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I understand that, good for you (:

I am going so strong because I do it for my daughter... I am very unhealthy and have been fighting and going through hoops and obstacles just to get this surgery. My whole mind and thought process has changed and my daughter is growing up with healthy habits. I would be devastated if I passed because I couldn't change or even get this surgery. She needs a mom and I will be there to see her grow up. My fiancé Miranda is very supportive as well and she is on the healthy band wagon with me also. I am doing this for my DAUGHTER and also for ME. I have had a lot of negative feedback from so called friends and family but at the end of the day it is my body and my longevity! Who are you doing this for? What are your goals?

That makes a lot of sense, I think I am more scared of the RD than my PCP because I feel like he knows me pretty good and tells me how it is. I am done with my appointments but I continue to go because I think it will be better for me in the long run. I didn't know if I should switch back to my PCP or just continue to go to the RD and actually get to know her. Thank you for your feedback the couple times I have posted you comment, I really appreciate it. (:

Did you have to go to your PCP? If you had the choice did you like going to your PCP or did you like going to the Registered Dietitian more? I am still going to my diet visits until they submit to insurance but I am thinking of going to my PCP I really like him a lot and the RD I don't really care too much for. Thanks in advance.

Thank you, would it be beneficial to do it now and then when everything is submitted to insurance have them send that as well? Or should I wait if it is denied? Write up a letter describing your attempts at weight loss, how the weight effects you physically and emotionally, family history of co-morbidities etc. It helped me get my approval pushed through... it cant hurt.

I am actually thinking about self paying and going to Mexico when next year if this does not work out for me.

Thank you, I can not stand the thought of giving up because I have been fighting for so long now. I figure I will just wait until I actually get denied and if the appeal does not work. I am confused as to what 2 years because at the end of 2014 I actually started going to the doctor and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and got my tonsils out in January of 2015 and I guess that's when it went away but technically as of 07/28/2016 I don't have sleep apnea anymore. so before that I had one comorbidity and then I had a baby in January of this year. But its been almost 9 months and im just getting heavier and heavier and I am pre-diabetic. Hopefully I am just thinking the worse and that's not what is going to happen.

No I don't have any other then that I am pre-diabetic. And I have been in IA for 5 years and I either went to the ER and the its been 2 places that I have been that has my weight and such.

My insurance is requiring that I have 2 year history with my BMI being over 40 and I just went back to an appointment from last year in may and it was only 38. I was extreme dieting at that time, I have been for the longest basically starving myself. and I did not go to a doctor unless I had too. So I am officially counting myself out. What else could possibly help me? smh. Sorry for the pitty party.

I switched after I finished my requirements and now we are just waiting for them to send over my stuff, it has been 3 weeks now. But its well worth it. Good Luck (:

My insurance sent me over information stating that the dietitian is acceptable to use for my diet visits! I am so happy and they faxed the clinic both copies. I meet with them tomorrow and I have been fighting with them for 3 weeks about this. So hopefully now that documentation was sent to them stating that it is acceptable to use a registered dietitian, pcp, or nurse practitioner to satisfy my diet visits. So hopefully we can get everything submitted to blue shield of CA and go on about my business.

Congrats to you and good luck (:

GOOD LUCK!

My supervisor every week always asks me if I am still going through with the surgery. He always asks me why and tell me that I am taking the easy way out but he is very unhealthy himself. When I decided to go on this journey I really was scared of how people would think, I always knew it would be some ignorant people and the ignorance really did show. You are getting yourself healthier and extending your life, you will be able to do things that you couldn't have done before. This is by no means an easy lifestyle change but you can do it and that's all that matters. GOOD LUCK!

I finally found my perfect doctor and it is my 3rd one, I have completed everything but now they are saying my visits did not count because I saw a registered dietitian so hopefully they will stop fighting with me and just submit because Blue Shield is saying that they should submit. Good luck to you.

I know this is a few months old but I am sorry to hear this and hopefully everything goes smoothly after you complete your weigh ins!

Thank you, my PCP referred me to the weight loss clinic and then basically told me to go to them for everything including the dietitian visits. Im wondering If we did this all wrong because the new clinic said they will submit to insurance but it will get denied because I did not see a nurse practitioner or PCP instead I saw a registered dietitian. I just don't get why a registered dietitian at a weight loss center is not sufficient enough. And I saw my pcp for 4 months and also saw them as well because sometimes I was doubling on my appointments with them both.

That's exactly what I said but the new place is very adamant and Im feeling like I made a mistake with them but the other place was very unprofessional they were bullies and made me feel like crap because of my fluctuating weight. I have bad anxiety and I dreaded going to them even if I was a pound off. They told me to lose 15lbs I lost 14 in 2.5 weeks and then i had an appointment and they told me that I was doing something wrong because I did not lose the 15lbs or more. They were very disheartening.

Were your diet visits with a registered dietitian or pcp? I am asking because I have completed my 6 months and switched to a new place and they are saying that it does not count if it is with a registered dietitian. But insurance is saying that it does count because they are licensed. I am freaking out over here. Ive done more than 6 months anyways, I have been doing this since January and my doctor referred me to see a dietitian. Thank you.

I have been to 2 weight loss clinics and decided on 1. They were horrible and I finished all of my requirements but I just couldn't deal with the way myself and others were treated so I switched to a different place and I love it. My problem is that the new place I am going through is stating that my insurance requires medically supervised diet which I thought I went to with a registered dietitian at the old place and even some with my pcp. I'm going crazy over this because I have all my other requirements completed. When I spoke with blue shield they have told me that it could be with a registered dietitian and it will still count. I've asked them to submit to insurance anyways after we get everything. But she's pretty adamant I will get denied. Has anyone been through this? And is medically supervised diet with a registered dietitian, pcp, or registered nurse? Sent from my 0PM92 using the BariatricPal App

I have been to 2 weight loss clinics and decided on 1. They were horrible and I finished all of my requirements but I just couldn't deal with the way myself and others were treated so I switched to a different place and I love it. My problem is that the new place I am going through is stating that my insurance requires medically supervised diet which I thought I went to with a registered dietitian at the old place and even some with my pcp. I'm going crazy over this because I have all my other requirements completed. When I spoke with blue shield they have told me that it could be with a registered dietitian and it will still count. I've asked them to submit to insurance anyways after we get everything. But she's pretty adamant I will get denied. Has anyone been through this? Sent from my 0PM92 using the BariatricPal App