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survive.sleeve.slay

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    @survive sleeve slay, are you doing better now? Been enjoying your postings and don't want to lose you.

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    Yes, thanks. I finished chemo in August 2017. I've been good so far! I think this surgery will also help me get better in tune with my body. I had a huge tumor in my pelvis, and didn't know because I carry my weight in my midsection.

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    I had Anthem BCBS and didn't have a requirement to lose anything - but my surgeon had a requirement that we couldn't gain. I think I lost maybe 6-8 lbs over the 6 months but I did have at least one month with a gain. I was approved farily quickly (about 2 weeks). It might also depend on how your physician/program writes it up. I had to submit food and exercise logs for the whole 6 months for my program so going into it they clearly were showing that I had given it a good effort. Not saying that makes an approval guaranteed - but my program certainly went overboard with the paperwork they sent in to Anthem.

    I got my approval on January 15th! Now I'm awaiting clearance from the pulmonologist because of cpap compliance. I have insomnia so some nights I would take it off before I hit the 4 hour mark and all that is counting against me, which I had no idea about. I have an extremely mild case of apnea. .5 or less "incidents" per night, yet I'm stick waiting to schedule while he's out on vacation. [emoji35]

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    I have BCBS and I was approved within 24 hours and I gained a whopping 5 LBs my 5th month in my pre-op appointments.

    Don’t worry so much they look at initial weight as a factor for approval and you can call the insurance company to get very specific details of what you’re required to do to ensure you get approved.

    Not sure what your company wants by my BCBS NY only wanted psych evaluation, 6 months of PCP weigh-ins and medical clearance from primary physician and like I said my approval was completed with 24 hours and I was sleeved 1 week ago 12/22

    HW: 232 SW: 225 CW: 215
    5’3”





    I wish this was the case for me. I have BCBS Anthem NY. I did my 6 months, all losses, got my evals and everything. My paperwork was sent to them 1/5/18. I've called EVERY day and as of this morning, 1/15/18 it is still "pending". I'm so aggravated!

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