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I'm such a dum dum and Jason u r awesome for replying to my ever growing list of questions. I will be in town that weekend afterall! Besides, I'm such an information junkie that I need to attend every meeting! :sidebar: I am worried sick about this approval process. I have the BMI but no comormidities. What about u? Is naomi really good at sending info to ins co so that it gets approved? hmmm maybe I could use that as a thread starter.

Hi all, Wed. May 28th was supposed to be my last appt. but I had to reschedule The Dr. Could not see me until the following Tues. June 3rd. I though that it would be fine until the surgeons office called and said that I would have to do another appt. for June! I made one and kept it for this past Monday. I also called ins. co. and they said the dr. could have written a letter stating that he could not schedule me until JUne 3rd. So to make a long story short I told my doc and he wrote me a letter for the ins. just in case. Moral of the story-Don't miss an appt. Don't wait on the surgeon's office to hold your hand through this. TAKE CONTROL. Talk with ins. co. and ask them how many days between appts. and so on...

oh no i just remembered that i will be out of town. Naomi said that it wasn't required of my ins. co. but for the dr. what is your experience with this. Is it true that they won't do my surgery until i attend?

Thanks a bunch:biggrin2:

When is the July meeting? I have to attend at least one before surgery

I am going through the process of having the lap band approved. I am using DR. Schmitt in B'ham. I am actually hoping to get my paperwork sent off by next week I did the 6 mos. diet WORD of ADVICE: Don't miss a month or appt. My last appt. was scheduled for May 28th but we had to reschedule. The 1st available was June the 3rd I believe. I thought that would be oK. Low and behold the surgeon's office called and said that I would need to go again in June. I did -2 days ago. I also called bc and they said a letter from the dr. explaining that he had to reschedule would do. I did both-the extra appointment and the note from my dr. I am also using photos to document weight history because I do not have the doctor documented weights (did not go to dr. in past 4 yrs).

My insurance co.-bc/bs allows the use of photos as documentation.

It's a bummer for me that I don't have dr. recorded weights. However, my policy allows for photos as documentation.

I have BC/BS of Alabama (PEEHIP) and am using photos to document the past 3 years of being overweight. This is allowed when you don't have Dr. documented weight. Has anyone been through this process? What can I expect?:confused2: