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Elysium · 01:00 AM

Hey Dancinggirl...

I know your perception of yourself is that you are overweight and you perceive fat dripping off of you. I know that these perceptions are very painful and extremely difficult for you to cope with.

As someone who has been obese for 3/4 of my life time, and has had 2 weight loss surgeries and gone through the hoops to get those surgeries, I can tell you straight up that NO SURGEON worthy of a medical license would perform a surgical procedure for weight loss on someone who is underweight and struggling with an eating disorder. What you need help with is not something that can be fixed with surgery, it is something that must be treated psychologically and medically from the standpoint of making sure you are maintaining a level of health and maintaining a level of nutrition that allows you to be and stay healthy.

Weight loss surgery would not fix anything for you. You could wither away and you would still look in your mirror and see someone who overweight. You are not over-nourished, you are under-nourished (mal-nourished).

I know this isn't what you want to hear....but honestly, no Surgeon will preform this surgery on you. You're not medically healthy enough for it, and the fact that you think you actually "need" this surgery tells me that you wouldn't pass the psych eval to get approved.

My suggestion is to talk with your T about how you are feeling and about wanting the surgery. You may have done this already, but keep reaching out to them. And keep reaching out to us too, we're here for you.