morgandonor

i know this is no help to you, and i am very sorry, but if you find out, let me know

im wondering the same thing!

thanks so much. im pretty sure mine will be indiana, my dad is adding me to his insurance in a week. im amazed at how quick you got approved! what is your bmi?

good luck with everything let me know how your surgery goes!

Has anyone been approved by anthem in Indiana or Kentucky w out having to do a doctor monitored diet? I'm so worried to get that...and I really don't wanna hear it's good for you, it isn't for me. I've been wanting lapband for 3 years. My bmi is 53. I'm 22. No it's not good for me.

Any experience w anthem in Indiana or Kentucky would be AMAZING

ahhhh help!!! does anyone know if ky access covers weight loss surgery!? i dont want to call because wont they just think im trying to get it for tha reason?

i just wanted to say THANK YOU x5 to everyone who has responded. i have decided to have my dad add me to his since he just switched jobs, and in the mean time work on my eating habits and walking. if something goes wrong with him adding me, or his employer has an exception, i will finance the surgery and keep my hoopty car for a couple years. :-/

PEACEQUEEN-YES!!!!!!!! my seminar is for Dr. Weiss and Dr. Oldham!!! that just made me feel so happy

this is incredible. congratulations! i bet youve gone down a size or two, what have you been eating?!

update: so my mom isnt ALL THAT supportive of lapband. dont get me wrong, she thinks its a good idea, but she feels like i should "try everything else before it" but ive done it all. every diet, had trainers, etc. and she is saying its "too late" for her to add me to her insurance. shes going to double check, but she works in insurance, so i fear she knows. she also feels i wont be able to get my own plan because my bmi is 52, so no one will willingly insure me. she thinks my only option is self pay which she does not support since im deep in student debt and other stuff, i feel so confused.

what are payments like for self pay?

so upset.

is it even worth talking to my HR dept about it? im curious about getting an individual insurance plan that isnt through my workplace. but i remember a year ago it was a fortune due to my weight, but it's sounding worth it to me. im also a part-time college student so im wondering if i could get re-added to a parents plan and try for that. im so beyond frustrated.

the paper work i am filling out that i mention above is the paperwork the hospital sent me to fill out to bring with me to the seminar. thats why im confused, why wont they help me? and why cant i even go to the seminar if my insurance says they dont approve surgery and i wont self pay? i thought there were greivances and such i could submit to get around this.

so i have all of this paperwork to fill out before the seminar on Jan 22nd. ive got the base of it finished, the last two pages are 30 questions for my insurance company representative.

the first question is do i have benefits for weight loss surgery for morbid obesity if medically necessary? then, i choose yes or no. if yes, i am suppose to complete all 30 questions...if no, i need to ask the rep to read the exclusion to me, then it says if i have an exclusion in my policy, would i self pay for surgery, and i cant. and if i say no, i dont even go to the seminar, it just ends there.

ive emailed a rep and all it said, point blank, is your plan does not cover obesity related surgeries. so is that it? its just over? I dont understand. i thought going to the seminar would help me through all of this. and i thought if it isnt included in my plan i can "challenge" it? am i wrong?

im starting the process with insurance. BCBS in kentucky just flat out said we dont cover it. but they dont know any details of my weight and health issues, and that two doctors highly recommend it for me. i believe the next step is to talk to my HR department at work to see if they do? so basically, to me, it seems ill either a) have to switch insurances...or theyll approve it but only with a 6 month diet, which to me is not okay. ive been "dieting" my entire life and here i am, 5'4 weighing 296.

anyone know if there is a way around the 6 month diet? is there standards i may meet to NOT have to do it?

I feel the same way. If I could diet successfully for 6 months, I probably wouldn't be here. And I have a ginormous bmi and also lots of health issues related to it.

