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Hi Sleevers: I have Horizon BCBS. I have to submit a letter to the insurance company regarding my attempts to lose weight over the past 12 months. I'm curious how detailed this letter should be. I don't want to say too much or not enough that might get me denied. As anyone had to do this? If so, can you provide some insight on what I should write?

Soooo....I have a good friend who has been my weight loss buddy for the last 4 years. We have some of the same struggles except she is 165 lbs and has only 10lbs to lose. Meanwhile I'm 300+ lbs and need to lose a good 100 +. O work out try and eat right and she doesn't. I thought by sharing my decision to get sleeved would bring the same amount of support....well not so much. At first my friend was happy and encouraging. I guess She has now taken sometime to think abt it and decided to call me to tell me my decision is a bit extreme and risky. She suggested to eat right and workout hard since I had done it before. What she failed to remember is that I was also on phentermine and now have gained 30 of the 80 lbs I lost. She then went on to say my skin is going to sag , I'm going to lose too much weight, and I basically have mastered being sexy for my size so I need not focus so much on the # and to lose 50 lbs. I'm kinda pissed by all of this. This is one of the reasons I allowed my self to become so overweight because people have made it acceptable for me to be comfortable in my "bIg sexy " skin. So I just wanted to see if anyone has experienced this from friends and family and how you dealt with it. It was a bit discouraging yet I thanked her for her opinion, told her I was still going thru with it and disconnected the call.

Hello VST Family. I've read some amazing posts on here from the good, bad and indifferent. I decided a few weeks ago that enough is enough. I've been "dieting" and exercising over the last 3 years to only lost 80lbs, gain 50, lose 15...you see where this is going. Having NEVER considered wls, I woke up out of my sleep a few weeks back and said I'm going to get wls. I'm over it! So as quick as that thought came I feel like everything has happened so quick. Within 30 days I've attended a seminar, had a consultation with my surgeon, scheduled my psych and nut exams, attended a pre-op seminar and I even have my surgery tentatively scheduled for November 9th. This is going way too fast. I'm nervous as hell! My thoughts can't even catch up with all the activity going on. I know this is definitely something I want and need to do, yet after reading some post it appears that ppl have waited weeks/months just even a consult with the surgeon and here I am with about 80% of my to do's done! All my pre reqs for insurance approval will be sent over in the next 2 weeks for approval. According to the doc my insurance (Horizon BCBS) takes about 5 days to approve. With that being said...fingers crossed I guess I could be approved sometime late September. I'm sure I'm not the first to experience these feelings, but I just wanted to get this off my chest and hopefully hear/read a few words of encouragement to relive myself of these bouts of anxiety, doubts, fears, etc.