Can you get surgery if your'e "slighty" overweight
AlidaEden
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Can I get surgery if I am almost 30 pounds overweight. I can't lose on my own and I feel this is a significant amount especially with my health problems.
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Most doctors/insurance companies if not all, require a certain BMI, proof of unsuccessful weight loss, consultations/lab work and a psych evaluation at the very least.0
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Why would you undertake a risky surgery that would require you to take vitamins the rest of your life and could result in you never eating certain foods again? So you could lose 30 lbs? Really? If you are desperate, you could look into something like optifast.0
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I sincerely hope not.
There are better ways of doing it.....0 -
im just curious, why cant you lose it on your own? is it a medical problem?0
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You usually have to be at least 100lbs overweight so 30lbs overweight is not going to cut it...keep at it with diet and exercise if you really want this you will find a way to change your lifestyle.0
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Most insurance companies and drs require you are at least 100 lbs over ideal weight. I had it done, that is the lap band, I was 238 on surgery day and almost two years later I am 168, 10 lbs from my three year goal. I don't regret it at all.0
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By surgery do you mean lap-band/ gastric bypass or cosmetic surgery like a tummy tuck?0
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No. You normally need a BMI of at least 40, or 30 with comorbidities.
Even then, you need psychological testing, to have lost some weight on your own and all sort of other hurdles before you would be cleared.0 -
You have to be classified as Obese.0
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If I can lose 30 (without surgery) so can you.
You just have to really want to.
Stop making excuses and looking for an easy way out.0 -
It's only 30 lbs, not 300 lbs!0
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by your own admission you are only trying to lose a slight amount of weight by your wedding that is in a month. this does not constitute a reason for a weight loss surgery by any ethical doctor.0
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Are you counting your calories using this great site? This and burn calories doing cardio should put you on your way to success! Good luck!0
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As I am about 25 pounds overweight, it makes me upset when people insinuate that because the amount of weight is smaller than other people have to lose that it isn't "as bad." Emotionally, it can be just as brutal.... sorry I didn't answer your question at all, I just had to get that off my chest0
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It's only 30 lbs, not 300 lbs!
And a BMI of 24.8.
I suspect that someone is perhaps spinning wild tales and should not be fed by the good people of this community. She'll go back to her bridge eventually.0 -
Unless there's some medical reason behind not being able to lose the weight, I would think no. On a side note, I lost all of my weight without surgery and insurance won't even cover the loose skin removal. I say suck it up and give it a real try by using this website to count all your calories and if you are able to exercise start out small say 15 mins a day three days a week, and you should lose. There are many others on this site who have lost alot more weight without surgery as well.0
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so your other post was boring you so you decided to troll and make this new one. NICE.0
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Why????? for 30 lbs and not being able to eat more than 1/4 cup of anything for at least 3 months why do that to your self learn how to eat and if its only 30lbs you are using an excuse not to eat properly I only have that much to lose and am doing it one day at a time. If you are serious about losing that little bit of a weight you can do it on your own dont look for an easy way out0
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I don't know what your health problems but I'll tell you this. Read my profile, and see how just losing a few pounds helped my health problems. I don't expect to have any of these problems after another 20 pounds or so, and if you're 21, there is no way you're getting a surgery you don't need. Let us teach you how to eat, you can do this, and enjoy your food.0
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Don't be lazy.0
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Can I get surgery if I am almost 30 pounds overweight. I can't lose on my own and I feel this is a significant amount especially with my health problems.
Absolutely not. Your BMI has to be at least 30 with co-morbidities or 40 without. You also have to have a long record of having tried other methods to lose weight (and failed), you have to undergo psychological testing, you have to work with a nutritionist for 3 to 6 months (depending on the insurance), you have to have been obese for at least five years (again, depending on insurance), you have to be willing to work hard for the rest of your life to eat right and exercise on a regular basis, you have to be willing and able (financially) to deal with complications that could arise immediately after the surgery or somewhere down the line, and you have to attend support groups on a regular basis for the rest of your life. Surgery is no easy step. You're just a kid, and you're only 30 lbs overweight. Don't underestimate surgery and all that it implies.0 -
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Most insurance companies require a BMI of 35 with health problems or 40 without. Self pay there are no requirements, but any good doctor would say no for 30lbs...0
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As I am about 25 pounds overweight, it makes me upset when people insinuate that because the amount of weight is smaller than other people have to lose that it isn't "as bad." Emotionally, it can be just as brutal.... sorry I didn't answer your question at all, I just had to get that off my chest
Generally, people who risk weight loss surgery do so because the excess weight is riskier than the surgery. People die due to weight loss surgery so yes, 20-30 lbs is not bad enough to constitute surgery. I can understand someone's struggle with less weight even if it is much smaller than my own.0 -
Most insurance companies and drs require you are at least 100 lbs over ideal weight. I had it done, that is the lap band, I was 238 on surgery day and almost two years later I am 168, 10 lbs from my three year goal. I don't regret it at all.
Wow, Im surprised at 238 you were elgible. Without getting too personal did you have other medical reasons?0 -
I have seen 2 posts by this person tonight. Even if one could have surgery for 30 pounds, it could not be done in the one month before her wedding.... I am calling TROLL0
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No. You normally need a BMI of at least 40, or 30 with comorbidities.
Even then, you need psychological testing, to have lost some weight on your own and all sort of other hurdles before you would be cleared.
this .... at least in Canada that's the way it is.0 -
Getting those types of surgeries teach you nothing about eating healthy.0
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As I am about 25 pounds overweight, it makes me upset when people insinuate that because the amount of weight is smaller than other people have to lose that it isn't "as bad." Emotionally, it can be just as brutal.... sorry I didn't answer your question at all, I just had to get that off my chest
I never said it wasn't bad to me it is terrible. I was saying to some people it isn't a lot0 -
Ahahahahahahahahahaha
It's a joke right? Because nobody in their right mind would risk their life for 30 pounds.0
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