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Anybody else have a really strict surgeon? He wants me to lose 130 pounds before I get a surgery date! This is rough man! If I could lose that much weight in the first place I wouldn't need the surgery lol!

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I would go somewhere else because that is ridiculous. Your stats don't show how large you are, if you or male or female, but the only place I have seen that is on tv, when the people weigh 800 lbs. and the surgery is too much with that weight.

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I'm no where near 800 thank god! But 6'4 470. He says that there will be a lot of complications at 470.

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Anybody else have a really strict surgeon? He wants me to lose 130 pounds before I get a surgery date! This is rough man! If I could lose that much weight in the first place I wouldn't need the surgery lol!

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Every surgeon is different.

Fortunately. even though I was almost 600 pounds to start with I wasn't required to lose any weight pre-op. It was a challenge for me just not gaining.

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I'm no where near 800 thank god! But 6'4 470. He says that there will be a lot of complications at 470.

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At 66 with terrible diabetes, heart stent, sleep apnea, HBP, my husband weighed 320-330, 6'2". Because of his age and health problems, our surgeon told him the risks of surgery, but the risk of him not having the sleeve was more scary. Rescue calls were common at our house. He is down over a hundred lbs, usually weighing 217 or so. It has been the most wonderful three years of his life, as he was the fat baby, fat kid, and fat man. I am so proud to have him experience this without people looking at him with contempt. If you are healthy and younger, I would consult with another surgeon for another opinion. You are large framed. The longer people wait, the worse the health problems become. Good luck, we have never had a problem with the sleeve, and life is great!!!

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Thank you both for replying! Just frustrating!

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I weighed 540 at my first appointment and only had to get to 500 in order to have the surgery

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I weighed 540 at my first appointment and only had to get to 500 in order to have the surgery

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You wouldn't happen to be from New Jersey lol cause I would go to your surgeon!

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Who is your surgeon in NJ? Or what group?

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I weighed 540 at my first appointment and only had to get to 500 in order to have the surgery

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You wouldn't happen to be from New Jersey lol cause I would go to your surgeon!

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Close Philadelphia haha I went to Penn

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Look up Dr Bilof In NJ get second opinion... best of luck

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