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so my insurance has three requirements before they will cover the surgery 1.)BMI 40+ 2.)morbidly obese for the last 5 years and 3.)21 years of age and above. since I'm only 19 and have no medical reason YET my DR told me today that she will not recommend me for it but she send them a letter saying that i have requested it. now how is that any different from me saying it? if the insurance company requires a Dr recommendations then why bother to send a recommendation from me??? I'm not a doctor!!!! well in the mean time I'm drinking more water than i ever have, I'm buying a bodybugg and i started parking really far away from where ever it is I'm going. i figure thats better than nothing

so my insurance has three requirements before they will cover the surgery 1.)BMI 40+ 2.)morbidly obese for the last 5 years and 3.)21 years of age and above. since I'm only 19 and have no medical reason YET my DR told me today that she will not recommend me for it but she send them a letter saying that i have requested it. now how is that any different from me saying it? if the insurance company requires a Dr recommendations then why bother to send a recommendation from me??? I'm not a doctor!!!! well in the mean time I'm drinking more water than i ever have, I'm buying a bodybugg and i started parking really far away from where ever it is I'm going. i figure thats better than nothing

wow i love that color!!! i don't color my hair very often but when i do its like that one. i love the red/purple shine. so i can see a big weight change in your face as well. you should really swap out profile pics. take another one with your doggy baby cause the new pic and the current pic look very different. your hair looks really nice in the new one and not just the color the style is nice it makes you look about 25. i had to go back to your profile and see what age you really are. I'm so happy for you change is exciting and positive makes you feel good!!!

my aunt was borderline diabetic and my grandma was full blown diabetic. she also had hear disease and numerous other weight related problems. they have checked me and all of my numbers are normal, for everything. they haven't called me back yet so I'm going to call them today. I'm so afraid they are going to reject me completely.

wow that sounds like it was intense! i walk quite a bit but there is still something about being on a treadmill that kills me. every time i get on one i can fast walk for about 10 minutes and I'm done. its not that i cant breath which does start to happen but its my calves around my ankles. omg they burn so bad i start walking funny and have to hold on. how sad is that? i want to buy an elliptical. I'm getting a real estate license soon so i think when i sell my first house an elliptical will be by gift to myself. any way so you have all of those other things on one day? wow thats going to be a busy day! you can handle it your a trooper!!!! I'm proud of you for sticking it out thats a hard thing to do. I'm big quitter so its encouraging to hear some one else talk about how they wanted to quite something but pressed on it makes me say "YEA me too!!!!" so good luck with every thing. i just had my sleep study consult this past Monday. it was interesting. i needed them to say that i have sleep apnea and lap band would help but instead he told me that the extra weight is probably whats making me uncomfortable but since i want to sleep all the time I'm more likely narcoleptic. so now i keep making jokes about drowning in soup. lol any way your doing good job good luck!!!!!

how are your drs letting you have this done. im 19 and my insurance will only cover 21 and over unless my dr will give the "ok" and its looking like she wont. she keeps saying that i have to have some co morbity but thats what im trying to prevent. it isnt going to take much so i want to make a change that i know will last but she just isnt getting it.

thanks you all. if they dont call today ill call them and if nothing turns up ill get everything in writting. thanks for the advise you all.

i don't know. this sounds bad and i don't mean for it to but all of the Dr.s were i go are from India. they are good Dr's but it just isn't a big enough place for as many people as they see. any way they wont talk to me and they blow me off when i try to contact them so i called the girl that handles the written things like referrals ans such and she told me to just be short and to the point with my Dr and then see what she says. i just did that and she said that she will have to check my chart and see what medical conditions i have and then she will let me know. so i called the other girl back and told her and she said that she will take my Dr the chart and explain to her that i want this to prevent medical problems and see if that helps so she should call me back in the next couple of hours. if it comes down to it i will write it myself. their is a thing with the hospital I'm "having" it done at that i have to write a letter telling how my weight affects my life. so maybe ill make a copy of that and use it as persuasion.

so i asked the rep at my insurance co all the questions i was suppose to and i got really excited cause it does cover lap band and i am eligible but its for people 21 and over. I'm only 19. i hate that!!!! I'm only 19!!!! aw so she told me that if my Dr write them telling them that i have been obese for the past 5 years and such and that i cant wait i must have it now then i can but my Dr sucks and he wont do it. my Dr's office is like a clinic, they rush you in and around and back out and don't even bother with your name. I'm pretty sure he isn't going to understand and isn't going to let me do it. i feel so let down. i really don't know what to do. i have had my heart set on this and now i don't know what to do.

so i asked the rep at my insurance co all the questions i was suppose to and i got really excited cause it does cover lap band and i am eligible but its for people 21 and over. I'm only 19. i hate that!!!! I'm only 19!!!! aw so she told me that if my Dr write them telling them that i have been obese for the past 5 years and such and that i cant wait i must have it now then i can but my Dr sucks and he wont do it. my Dr's office is like a clinic, they rush you in and around and back out and don't even bother with your name. I'm pretty sure he isn't going to understand and isn't going to let me do it. i feel so let down. i really don't know what to do. i have had my heart set on this and now i don't know what to do.

wow I'm so happy for you that must be an awesome feeling! now you might really see a difference on the scale!!! good luck i wish you the bestes best!!

