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I called the insurance company today to check on the status of my approval and they told me that I was APPROVED!! :wub: Yeah soo doing my happy dance.. but then come to find out I was approved for the lap-band.. I called and talked to my surgeon and they are going to call insurance with the new code. (Which I call UHC and they said that's all they would have to do ) They said that I will hopefully have my appointment for my EGD around the 16th and surgery toward the end of July!! I can't wait!! I am soooo freaking excited.. thank you soo much for all of you that sent good jue jue.. On a side note.. you don't think that they wouldn't approve the sleeve, but approved the band do you? Since essentially it's the same type of surgery..

Thanks!

I haven't had my surgery yet.. but from previous expierences.. just stay calm and take it one day at a time.. that's all you can do. Make sure you read read read.. to stay well informed of all the good and bad things that can happen. And just know that in the end it will all be ok.. hope all goes well for you..

I hope all goes well and they approve it soon.. sending good jue jue your way!

Congrats.. that's great news.. hope all goes well for you and your wife!!

I know that once you have the surgery you need to take daily vitamins.. What all vitamins do you need to take? I know Calcium, B12, what else? And how many grams of protein is a target per day..

Glad things went well..

I took photos the other night.. Not for surgery but as before photos for the Insanity program.. And I sit and cried after I looked at them.. But then I wiped away the tears and said never again!!

Congrats.. Hope all goes well for you!

Send good jue jue your way!! I am in the same boat.. I am nervously waiting to hear back from the insurance company.. Hope all goes well for you!

If your surgeon has treated people with the same insurance they know all of the requirements that you have to have and will tell you. When I went for my first consult there were things they marked off the "to do" list that is standard for everybody because my insurance company doesn't require it. So I would wait and the surgeon will let you know.. Best of luck!

Like Amy said keep calm and take it a day at a time.. This process is long and has more than its fair share of ups and downs. Just surround yourself with people that support you and you will be ok. I haven't had the surgery yet.. I am waiting in insurance approval.. Which makes me a bucket full of nerves.. But I know that no matter what the outcome is.. From the moment I decided to start this journey I am going to come out on top with a brand new me. Best of luck to you!

I can't wait to write a post like this either!

Welcome.. I'm a newbie too.. Waiting on insurance to approve. Will find out next Friday hopefully.. I too was unsure if the sleeve was right for me but through all the research and great people on I think I have decided to go with the sleeve. Sending good June June your way and hope all goes well for you..

No worries.. I am a bucket of nerves myself.. hope all goes well for you on Tuesday!!

I have a surgeon.. and we have talked about it just a little.. haven't got to the nitty gritty yet! Guess they wanted to wait for insurance (?) But the more that I talk to you all and the more that I read.. I think that I am going with the sleeve.. Now just waiting on the darn insurance.. please please please..

I don't know I am 28.. and I have hit the fast forward button on puberty and to not have that as an issue anymore is the best thing EVER.. so now if I can get this under control I would be square!! :-D

Yeah.. all the pictures that I have seen of it are creepy.. I have been doing a lot of reading since I am a bucket of nerves waiting on insurance to approve me.. and they are only good for about 10 years if that.. and most of those people had to go back and have additonal surgery.. I don't want to have to do that.. I want to have it done then use the tools to start getting healthier not constantly having to go back under the knife...

Thanks so much! I think that I am leaning more towards it.. just the thought of having something in my body that isn't suppose to be in there kinda weirds me out..

I am in the same boat.. I called them and they told me to call them back this coming up Friday and they will tell me if I was approved.. needless to say I am a bucket of nerves.. bst of luck to you. Hope all goes well!

I am 5ft 3 1/2in.. I never knew that and 1/2 mattered until I started this whole process. That took my BMI from closer to 40 to closer to 38. My starting weight is 222 and my goal is 120. I am waiting on insurance now to approve it... fingers crossed that they do.. on a side note.. I don't understand the whole lightweights thing... I have read and been called that several times in the past couple of months.. according to the BMI chart I am boarderline Morbit Obese..lol.. they need to make up their minds.. either I am a lightweight or I am morbit obese.. :-D

Welcome.. I am a newbie too.. I hope your journey is a seemless one..