DylanRae

This is amazing!! I'm so glad you got approved! What are the next steps? Are they going to make you jump through more hoops? Or are you guys picking a date and going for it? Keep us updated! I'm still waiting for my appeal to come back. I have been so distracted with school that I forgot to call them yesterday, so now I will have to wait I till Monday to call an probably still get a no. :/ But you getting approved gives me hope. Dylan

For sure! that's what community is for right?

Bout damn time! They should have done that weeks ago. I'm sorry that this has been such a headache for you! I hope all the best for you, I am checking in on your story the most.

Good luck!

Hi, I'm in west seattle.. Alki area. I have group health. I'm 23 years old. My current bmi is 43 and I am waiting for a yes from my doctors. Anyone else with group Heath or know any one who is? GH is being quiet difficult.. Not impossible but deffinetly difficult.

I got this message from my doctor yesterday. This might be my ticket into surgery...

Not usually when I don't already qualify for the two basic requirements. But my doctor is in board with me so that makes me feel a little better.

Got my denial today. All because I am not diabetic. I am on my way to the doctors now to see if I can qualify as having "early stages of diabetes" and if I do that might help with my appeal that I send in next week. Guh. Very frustrating!

I have done a lot of research, and what I have found is that it is normal to appear "to skinny" when losing weight. This Is caused by the rapid weight loss and extra skin.. The baggy skin makes you look very unhealthy. But once your skin tightens back up, then people start to notice your face and arms 'fill out', along with this is the fact that you still need to build up muscles that will also help fill you out In a heathy way. Appearing to skinny is part of the process. It goes away after some time. Regardless if you get lower then your goal weight or not this generally happens to people who lose more then 100lb in a year. Which is a lot very quickly. Do more searching on your own, ask your doctor and talk to people who are in the after stages of their WLS.. Yes it can appear to be scary, but keep your doctor informed as it happens and remember to expect it. It's not that you are getting to skinny, it's that this is a big drastic change, and people are going to notice that. Your body just needs time to catch up and do it's thing. acuna matata. No worries.

All the more reason I fight for it!

Man, that insurance and hospital dance sounds horrible. Like I said before, I have group health, and the two are the same. I have mixed feelings about the overall care that I receive from GH.. But I suppose I am lucky when it comes to the insurance dance. I called my doctor on Monday (1week from the sent approval day) and was told that the one and ONLY nurse who could go over my paperwork was out on vacation for the holidays. And it was likely that I would not hear back until sometime next week.. This coming Monday will be the end if week two, (when I was told I would get my approval by at the latest) and now I'm looking into possibly three weeks wait total. Guh! The part that annoys me is that up until now GH has always been very punctual in their timelines. They always have them selfs extra wiggle room, but alway made it within deadline. I'm going to call again on Friday. See if she is back yet and has done my approval... I want to know!!!

I am driving myself crazy. I called the insurance company and I was told they have received my authorization request from the hospital. I called the hospital and I was so that they didn't verify my insurance for 2014 so they would resubmit the authorization to the insurance company on tomorrow. This is so frustrating... Wait I'm confused. Your insurance got the green light from the hospital, but the hospital did not get the green light from the insurance? How does that work. FYI, I have group health... So my hospital I my insurance... I don't understand much about insurance...

So, those of you who are still waiting, or newly approved. What sorta things are you doing to make sure you don't go crazy during this time of limbo? I want to call the office and see if they approved me.. Much like I would call an office to see if I got the job. :/ I haven't started yet. But I'm one tap away from it. Any advice for the anxious? -Dylan

I completely understand that! I am 5'4" at 260-ish pounds. People don't believe me when I tell them I am that close to 300, which I have hit before. People notice I'm "chunky" but not "morbidly obese" sending good thoughts! -Dylan

I am also waiting for my approval. I was told it could be up to 2 week before I hear back from anyone. It has been two days and I have never felt more nervous in my life. I'm also very anxious about it because as it stands right now, the only people in my life who are supporting me are the ones who have gotten WL surgery before. (2 people) everyone else including my best friend and mother are pushing hard for me not to do this. If I get approved it's only a matter of time before I am heathy for the first time in my life. I feel your pain. And it feels nice to know that there are others out there who feel mine. -Dylan