Holy Cow...Beautiful Rejection

jnbwilds · March 9, 2008

Guess what friends! I went to the Allergan (maker of my band) website to look at their updates and changes. They have a nice new commercial that will start playing later this month. Anyway, they now have a My Story feature, where you can log in, track your progress and share how it's gone for you. So, of course I'm game for that....I click on the registration process. As directed, I first enter my birthday, current height and weight and click enter. I get a pop-up reply...."We are sorry but based on your information you are not a candidate for the Lap Band surgery procedure at this time."

WHAT? Seriously! I realized I have lost enough weight and my BMI is now low enough that I wouldn't even qualify if I tried today. I'm going back later to put in my pre-band weight so I can play too (I'm sure that my old BMI won't cause any problems - in fact, I'll probably get a pop-up that says, "wow girl - you better go find a surgeon today, cause that's not pretty")

Now THAT made my day.

JaxBandster · March 9, 2008

LOL Becca that's great!!!! I entered my numbers today for my new weight (237!) and according to that weight my BMI is at 36! I started at 40. So according to my new BMI, I would now have to have some pretty serious comorbidities to qualify for surgery. How neat is that?

(Going to the Allergan site to see if I can get rejected too! LOLOLOLOL)

JaxBandster · March 9, 2008

Hah! I got rejected too!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!

jnbwilds · March 10, 2008

Congratulations! Isn't it a great feeling? I also got oddly excited when my BMI recently dropped under 35 (you are so close Karen! Just a few more pounds - and at the rate you're going that'll be next week!!!) and I found myself classified as Obese....not "super obese", not "morbidly obese", just plain old obese.

In the next few months, I might just end up being "overweight". Never thought I'd be so happy just to be trying for overweight...