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There are sooo many things you can do when you lose weight that will also be fun.

There are sooo many things you can do when you lose weight that will also be fun.

Yes, call the surgeons office and have them resubmit the packet for pre apporval to your insrance and since they chaned their requirements they will have to approved you. Just becasue you started before they made the change doesnt mean they wont approve. Goodluck

Charlotte ... Waiting for a procedure date ????

Charlotte here

The Charlotte people let's meet up

^ Charlotte here

I would tell them i dont feel well and would apologize for not joining them but maybe next time.

I would tell them i dont feel well and would apologize for not joining them but maybe next time.

I want to be able to hike with my 7 year old son, and canoeing. Sex has never been an issue.

what exactly were your prerequisites? I had my first appointment yesterday which was a nutrition and basic information class. I go back for my 2nd class the 31st and i see the PA on september 1st for my exam etc. My psych evaluation is scheduled for august 20th. the packet they gave everyone says we have to have an upper endoscopy, a sleep study, an ultrasound of the gall bladder blood work yada yada. I know my insurance covers the surgery but each case is different. I dont have any documented weight loss attempts besides a few months on phentermine. I have BCBSNC Im afraid i am going to spend all this money for all these appointments and then be denied by my health insurance. How long did it take you from your first appointment to get a surgery date and be approved? did you have to jump threw the same hoops?

I had my first appointment on 4/22 and my surgery is scheduled for July 30th. I was approved in early June but due to other commitments I can't have surgery until July 30th. I have BCBS of NC.

They will give you a hospital gown to wear.

I also have BCBS and I am hoping and praying they approve me!!!! Send positive thoughts my way! Say an extra prayer! I can't keep living with this GERD! Good luck!!!! Let us know when you get approved!

Probably not a great idea to be discussing insurance fraud here in the forums

For those of you waiting for an appt at Carolinas Weight Management... if you know that your insurance requires a medically supervised diet then you can go ahead and start that program with them while you wait for your seminar and surgeon appt. That's what my husband and I have done because I wanted to get started asap. My sister in law got sleeved with Southeast and has had great results

Great! They are very good at what they do. No complaints so far lol.

Charlotte here....post surgery 7 months plus. My surgery was Nov. 10, 2014, discharged as scheduled. I had no qualms about having it so near the holidays because for Thanksgiving it's just hubby and I and for Christmas we have lunch with my oldest bonus daughter and her family. I don't want to scare anyone, but 6 days after surgery I was back in the hospital for pleural effusion complications and wasn't discharged until 12/6 so Thanksgiving was spent in the hospital on liquids. Fortunately, hubby was able to get a really good T-Day dinner from the cafeteria that day so we were at least together and that's all that mattered. The majority of our holidays are non-traditional anyway so this was no big deal. We did have Christmas lunch with my bonus daughter, SIL, and grandson, I just ate very little, but sure did enjoy the family time.
Make the holidays about family, friends and being together and NOT about food. Hard to do, I know, but it is possible.
Good luck to you all on your journey!! You won't regret it......I certainly don't!

GoodiDre, with southeast bariatrics you have the option to do the seminar online as long as you have a passing grade. Then once you take the test then you fax in the application and copy of insurance card and they call you the next day and my appointment was about 3 weeks out after they called me back.

Charlotte here, i am with southeast bariatrics and so far so good. I have all my appointments scheduled in the next 4 weeks; psych. July 20, NUT july 30, egd aug 12 and excercise aug 13. I had my cardio last week. I feel like everything is going so quick specially that my insurance doesnt require a diet.

I got my schedule date before I was even approved by my insurance

I have my "tentative" surgery date and they just submitted for approval. Keeping my Fingers crossed for the revision approval! Good Luck!

My surgery was scheduled the same day they submitted to insurance. I don't know if they always do that or if they did that because they know I am trying to get my surgery in before school starts back up. It might depend on your insurance. My bariatric coordinator is extremely knowledgeable about my insurance company. She said they process a lot of claims through BCBS.

Everything sounds great, I also am considering going to Mexico for surgery. How far out do they schedule your surgery ? Who did you contact?

Charlotte