Native2u

Thank you!

Good luck to you also....with getting approved.

loki8481

varies from insurance company to insurance company... the first time I met with the people at my surgeon's office, they gave me a list of things I needed to do before they submitted my file to insurance, based on the company I was with (aetna open choice).

I think I needed:

-3 months supervised diet
-psych eval
-2 year weight history (I submitted a physical from 1999, my records from when I was hospitalized in 2005, and a physical from 2008 which I guess was good enough)
-letter of support from PCP
-cardiac clearance (this was actually after insurance approval... the anesthesiologists at the hospital requested it and I guess it's always good to find out that I don't have any heart problems)

the whole process took about 3 months and I got insurance approval like 2 days after my surgeon's office sent it out.

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~Alan


as of 11/18/09

goal #1: 225 pounds (my weight freshman year of high school) -- reached on 9/13/09
goal #2: onderville (199) -- reached on 11/19/09
goal #3: normal BMI (173)

Milestones:

12/04: pre-op diet start (406)
12/18: surgery (383)
04/03: century club! (306)
04/11: twoterville! (299)
09/13: goal #1 reached! (225)
10/23: double century club! (206)
11/19: onederland! (199)

pricklypear

I have heard that if you gain - you don't get approved.

Mary Margaret G

pricklypear

i think they just want to show that you've made some effort...
i have stayed the same and i was told that would be OK.