KUgirl

This awesome! Thank you for taking the initiative!

Yes I do check it out occassionally. Who is your cooridinator?

Hello- I am Jan. 4th with Dr. Kuri. About 5 days before you FLMAN! This is so cool, I'm excited to talk with others getting it done in Jan!

Mine is the 4th with Dr. Kuri! I'm getting ready and excited to start my new life!

Hello- I'm scheduled for surgery with Dr. Kuri on Jan 4th 2008. I can hardly wait. I have a couple of friends that went with Kuri and said he is the best and I did tons and tons of research and could not find any negative thing about him. I'm so excited to start my new life. Rebecca K. in Overland Park Ks

Sorry- I was referring to someone's post about Dr. Mary Vernon in Lawrence KS

She is a family practice doctor in Lawrence. She used to own part of Dr. Atkins after he passed away. I have a friend who used to work at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Labor and Delivery. I've heard she is mean to nurses and vulgar. She co-wrote a book on Atkins

Hey every body! Sorry about all the struggles with the seminar. I think there is one that does them on line. Have you checked out Welcome to LAP-BAND.com. You can sign up for free and see the calander and will tell you where they are all held at. Hope every one had a good weekend. I don't have a date yet, but still got a few months left on my diet. LMAO! Talk to you all later- Your friend- Rebecca Kenny AKA KUgirl

Let us know how the seminar went :Bunny

I'm going through the same thing. Mine is only 6 months but is sounds like it must be a typical insurance thing. Is your BMI over 40 or under 40. I know mine is under but if it had been over for 5 or more years they would instantly cover me. Mine is 39 according to Dr. Malley so I have to jump through those hoops too. We can do it! We can beat them at their insurance games! Let's jump high as we can and do it! Have fun at the seminar and we will conquer those insurance bugs! Your friend- Rebecca

Thanks Tracy! I will look into that. I just think it is a little ridiculous. I mean I can tell the doctor something like, oh I have been parking my car at the back of the parking lot and taking the stairs and that would be behavioral and if whoever is approving or denying this stuff doesn't like the toilet paper they used that morning, they can deny my surgery. Oh Oh oh I could go on. I pay a lot of money to have insurance every month and then have to pay a co-pay and have my insurance company tell me, I have to use generics or pay an arm and a leg.. UGH so frustrating... but I"m jumping.. maybe not as high today, but I'm still jumping! Thanks for listening... moving on to positive things! Thanks for the suggestions. Rebecca

No worries! I'm going to be positive! Thanks for the words of encouragment. I won't worry about Cigna. I just know they will pay and I will keep saying it over and over... in fact. I think I will just say oh Cigna has already approved me! Power of positive thinking! Yes weight has been a life long struggle. I can relate. I love this site knowing that other's here can relate to us. I have family and friends, but they just don't understand b/c they don't know what it is like to have this kind of monkey on the back.

:faint:I spoke to Rachel today. I guess I have only been doing it about 1/2 right. I need my doctor to document behavioral modifications and that I talked to him about weight loss medications. Also that I have been following the diet that the nutritionist reccommended and that I have been exercising. She said it didn't matter if I gained 2 lbs or lost 2lbs as long as I say I'm doing it. :doh: I'm more convinced now than ever that the 6 month doctor supervised diet is a stupid ploy by the insurance company to get their clients to not go through insurance b/c the requirements are confusing. Not only that but my co-morbidies may or may not be considered co-morbidities by Cigna and there is no way to tell until all the paper work is sent to Cigna and they either approve it or deny it :omg:. Guess I will go along with it. I won't be having lap band until next year. It will happen when it is supposed to. :nervous

Hi- What you want to do is go to your insurance carrier's website and search lap band or bariatric surgery. They should have a document that shows exactly what the criteria is. My insurance requires me to do a 6 month doctor supervised diet. I guess I'm lucky b/c some insurance companies require a year of doctor supervised diets. I hope your insurance is just requesting proof doing a diet like WW and not the year with going to the doctor monthly thing like mine for 6 months. If my BMI was over 40 for 5 years I wouldn't have to do that, but I think I have only been over 40 once and that was about 5 years ago. Rachel at DR. Malley's handles the insurance so after you go to the seminar and then the consult she will call you and discuss your insurance with you. Good luck! You will learn a lot at the seminar!

Yes I went to KU. I graduated in 1997. I took my time getting through college... poop happens. I wish I could be self pay and get the surgery done ASAP, but my hubby said to try the insurance first. I have Cigna and they require 6 month doctor supervised diet. Me jumping through the hoops. well the banana has to do it for me... I"m not that cooridinated Boy I hope that is spelled correctly.