Motocrossgirly

Hi, What insurance do you have? All in all, I went for my info seminar in July. I had everything complete by the end of August, psych eval, weight history, pre-op labs & nutritionist appt. What too me so freaking long was getting a letter from my Primary Internal medicine doctoer. He took 2.5 months to write me my letter. I had to follow up & finally make an appointment to go in & discuss it with him. He was very negative telling me that anyone he had done a letter for had never been approved. Even people with Co-Morbidities. I don't really have any Co-Morbidities. But I have been Morbidly obese forever, and have had numerous documented weight loss attempts with my internal med doctor. I am not surprised I was approved, because I checked into my husbands benefit plan summary document through his work and found that it was a covered item as long as I had a history of morbid obesity = BMI>40 (mine is 43) I am 5'5" & 265. Good luck! Get your Plan Summary Document from your work (or hubbys work if benefits are through him). Read up on what is covered & what is excluded. I really like Dr. Johnson he seems great & the Emory Johns Creek hospital is GORGEOUS! Good luck. Feel free to email and ask me anything. I will answer if I know it :-) This is a great forum also.

Hi Everyone, I have been lurking too long! Sorry, but I have really learned a lot over the past 2 months, as I waited for my case to be submitted for insurance approval. Yesterday, November 1, 2007 I was approved by UHC POS!! :whoo: Next stop, will be surgery with Dr. Johson & Atlanta Bariatrics... Thanks for allowing me to lurk, I hope to get to know more of you better!