mamaof5heathens

Ok ladies and gents. Got a question for any and all to answer. Please. I am going to a dr in indiana. I have UMR insurance. Will I have to complete the six months of dr monitored weight loss BEFORE they submit to insurance or just after all the other stuff? The only thing I think I need is the six months (now down to three). My psych eval is done. I am worried if they submit before the 6 months I will get denied. I am worried if it is after the 6 months, I will have something else to do that I could be doing now. Any thoughts?

Ok ladies and gents. Got a question for any and all to answer. Please. I am going to a dr in indiana. I have UMR insurance. Will I have to complete the six months of dr monitored weight loss BEFORE they submit to insurance or just after all the other stuff? The only thing I think I need is the six months (now down to three). My psych eval is done. I am worried if they submit before the 6 months I will get denied. I am worried if it is after the 6 months, I will have something else to do that I could be doing now. Any thoughts?

I live in the richmond indiana area but am using a surgeon in indianapolis. Would love to talk to someone who made it through all this red tape!

Keep the faith! In comparison to all you have already accomplished, a week is a breeze. Right?

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My surgeons office will help me file fmla if i want. The only thing it lists is major abdomenal surgery. With hipaa laws, they atent allowed to ask.

I told my husband who is very supportive but a little uninformed. He thinks I will still be eating mashed potatoes after surgery because its soft food. I also told my close friends/co-workers and it was a mixed reception. One was all horror stories and the other two were supportive but not really believing that I would follow through. I have not and will not be telling my children or parents. My kids are teenagers and not the most accepting of change. Every time I go on a diet or try to eat healthier, I have several of them asking for sweets or baked goods or just all out complaining that they hate it when I "diet". My parents will not be supportive. I broached the subject of a mutual friend having bariatric surgery and their response was that she was "just too weak to lose it on her own". Sometimes I feel like it is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

I love this idea! I am 39 years old, am married and we have a blended family of five kids. I am a registered nurse and work in the intensive care unit at a nearby hospital. We are a rescue home for great danes and currently have six. I love to read an do anything craft related. I sew, knit, crochet, quilt and embroider.

I have developed adult onset asthma. I am an RN who works exclusively in the ICU. I have watched many patients over the years destroy themselves. Smoking, obesity, uncontrolled diabetes. You name it. But the hardest part for me was realizing how much I felt bad for the loss of these wonderful people in the lives of their loved ones. Then I realized that I was going to be a statistic too. Another COPD patient who loved her family but forgot to love herself enough to let go of the fear and embrace the life God gave me. So I am doing this for me. As a wonderful side effect, I will be around longer to care for my loved ones instead of needing it to be the other way around.

Congrats on your weight loss! And I wish you luck in your journey also

I am a wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter, nurse and dog owner. Not necessarily in that order. It seems like my whole life has been happiest when caring for others. Somewhere along the line, I forgot to care about me too. So, now I am doing something just for me! I am soooo excited. I would have left my conversation wih my surgeon and gone straight into surgery that day if it had been an option. Unfortunately, my insurance company inserted several hoops in my path between now and my gastric sleeve. I am truly hoping to have everything done in order to have a March 2014 surgery. Hoping to make some friends here along the way.