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HI, my wife is working towards getting this surgery and has done all insurance requirements past 6 months and got the letter of approval from insurance. She was told when she started 6 months ago that the dr would like her to lose up to 60 lbs before surgery. She has tried really hard but has been difficult overall and only lost a few pounds. She went to her 6 month appointment to the doctor office to be told they want another 30 days to have her come back so she could try and lose more weight. She goes back Sept 25th for an appointment. She is very nervous that the doctor may deny her surgery if she can't lose enough weight to make him happy, has this happened to anyone before??? or is the dr just trying to push it out to see if she can really just lost more weight but the dr may still actually approve her for it? at most sure my wife can try to lose a few more pounds in the next 3 weeks, but it won;t be 60! just nervous all of this hard work to get all the other requirements and copays, and meeting our deductible may go to waste. any insight from anyone? will she be ok and get this amazing life changing surgery? are we overreacting?

Nutritionist gave some advice, and she is dieting the best possible and watching calories. She is diabetic and insulin dependent so just difficult to keep pre-op weight off. Just not sure how long he'd want to postpone, we really want to get it done this year we have met deductible and insurance has approved... i mean reality is she may lost up to 10 pounds this next 3 weeks if she really could, but thats tough, no where near what he wanted 6 months ago.... just hopeful...i havent read or heard though that a patient would still get the surgery if they didnt lose enough weight, we just want a better idea what to expect

can a doctor deny you getting the surgery if you do not meet his pre surgery weight loss goal for you? does anyone know? My wife is trying to lose weight before hand, he wanted her to do 60lbs, but it's been tough and she has only lost a few pounds, and she just went to her 6th month appointment and was told they wanted her to try and lose as much weight as she can and come back in 30 days again. 9/25 she has another appointment. She is worried they may deny her surgery even though her insurance approved it with all the pre-surgery stuff she had to do. has anyone ever heard of a doctor denying a patient surgery because they couldnt lose enough pre-surgery weight???