Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Hi Dawn, I haven't even had my consult yet. I called way back in the first week of January and received a consult appointment for the middle of April! When I called I was 306 lbs and right now I am in the high 260's. At 5' 8 " , medium frame, they will probably determine my ideal weight should be 140-150. So that means if I keep going, I will surely be below the 250 lbs. " magic number " by the time the surgery would be scheduled in September. This is my dilemna. I've been over 100 lbs. overweight 5 times now in my life, and for the past 5 years it hasn't gotten below that. They should take my history into account and NOT my weight at surgery time! They only choice I see is to either have them bump me up much earlier, which isn't likely and isn't fair to the rest of the people waiting, OR, stop exercising and eating normal meals and go back to my unhealthy eating until the surgery. I want to cry. Life is not fair, is it. -Peg Dawn wrote: > Peg, > > How much have you lost since your first consult? Just wondering if maybe > your body is at too low of a weight stage to perform the surgery, that they > fear you would lose too much in the longrun? > > Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Peg, My understanding is that they use how much you weigh at your initial consult.... So if you maintain your current weight until next month, you should be okay. From consult to surgery anything you loose is a bonus.. This is I believe how it is done at NWH, I'm not sure how other practices handle this, but I am 90% sure that they go by your consult weight, not your day of surgery weight. Joni - Dr. Thayer 11/27/00 -----Original Message-----From: pegsweb@... Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 7:57 AMTo: OSSG-NewEngland Subject: Re: PegHi Dawn,I haven't even had my consult yet. I called way back in the first week ofJanuary and received a consult appointment for the middle of April!When I called I was 306 lbs and right now I am in the high 260's. At 5' 8",medium frame, they will probably determine my ideal weight should be 140-150.So that means if I keep going, I will surely be below the 250 lbs. "magicnumber" by the time the surgery would be scheduled in September. This is mydilemna.I've been over 100 lbs. overweight 5 times now in my life, and for the past 5years it hasn't gotten below that. They should take my history into accountand NOT my weight at surgery time!They only choice I see is to either have them bump me up much earlier, whichisn't likely and isn't fair to the rest of the people waiting, OR, stopexercising and eating normal meals and go back to my unhealthy eating until thesurgery. I want to cry.Life is not fair, is it.-PegDawn wrote:> Peg,>> How much have you lost since your first consult? Just wondering if maybe> your body is at too low of a weight stage to perform the surgery, that they> fear you would lose too much in the longrun?>> Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Hi Joni - at the meeting last night they said they refused to do the surgery on a woman the other day because lost some weight due to the flu and she went under the 100 lbs. overweight limit. Dr. Thayer himself said this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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