Yay!!!!

thanks so much everyone for the responses. I didn't mean to sound like WOO IM GONNA GET THE BAND AND LOSE 100 QUICK AND ITLL BE AWESOME!!! haha i have about 140 to lose, total. i just wasnt sure if anyone was successful with that when they work out everyday, diet properly, etc.

kourtany, are you in louisville? while i do want to get the process going quickly, i have heard negative things about norton. although, everyone is different! i have been going with Dr. Weiss and Dr. Oldham at Baptist East here in Louisville. Are you at Norton?

i'm 5'4 and weigh 296. I'm wondering if anyone has lost 100lbs in under 6 months? That is my goal, and I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has been successful with it. My doc thinks I can acheive that, I'm just young and anxious to get to under 200. Thanks for reading!

this may have already been a post in the past, but i know i, and im sure many others, really enjoy viewing everyone's Lap Band blogs!!! Post your link!!!

"you'd be hot if you were skinny"- ive heard this probably 6 times.

and all of the other rude comments come from my literally demented grandma. gotta love family

im very curious about dr. weiss, that is who my seminar is for, he and Dr. Oldham, everyone had a good experience so far?

I am in Louisville, KY! I go to a seminar on Jan 22nd. I havent even started the insurance stuff, technically my Anthem plan does not include obesity related surgeries but I know there are ways to get help getting approved. My BMI sure is high enough! I have to be honest, if they make me do a 6 month diet, i will be BEYOND discouraged. My doctor has been trying to convince me to get LapBand for years, and i just realized I needed to get over my fear of surgery and do it. So i dont want to wait for 6 months. Not one bit.

Sarah posted earlier...and im with her, i have the opposite problem. My boyfriend of 4 years fell for my personality. I was thin in high school, and im not an idiot, i know being fit and being attracted to someone is important. we had talked about my weight before we even became official. i knew he wasnt thrilled that i weighed 270lbs but he cared deeply enough for me to get over it....i gained 25 more lbs in our 4 years together, and i became a vegetable. i was ashamed, i had no energy, i never did my hair, i rarely wore makeup, i wore ugly clothes because it was comfortable, and we started struggling with our relationship. i knew it was all me, i would go on little diets that would last for 2 weeks, id lose 10 lbs, be excited, he'd be happy that i was happy, then id fall off the wagon. he made it clear it was obvious i was happy when i was losing weight, which made him happy.

now im in the approval/seminar stage, and he is so happy. he just glows when we talk about it. it doesnt hurt my feelings that hes so excited for me to lose weight, because i personally am not attracted to obese men, so if the tables were turned, i know id be his number one cheerleader during the surgery process because we have a bond like none other.

im not really nervous about our change. hes never been a jealous boyfriend because he most likely assumes i cant bag a 10, and he is right. but now that ive made this decision to change my life, i dress more like my old self, take time on myself, and hes so happy. and it makes me happy.

this was long. but ive never told all of this to anyone, so it feels great

i wont date an obeses dude.

i just wanted to say hi. im 23. a girl. ive never let my weight get in my weigh(hehe) butttttttt its gotten to the point where there's no ignoring it. my only thing is my TERRIFIED of surgery in general, but im so ready.

i noticed in the louisville section on here the two doctors I know of, and the doctors who are hosting my seminar, are not on here. They are surgeons ni Baptist East Bariatric Surgery center, Dr.Oldham and Dr. Weiss, anyone know anything about them? Used them? Had amazing experiences with a surgeon in or around Louisville?

Thanks!

hello, i am scheduled for a lapband seminar in a few weeks, i am anxious to get all of this going.

However....i emailed Anthem, who i am insured with through my workplace, and asked if they cover lapband and the process i need to go through. they responded and simply put "your policy does not cover obesity related operations." that was it. it was like a smack in the face. what do i do now?

:(

hello everyone. My name is Morgan, I'm 22. I've had 3 different doctors hand me a brochure for the Lap-Band, and i always roll my eyes. I always think, "surgery is the easy way out, i can do this on my own." that was 3 years ago, and i've since gained 60 MORE lbs. I'm now 5'4, weighing in at a whopping 295. I was always the girl "who has a stunning face, if only i could lose the weight" and its become the biggest issue in my life, and anything bad that has happened in my life can somehow go back to my weight. I've signed up for the seminar in my city for the LapBand and i'm anxious to get this going. And quickly. I day dream about it! haha

Just wanted to say i love reading everyones posts!

Anyone who wants to tell me their experience, I'd love that. Doubts? Pros?

Thanks!

-Morgan