valerie vargas

Pain can give you some crazy dreams. Not a fruit cake. Walk around a lot! Take some simethicone for gas. If nothing works, Go to the ER of a teaching hospital. Tell them about your surgery and they will order the appropriate tests, starting with abdo xray, maybe a CT scan, a songram and finally an endoscopy if needed. I am an RN with 33 years behind me,

I am in CT. My husband also has his own fep blue standard option. He would have to pay more if he was to have the sleeve done . With basic, you have to use a preferred provider and hospital, standard you don't, i wonder if there are more rules to the standard option because of this.

The nurse at the bariatric center told me no, at my consult. I hope she's right. They called directly to fepblue to get the requirements. Uggh. Now I am nervous. I'll know for sure next week.

I think it depends on the intermediary for your state. My fepblue does not require 3 months, just the letter from the pcp, one nut visit one psych visit. My surgeon requires the upper endoscopy to make sure I don't have ulcers.

My bariatric surgeon gave me a sample letter to give my pcp. I went one further and constructed my letter using the information needed about me according to the sample they gave. I printed it out with room for a the office header and all it needs to be copied on to their letter head and signed. Lets see if he goes for it

Any FEP Blue members out there? How was your approval process. i only have 4 things to submit: A letter of necessity from my primary doctor An upper GI endoscopy A nutrition visit A Psych eval. All of which I will have by next week. Hoping approval is swift

I too had a pcp who told me she wouldn't recommend it unless I weighed 400 pounds! I am 235 at 5'7" and hypertension severe plantar faciitis, arthritis . I immediately found a new and competent physician who agreed WLS was a good option for me.