Ellisa

Hi Tracy, I'm not banded yet, but I know what you mean about the food police. I "met" you on the lapband threads on LCF recently. I use a different name there, "Andagain." I have low carbed off and on for 7 years, on my best efforts during one year I lost 50 lbs. found it all again and a some that someone else lost. Then lost 60 lbs. with the help of prescribed diet pills and of course I've found all that too, with a few of their friends. But when I first started low carbing people were absolutely hateful about it. Now the same ones who used to carry on about how I was going to kill my kidneys are now low carbing and you'd think they invented it. So the moral of the story is, once they ALL get banded they'll be so self centered they won't even remember you are losing weight too. :cry

Currently I have Anthem, Ohio PPO. The "procedure" (I hate the "s" word) is covered, but Med Mutual also covered it a few years back and the clinic I went to then seemed to think it would be approved, but it was denied. I didn't appeal at the time because there was too much going on in my life right then to take of the fight (parent was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the same week as my denial). I'm going to a different facility this time which is 2 1/2 hours from me (the first was 45 minutes) because this one is in network and will save me considerable bucks. In addition, the out of network facility requires that the entire bill be paid in full and then the patient gets reimbursed by insurance. Ouch!

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm hearing the the insurance I have currently is not as difficult as the one I had a few years ago. And that they usually have an answer within a week of receiving the information. My previous insurance took nearly 2 months and then I had to pull teeth. Perhaps that's why I was denied? They didn't like wearing dentures? :heh:

Hi, Just wanted to introduce myself. Had my consult this week. Have to have a psych eval, (ins requirement) and gather medical records. Everything will then be submitted to ins. and then it's the waiting game. The only thing I'm nervous about is the possiblity of being denied. Went through that once a few years ago (different ins.). I've been lurking around here for a few weeks, and noticed that you are all very supportive of one another. I look forward to joining in as I progress through the process. Ellisa