pressure. "It's more evidence that the benefits of gastric bypass surgery extend beyond the original aim of weight loss," Dr. Francesco Rubino, a metabolic and bariatric surgeon with the Catholic University of Rome, told HealthDay. Rubino was not involved in the study. Vohl wants the further research on the topic to be done with more mothers and wants to track the children born both before and after the procedure through their middle age to see if there are differences in the rates of developed chronic illnesses. "It's to early to do anything, but this study shows that a weight management program is important for a woman that wants to become pregnant," Vohl explained. Dr. Mary Evans of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, told the Associated Press its best to get to a healthy weight before conceiving. Women who are overweight or obese when pregnant are more likely to have children who are born prematurely, have birth defects (like neural tube defects), have an injury like shoulder dystocia or become obese during childhood, according to the March of Dimes.

Well said...

Doctors in the US do lapband and gastric sleeve for a BMI of 30 and above. They are both FDA approved. However; at this point insurance won't pay for it below a BMI of 35 with at least one comorbidity. So that is why ppl use the Self pay option. We each do what we feel is best for ourselves.

Why do we constantly judge others? Why does someone always have to point fingers? Aren't we all here for support? If you don't agree don't comment....skip the thread. So easy to do. And now I think I will unsubscribe to this one.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health recommends bariatric surgery for obese people with a body mass index (BMI) of at least 40, and for people with BMI 35 and serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes.[1] However, research is emerging that suggests bariatric surgery could be appropriate for those with a BMI of 35 to 40 with no comorbidities or a BMI of 30 to 35 with significant comorbidities.[3]