Pre surgery

[michaela.schmidt 0]

Hello everyone,

I've finally had all my appointments before the surgeon and just need a few follow up calls but then I should be moved onto the surgeon. I just have a few questions:

1. Do you normally have to lose a certain amount of weight before the surgery? I've seen people say they had to lose 25 lb before the surgeon would operate, does that normally happen? Or is that in extreme cases?

2. What's a revision? I've seen posts about people getting a revision a few months after having the surgery but what is that for?

If you have any advice that would be greatly appreciated!!

I'm from Ontario, Canada!

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[hopefulvspgirl 35]

Unfortunately, it's hard to say regarding the losing weight prior to surgery. It seems most doctors will have you diet for ~2 weeks prior to surgery (ranging from low carb to liquids only), but it doesn't seem as common to need to lose a certain amount. For myself, I've gained 5 lbs since my consult (completely my fault, I went a little crazy with food between the consult and now) and so I need to lose those pounds plus a few more before my surgeon would operate. So I've started my 2 week diet a few days early.

When I've seen the term revision, it's generally referring to lapband to sleeve. I haven't heard of a revision of the sleeve itself.

[Sophie74656 1,572]

Weight loss pre op will depend on your insurance. They all have their own requirements.

[michaela.schmidt 0]

Oh really? Ok thanks. I'm not sure how the insurance process works as I'm from Ontario and I know it's covered by Ohip

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