PaigeTaylor

I have a question for anyone who is Post-Op that also has Group Health Insurance. I had a phone visit with my Case Manager today. She was talking to me about the testing and things necessary to get the surgery. When we were talking about co-morbidities and health concerns she made statements like "That will go away after surgery" and "surgery will take care of that" So then I said am I already approved for the surgery? She said "Since gastric Bypass is a covered procedure by Group Health, you can assume that you are approved, unless we come across something in our tests that makes you a poor candidate for surgery." The sooner you get the testing done and pay the $1495 for Nutritional counseling, the sooner we give you a surgery date. I was super excited, but a little confused. This is the first time I had heard this. I wanted feedback from anyone who has been where I am.

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Paige
Completed:
Chest X-Ray,EKG,Labs 7/8/09
Upper GI-7/10/09
24 Hour Urine Collection-7/9/09
PFT-7/24/09 "Normal"
Orientation w/Surgeon 8/7/09
Started Pre-Op diet 10/16/09
Surgery Date 12/8/09
I currently weigh 270# I can't wait to have the surgery and see that number steadily go down down down to 130-140#

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