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I have Cigna insurance. They require 6 months of a supervised diet.

My question is this, I first saw my diet doc on march 10th. Would 6 months be Augusts 10th or Sept 10th? :tongue_smilie:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My surgeon's office won't make an appt with me until Insurance is approved unless I want to pay for program fees up front. And if Ins doesn't cover There is no way I can afford surgery for at least another year.

I know its splitting hairs but i would love to get the ball rolling here.

Thanks in advance. Tracey

Where I am in Florida you do need the comorbidities with BMI of 35 or need a 40 BMI. The surgeon requires the psych eval and Nutritional appt(only one). But he does not require documented diet attempts. He also requires a liquid preop diet of 2 weeks for all is patients(to shrink the liver before surgery). Hope this helps.

Congratulations on getting your date. Keep us psoted.

I know it's frustrating to have to reschedule but it's better to not have a complication after surgery because of the infection. Keep up the good work with the exercising and the time will fly by. Keep us posted.

Like everyone else, I can so relate. I went to the information session on 3/3/10 and have thought of nothing else since. I am doing my 6 month diet that is required and I need about another month and a half. I want to have everything set to send hopefully by the second week in September. I have had my nutritional consult. Tomorrow is my Psych eval. I have a cardiologist appt next month (the nurse at the bariatric office said I will most likely need cardiac and pulmonary clearance since I have High blood pressure and sleep apnea and asthma). So those are scheduled and ready to go.

My husband is really supportive and wants me to do whatever I think is best. But, I can tell he get tired of the "when I have surgery______" commnets. So I try to tame it down a bit.

These boards certainly help.

Good luck to you.

Congratulations, Glad to see you are doing so well.

I hope I am not able to eat as much as you at 5 weeks out but you seem to be doing great. Keep up th egood work.

Welcome, and good luck.

I know this board has been keeping me sane for the last 4 months while I get me supervised diet out of the way. It's great to see everyones progress and reinforces that this is definately the right choice for me.

Congratulations. Keep us posted.

congratulations and good luck. Keep us posted.

Yeah, how exciting. Can't wait to be in your shoes. Keep us posted.

Congratulations How exiting for you. Keep us posted.

Good to hear you're not giving up. You'll do great. Good Luck and best wishes. Keep us posted.

Great news!:thumbup1:

How long did it take to get your approval?

I am hoping to have my paperwork ready to go the first week of September. At least that's when I will be done with the six month diet.

BonBon I am right there with you. I am not a junk food craver, just a food aholic. I love good food in quantities that are way too huge. It's like I have no Full button.

I haven't thought of my last days before I start my preop too much. I'm still in month 4 of my 6 month diet. But this has made me think about it. You know, maybe it's not necessary to have that Last Supper, Since in a few months I'll be eating smaller quantities of the healthy foods I enjoy.

Thanks for sharing that thought.

Tracey

Good luck and Keep us posted!

Good Luck and Congratulations!

Good Luck! Keep us posted.

I am having the same issues. I am doing Weight Watchers and hate that each week they ask me what I'm doing wrong. Not comfortable telling them I'm eating the same as always so I don't loose too much. But I really would like to lose some since it's summer. I just don't want to get below the BMI threshold for surgery approval. Very frustrating.

I'll be keeping an eye out to see what anyone else has experienced.

Medicare's new coverages and policies and payment guidelines usually go into effect in October. It definately helps that the sleeve has a cpt code.

I will be watching this thread closely as I am about where you are for BMI, I little more right now and doing the supervised diet. I'm afraid to lose too much in fear of not being covered.I have 3 months to go before I can submit. I know they require a psych eval also. Good luck to you.

Working for a pulmonary, sleep doctor that does multiple surgical clearances I will say this from some experience. If it feels like the pressure is too high it can often be backed down a bit at a time until you get to 6 or 7cmH2O.

Most people come back for that second sleep study between 60 and 100 pound loss.

As far as the copay expense goes, look in your area to see if anyone offers a portable sleep study. This is done by you at home and can cost as little as $250. And many insurance companies cover it as an office procedure. This can cost as little as your specialist copay.

Hope this helps. Can't wait to be done with my CPAP too.

That is just amazing. Can't wait to get my insurance hoops done so I can join in your awesome success.

That's Fantastic!

Most insurance companies will waive the preexisting if you can prove you didn't have a lapse in insurance coverage. You will just need a letter from BCBS stating when your insurance terminated.

I went from my employers insurance to my husbands last year. one terminated on Dec 31st and the other picked up Jan 1.

Hubby has Cigna and I am so excited because while I am still going through their 6 months diet they now cover the Sleeve and It's what I wanted. :thumbup1:

Also, I agree with above. Call to make sure that the employer covers WLS.

To add to this my surgeon stated that they examine the removed stomach for any abnormalities. He's had a few cases of early stomach cancer findings with this surgery. So good to know they check, and most times it was the cure for the cancer.