azjanie

After 2 weeks of waiting for approval for sleep study, I found out that my policy doesn't require preauthorization for this procedure. What a waste of time but at least I now have an appointment for October 1st

My snoring has gotten so bad that my husband wants me to sleep in the other room, I also wake up several times during a night and always seem to be tired in the morning. So maybe I do have sleep apnea, it would certainly explain a lot of things that i have been blaming on my hypothyroidism medication not being strong enough when my doctor says that my levels are normal. Hopefully I will get approve for the sleep study soon.

Just wondering if anyone had their surgery at banner gateway in Gilbert AZ, if so who was your doctor and how was the hospital ? I went to the seminar and the initial consultation and was shocked to see that they billed my insurance over 450 just for the facility use (didn't count the doctor's fee).

Source: Sleep study

I had my Initial consultation yesterday. The staff was very nice and informative. I found out that even through my insurance policy is with Cigna, my employer does not require the 3 month diet for approval. That's the good news. Now the bad news, I knew I would be close on the 40 BMI for automatic approval but thought that I would probably make it (I had thought about wearing leg weights but chickened out at the last minute), good thing since they made me take off my socks and jacket, I also had been suffering from a mild case of the stomach flu for a couple of days but didn't want to cancelled my appointment because it took so long to get one in the 1st place. Needless to say my BMI was only 39. Now I have to have a sleep study to see it I have sleep apnea and can qualify that way. I have read a lot of blogs sleeve candidates were required to get a sleep study but haven't read much about the results. Should I be worried or is it likely that I will be diagnosed with sleep apnea. I really don't won't to have to gain weight to qualify. If I have sleep Apnea I could have my surgery in about 6 weeks, if not I will have to start saving money for Mexico.