Too much weight loss presurgery?

[thepuckbus 1]

My medical plan makes you do the 6 month doctor visits. i am follow to the letter my doctors instructions. One of the things she is having me do is 3 months of prescription diet pills. I have lost 35 lbs, which I am happy about, in 6 weeks. Is there such a thing as too much weight loss before surgery? I started this journey at 312. I still want to do the surgery since you can only take the pills for 3 months. Any advice would be great.

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[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

The only thing I would think would be defined as too much weight loss pre-surgery was if 1) you start with a low BMI and you drop below where your insurance were to approve your surgery and/or 2) you followed an unhealthy diet and went into surgery extremely malnourished or with other health problems due to an unhealthy diet.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

My surgery approval was based on the weight at my first appointment, not at my last one before surgery. I would recommend you check with your insurance company.