chunkymonkey91

Wow, it's kinda crazy how parallel our experience are. Last year I looked at the lapband but my family was against it and I had a weird nurse that said that i would have no chance of being approved if i didn't have a BMI of over 40 for 5 years. I changed my mind and wanted the sleeve. hopefully my experience will be just like yours and i can have the surgery in july/august. thanks for all of the info!

Hey. I have UHC too. I have my letter from my PCP and have seen the cardiologist. My meeting with the surgeon is 6/17. So does the surgeon submit your paperwork for approval after that meeting or do you have to do all of the other visits like the psych eval and meetings with the nutritionist first? I'm confused as to how all of that works. Also, I REALLY don't want to have to deal with a 6 month supervised diet requirement. No one at UHC has been able to tell me whether or not my plan requires it. How did you know what your plan required for you to get approved? I'm so nervous because I go back to school in September and I would like to have the surgery in July/August so I'll be healed by the time I start school. Any info would help. Thanks!