BMI of 21 getting gastric sleeve... thoughts?

[melbell2222 244]

You want to lose 15 pounds!!!!! Get out of here! This is for OBESITY people not people who have psychological issues.... This pisses me off bc you are going to go down a road where you would lose 50+ pounds all bc of 15 pounds it's sad and sick! You know you will probably die of being under weight if any doctor gives the ok! Right?? Go to the GYm and move no need to sugarcoat anything

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[KimmieK 4]

Really is like an insult to ppl who actually need the surgery for more serious issues. U need to seek professional help

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[dsheive 100]

Sorry I agree with ilove organic milk. It's very easy to eat around your sleeve you need to seek help for your disorder. The surgery is a lot to put your body and mind threw without first controlling the disorder itself

[Icantbelieveit 955]

Dont do it. You'll have to get plastic surgery for all the excess skin.

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[melvin5ft2 56]

Lap band and gastric sleeve are VERY different. Gastric Sleeve is not reversible. The very long incision that we have internally is at risk for rupture for some time after the surgery. The negative side effects that made the overfilled lap band uncomfortable will be experienced and more (and much more serious) if you over eat or eat the wrong things during the first several weeks after gastric sleeve surgery. You will experience salivation, mucus, pain, extreme discomfort. You may have to throw up. Wrong foods/too much food can rupture the sleeve. This is not a surgery to go into without the knowledge that you will drastically modify what you are eating and how you are eating.

The people here that have made this decision with full knowledge of the behavior modification they need to engage in have done so because their weight is very unhealthy and they have made many attempts over an extended period of time to eat healthy, exercise and try to lose weight. For many of us, our body/metabolism/chemistry has worked against us in sincere efforts to lose weight. We are not talking 15 vanity pounds here, but weight that affects health and longevity to a significant degree.

The OP will probably rupture their sleeve if they have the surgery. This is a young and naive person with no real life experience. I don't know that they have the ability to understand that what they are seeking to do is not only completely unreasonable but dangerous for someone with an inability to restrict their own behavior. That is too bad, but not our problem.

I suggest we all move on and spend our time supporting those who are truly trying to be healthy.

[Icantbelieveit 955]

"I am adamant that I will be going through with this surgery..."

That was in your first post. So why do you care what we think? This discussion will not change your mind. So its simply for attention. Well you have received what you wanted. Now we need to help people that actually are looking for help and not attention.

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[KimmieK 4]

Lap band and gastric sleeve are VERY different. Gastric Sleeve is not reversible. The very long incision that we have internally is at risk for rupture for some time after the surgery. The negative side effects that made the overfilled lap band uncomfortable will be experienced and more (and much more serious) if you over eat or eat the wrong things during the first several weeks after gastric sleeve surgery. You will experience salivation, mucus, pain, extreme discomfort. You may have to throw up. Wrong foods/too much food can rupture the sleeve. This is not a surgery to go into without the knowledge that you will drastically modify what you are eating and how you are eating.

The people here that have made this decision with full knowledge of the behavior modification they need to engage in have done so because their weight is very unhealthy and they have made many attempts over an extended period of time to eat healthy, exercise and try to lose weight. For many of us, our body/metabolism/chemistry has worked against us in sincere efforts to lose weight. We are not talking 15 vanity pounds here, but weight that affects health and longevity to a significant degree.

The OP will probably rupture their sleeve if they have the surgery. This is a young and naive person with no real life experience. I don't know that they have the ability to understand that what they are seeking to do is not only completely unreasonable but dangerous for someone with an inability to restrict their own behavior. That is too bad, but not our problem.

I suggest we all move on and spend our time supporting those who are truly trying to be healthy.

Totally agree with u well written

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[shelbys mom 70]

Try therapy, surgery may not be the answer

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[Alex Brecher 10,512]

@@iloveorganicmilk,

I am glad you posted on here to ask. Before even looking at your low BMI, I would worry about you looking into the gastric sleeve as a solution for binge eating disorder. It is not, unless you binge in response to actual physical hunger. If that were the case, the gastric sleeve could help by reducing hunger.

However, BED is not a “hunger” response, and if you have it, I am guessing you do not stop eating when you are full. Yes, the gastric sleeve diet will tell you to stop eating when full, and to make healthy food choices, but will you be able to listen? As others have brought up, you can always eat around your sleeve. If you ignore your body’s signals and choose the wrong foods, you can easily out-eat your sleeve.

BED is an emotional or psychological response. Even someone who has a BMI of 50 may be better off trying counseling or some sort of therapy before looking into the gastric sleeve, and then continuing therapy even after getting surgery to work on the head issues.

Now, about your BMI. It is up to you and your surgeon, but I don’t know why any surgeon would feel comfortable performing permanent weight loss surgery when you neither need to lose weight nor have a condition that the surgery is designed to treat.

Good luck to you as you work to overcome BED. It is a tough one to deal with, but you can do it!

[Shell Renewed 176]

I don't understand why people get soooo offended when a smaller person wants to receive the same treatment that you all have received as well?

many of you can probably confess that you guys love the restriction that the sleeve gives you.

What is wrong with someone of the smaller size who wants that as well?

also, I believe that my doctor is a very ethical person because he actually understands the extreme emotional and psychological pain that is present in people like me.

Personally to me, my quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. (Not that the sleeve reduces years of life anyways!)

The answer to your question in the first paragraph is simple: VSG is a treatment designed to treat obesity, not bulimia. Two people might have hip pain. One needs a hip replacement and the other only needs steroid injections and rest, as an appropriate treatment. It is not for the patient to decide that a treatment for a completely different health issue appropriate to their situation should be granted to you. I echo what the rest have said. This will not help your bulimia and I doubt it will get approved.

[rebecca wills 190]

I think of myself in my reply because as a youth I had serious eating disorder issues. So at age 55 I will tell you that over all those years it has been my experience that on evaluation you might best look within and recognize the demons that cause us such problems. Self abuse is not the answer, rather Love the skin your in and Love the secret person of the heart. As we age we start to realize our real health is most important. Value that and the person who does is always Content! You need to find contentment and learn to maintain what you have right now! BMI is darn good! See a nutritionist who will help you maintain it. Too thin and you will look emaciated and wrinkled. Prunelike

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[Color83 74]

This has to be a troll post

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[rebecca wills 190]

This has to be a troll post

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