How many if you lost weight during preop?

[_Kate_ 2,224]

I did a 18 day (my choice, the 18 days, I was supposed to do 14) liver cleansing diet required by my surgery team. I can't remember how much I lost as I have never noted down how much I have lost and when. I have no idea what I lost the first week, first month, etc etc, I have just kept my eye on the total loss.

I know my scales and the hospital scales gave a different weight loss so I just focus on what my scales at home say.

[dancingqueene 182]

I had to do six months preop in regards to weighing in but I was not required to lose anything.if I had lost anything I probably would not qualify as I'm already on the cusp anyway

[Ilovecats1985 100]

My surgery is scheduled for October 21st. In 6 months I've lost 20 pounds. I only have to do the pre-op diet one day prior to surgery. However I put myself on a low carb and low fat, high Protein diet starting today, 16 days before surgery.

[newmebithebypass 713]

I'm on the 6 months diet required by insurance and with my Dr upping my dose of metformin and following the nuts plan I've lost 8 pounds in 7 weeks

[tinkerrbell1 24]

I didn't lose any weight during my pre-op. I was sleeved on Friday Oct. 2 and I have already lost 6lbs. I am still very bloated and still have some gas pains but nothing unbearable. I returned to work on Monday. I have a office jobs and were I am able to get up and walk every hour so it helps out a lot.

[baileyj908 37]

This is what my insurance says - "The patient has participated in a non-surgical treatment (e.g., dietitian/nutritionist consultation, low calorie diet, exercise program, and behavior modification) and attempts at weight loss have failed" - this is what has me worried. They changed how it is written it changed at the end of august

[LoseItKacy 347]

This is what my insurance says - "The patient has participated in a non-surgical treatment (e.g., dietitian/nutritionist consultation, low calorie diet, exercise program, and behavior modification) and attempts at weight loss have failed" - this is what has me worried. They changed how it is written it changed at the end of august

That's almost identical to what mine says. But I lost 15ish pounds on mine and was still approved. I think it just depends on who reviews your case at insurance and what your hospital all submits to them. I really tried to lose weight on my own because my program has a no gain policy. Every month I weigh in I wasn't allowed to gain ONE pound more than my previous weigh in so I was paranoid about my monthly visits. I would call your insurance company and talk to someone on what they define as "fail" then I would call your program and talk to them about what they think.

[Dub 9,922]

The fear is that don't take you seriously and/or feel you aren' t prepared.

Losing weight is a bargaining chip against the insurance company playing this card.

It can also reach beyond the insurance company, too.

Both of the surgeons I consulted made it very, very clear upfront that if I didn't lose significant weight pre-op then they would not operate. This was both with insurance or with self-funding the surgery. There are some in our class that have been rolled back until later surgeries because of this very thing.

I sort of anticipated this, though, due to my high BMI. It was easy logic to follow.

If my BMI was lower....I'd probably be at war with myself on being so strict during this timeframe. Things are much simpler for me.

[Sophie74656 1,572]

I had no requirement to loose weight before my surgery but I did anyway. I lost about 50lbs pre op

[LadyIkyba 11]

I had to have a 6mos monitored as well and was required a 1lbs loss each month. With swimming 4-5 times a day and calorie counting I lost 62 lbs. Now I'm waiting for approval and I'm so nervous I'll be turned down. :-(

[annabreke84 42]

My Dr required me to lose 10lbs Ive lost 16. I have my 6th n final pre-op Dietian appointment 11/2 hoping for surgery this year

[Chrystee 838]

I had to do the 6 month diet. I lost nothing. I wasn't required to lose a number/percentage of weight.

Edited to add that I also had to do the 2 week liquid pre-op and lost 11 pounds on that.

Edited October 7, 2015 by Chrystee

[DaniEcho 17]

Thanks. I'm just worried that my insurance company will say the surgery isn't necessary because I lost weight (it has been only 14lbs) but still worried.

That's what Tricare did to me. I was just over 100 pounds overweight. They put me on the 6-month diet and as soon as I lost to 99 pounds overweight they said I didn't qualify for the surgery. But if I hadn't lost any weight, they said I wouldn't have qualified because I had to show I could lose weight. I ended up self-paying for the band back in 2007 (didn't work) and now thankfully my insurance has approved me for a revision. I can my own insurance through my job now and don't have to rely on my husband's Tricare. It was an awful experience.

[LoseItKacy 347]

Thanks. I'm just worried that my insurance company will say the surgery isn't necessary because I lost weight (it has been only 14lbs) but still worried.

That's what Tricare did to me. I was just over 100 pounds overweight. They put me on the 6-month diet and as soon as I lost to 99 pounds overweight they said I didn't qualify for the surgery. But if I hadn't lost any weight, they said I wouldn't have qualified because I had to show I could lose weight. I ended up self-paying for the band back in 2007 (didn't work) and now thankfully my insurance has approved me for a revision. I can my own insurance through my job now and don't have to rely on my husband's Tricare. It was an awful experience.

I had tricare and they didn't do that to me? I didn't have to do 6 months either. I did 4 and was approved.

[thisfathasgot2go 235]

I have Kaiser. The weight at my PCP referral was 227. Weight at my Options intro class was 225. During the 3 months options classes, I lost 17 lbs and continued to lose weight during the pre-op til surgery day where I weighed in at 196.