CherylA

If you dont mind me asking what insurance do you have?

Thank you!

I am 34 and I have never....... been under 200 lbs in my adult life been thin worn a super cute skirt, shirt with knee high boots been able to clean my house without being super tired after been a good example food wise for my kids I hope these will all change after my surgery! I am so afraid to get my hopes up for approval. I will be so disappointed if I don't get approval.

I am so happy for you. My papers are being sent for approval today! I sure hope it comes soon!

They are sending for approval for my insurance company tomorrow! I am so excited and I hope it does not take long to get an approval. I have not lost my 10% yet, but I have other issues. I hope with sleep apnea, knee surgery, bp starting to climb and lipids up by 18 points they will still approve it. I have now lost 19 lbs and I am walking too. Here is to loosing more and praying for an approval!

O yes, I will have the surgery as soon as I get everything lined up. I can not wait!

Good luck! There are most of these things that everyone is has to do for insurance approval. There may be some that you do not have to do since you will be self pay. My doctor required an EGD with a biopsy. He wanted to make sure I did not have a hernia or H-pylori. This surgery can be quite expensive and most doctors require payment up front. There are more costs than just the surgeon. There will also be an anesthesiologist that will need to be paid. The facility will also require payment. Sorry these are just a few things that I could think of. There may be more. My primary insurance pays 25 thousand life time max and my 2nd insurance pays 10 thousand life time max. My doctor's office said that it will most likely max out my insurance. Just to give you an idea of the cost.

I have been reading the forums about people being really emotional after surgery. That worries me. Do you guys have any fears about surgery?

I hope to have mine April 9th. I have to complete 2 trips to the NUT and 1 more trip to my doc for my 6 month supervised diet. After that we will send all papers for approval from primary insurance. I already have approval from 2nd. I am sure praying things fall into place for me. Good luck all!

I am looking at my options. If you don't mind my asking how much is it going to be to have the surgery done there?

I received my call from the doctor's office today concerning my requirements for surgery. I have to have 6 months of dr supervised diet program. I have to have a nut eval and a psych eval. I already have my first appointment set up for June 5 with my pcp for the beginning of the supervised diet. That will make Dec 5 my 6 month mark. At what point should I go for the psych eval? What is it like and how many times do I have to go for it to be over? Does it only take one visit to complete a psych eval? Thanks Cheryl

The girls have been on one this evening. I am feeling worn down by life today. I feel like I don't have the energy to fight the fight and get up and go. I don't tell anyone when I am feeling down so this is a big step for me to even put it on here. It has been one of those days that makes me want to sit down and cry. I sure hope it looks up after a good night of rest. I still have not heard from the insurance company yet. I put a call into my Dr's office today and I am waiting to hear back from them. I think I am going to call the insurnace agency tomorrow and see if they have received the information from the doc's office as of yet.

Congrats! I am so happy for you that your date is so near. Stay positive.

I am from Central Louisiana and I have just started the process of getting approved by my insurance. We are waiting to hear back from Aetna. I sure wish this would move a little faster. I will be going down to Lake Charles to use Dr Shimer as my surgeon.

My husband and I took our oldest daughter canoeing yesterday for her 9th birthday. It is the first time I have ever been and also a first for our daughter! It was between 4 and 5 miles long! I was worried about fitting in the canoe. I will be glad when I have my surgery and lose some weight so that I don't have to worry about fitting in things. Over all I am very proud of myself for this trip. The water was down and we did lots of pulling and pushing of the canoe. We saw so many pretty things. Do any of you ever worry that your weight holds you back from doing things like this with your kids? I am determined not to let mine keep me from doing fun things with my kids.

Awesome. It is a great picture!

As I have stated before I am not a patient person. I am still checking the mail as soon as I get home from work in hopes that my insurance company has sent an answer.. In the mean time I am looking at all these pictures of people that have reached their goals and I am jealous! I want to be thin and healthy and be able to move without my body hurting. One of my co-workers came by today. She had gastric by-pass 2 weeks ago now. She has already lost 15 lbs. Another twinge of the monster. I have wanted a wls for a while now and I am so afraid I will not get approved. I feel like I am going insane waiting and wondering. We just got our pool put up this last weekend so I am looking forward to the water warming up enough to swim. I look forward to being able to move without as much pain in my knees. I feel drained after the end of a long day, such as today. I think longingly of having so much extra energy the kids cannot keep up with ME!

Don't get me wrong I am doing it for me, if I can get approved that is. I want to feel better and have a much easier time in finding clothes that fit. I want to be able to move easier too. There are so many reasons to do it and not nearly enough reasons not to.

As a parent we work so hard to teach our children not to be mean to other children. Don't say mean things you will hurt your friends feelings and so on.....What about your mom's feelings? My oldest daughter has told me several times that she thinks I am fat..I went and cried before coming back to explain to her that you don't talk to anyone like that. Have you noticed that we are so much harder on ourselves? We do not hold other people to the high standards we hold for ourselves. Maybe if I were a little nicer to myself I would not be sitting in the boat I am in today. I vow to try not to kick myself so hard for mistakes I make. We all make them. I am not a very patient person. I hate waiting to hear from the insurance company. I like to be able to control things and I hate not knowing. It is the not knowing that drives me insane. Ok if I have to wait 6 months let's get the appointments started. The faster I can get started the faster I will have it complete. I am trying to up my water intake because for me I hate the lack of taste water has.fter I drink so much water I start feeling like I am gonna puke even with the thought of water. I have started using Milo as a flavor enhance to my water. If you only use a drop it gives the water a hint of flavor and that I can handle.

My BMI is 51.3 and I have have had left knee surgery. Both of my knees are messed up. My chloestrol is just now starting to go up.I am pretty much in good health. I most likely have sleep apnea judging by the way I snore. If need be we can do the test. I really hope I don't have to do the 6 month ordeal, but if I do I will make the best of it. Thanks for all the info.

Here I am sitting at 308 lbs, well that is what they weighed me in at the doctor's office on May 9th 2012. I went for my first consult. The dr says he does not think showing a medical need will be any problem. It is just a wait and see game to know what hoops the insurance(Aetna) is going to make me jump through. The office said it will take about 2 weeks to hear back from the insurance company. Come on 2 weeks. I am ready to start a life that has me playing the lead as a smaller ME! I have been fat my entire life and it has caused me such mental pain and now it is causing me physical pain as well. This is the largest I have EVER been in my entire life. When you hit rock bottom I guess there is only one way to go and that is up. My weight got out of hand after being pregnant 5 times. I have had two miscarriages and 3 live births. I was on bed rest with the last two for a good half of the pregnancy. Since that time I can not make the scale move in the opposite direction. It just keeps moving up. I want to be able to chase my girls and play without being afraid of hurting one of them. It is funny the larger I get the more I just want to hide and the more impossible being able to hide gets. Does anyone have Aetna? If so what kind of experience did you have?

What type of insurance do you have? I have Aetna and I am waiting to see what kind of hoops they make me jump through.