so today i have my sleep study consult. i don't know if I'm going to have the sleep study or not. i also am calling the insurance co. to day to ask them the questions in the packet that Norton's gave me. the answer to that will let me know if i still need to try with the sleep study or not. I'm nervous. the whole thing that has freaked me out the most was the surgery part but i feel better about it now. about 4 days ago my best friend called me from the hospital. she was admitted for emergency surgery. she was having pains in her side/abdomen. she had flipped her index!!!! anyway back to how this relates to me. so she calls me the next day and she sounds fine. she sounded groggy from the anesthesia but other than that she sounded fine then she called me a day later and she was out shopping. i know you can have out patient surgery but i guess i still thought it would put my life on hold but she had 4 incisions and was out shopping 2 days later. that made me feel better. and she is doing fine now BTW. on another note not lap band related, I'm starting classes to get my real estate license in about 2/3 weeks. I'm really excited but a little stressed. i still have to get it approved with work and get a small loan to cover the cost, buy me books and enroll. and I'm trying to do all of that and the lap band stuff at the same time. wow i feel important. wish me luck!!!

so today i have my sleep study consult. i don't know if I'm going to have the sleep study or not. i also am calling the insurance co. to day to ask them the questions in the packet that Norton's gave me. the answer to that will let me know if i still need to try with the sleep study or not. I'm nervous. the whole thing that has freaked me out the most was the surgery part but i feel better about it now. about 4 days ago my best friend called me from the hospital. she was admitted for emergency surgery. she was having pains in her side/abdomen. she had flipped her index!!!! anyway back to how this relates to me. so she calls me the next day and she sounds fine. she sounded groggy from the anesthesia but other than that she sounded fine then she called me a day later and she was out shopping. i know you can have out patient surgery but i guess i still thought it would put my life on hold but she had 4 incisions and was out shopping 2 days later. that made me feel better. and she is doing fine now BTW. on another note not lap band related, I'm starting classes to get my real estate license in about 2/3 weeks. I'm really excited but a little stressed. i still have to get it approved with work and get a small loan to cover the cost, buy me books and enroll. and I'm trying to do all of that and the lap band stuff at the same time. wow i feel important. wish me luck!!!

thank you guys that really makes me feel good. i keep thinking its just right around the corner but its taking so long i was starting to feel like i was going in circles but your encouragement has made a difference!

do you all know of any one seling one that isnt like $200+ ???? im sure its worth it but its just not in my budgit right now!!!!

yea in the pictures the j&j band's port looks flatter.

so a girl at work told me that i need to go through a center of excellence or ill never get it covered my my insurance. so i called my local center of excellence (Norton hospital) and the girl set me up with a seminar with Dr Shena and told me where to get the question packet for the insurance company. she told me not to call it weight loss surgery, call it correcting morbid obesity. she was really surprised that my Dr didn't do more considering my BMI is 43. i know that isn't THAT high but she acted really surprised. anyway i just printed off the question sheet and I'm going to call them when i get home and go over it. i haven't read any of it yet but it was 20 pages long and i fill it out as they answer the questions. I'm really excited. i have the sleep study consult Monday i and i don't know if i still need that or not. i mean i don't have the money to be paying on things i don't have to have. ya know???

so a girl at work told me that i need to go through a center of excellence or ill never get it covered my my insurance. so i called my local center of excellence (Norton hospital) and the girl set me up with a seminar with Dr Shena and told me where to get the question packet for the insurance company. she told me not to call it weight loss surgery, call it correcting morbid obesity. she was really surprised that my Dr didn't do more considering my BMI is 43. i know that isn't THAT high but she acted really surprised. anyway i just printed off the question sheet and I'm going to call them when i get home and go over it. i haven't read any of it yet but it was 20 pages long and i fill it out as they answer the questions. I'm really excited. i have the sleep study consult Monday i and i don't know if i still need that or not. i mean i don't have the money to be paying on things i don't have to have. ya know???

omg i do the same thing. i get home at about 4:00pm and sometime around 5:00/6:00 i want to eat everyting in the house! i have started trying new recieps. ones that i would have never cooked in the past becuase they take so freakin long. i get occupied and i learn something new! then by the time its done im starved and ready for a shower. i never feel like eating after a shower so then i can just relax, digest and watch tv till time for bed!

good for you go get one its your house to and you are adding time to your life thats whats important besides he will like the outcome, if that even matters to you.

so as you may know i have gone back and forth on this whole thing. my Dr said that the insurance wouldn't cover it. people at work says it covered theirs, Dr take over 4 weeks to fax a paper and still hasn't done it, then says i need a sleep study. she schedules me a sleep study for 2 months away. i wait a few weeks and move it closer. i was really thrilled but then i thought, "this is stupid why am i going on that quacks opinion when their are people at work who has had it paid for????" so i talked to one of those people and she told me to go to a center of excellence. she went st Joseph (or something) in Lexington and the whole proses took 4 appointments. i want it to get going but all this time dragging it out gives me time to think about it. i guess it would be better if i just dove into I'm getting scared cause i have to wait and so it feels like it will never happen and when i think that it will it freaks me out. i do know that i really have to do something about my weight now. if i keep waiting then I'm going to have so bad health problems. I'm 19 and my back is so bad i cant walk around after about or so cause i have to lie down. it feels like I'm folding in half back wards i hate it!!! any way my whole point of writing this is to tell you all that i may be rerouting myself on a better path to banding.

so as you may know i have gone back and forth on this whole thing. my Dr said that the insurance wouldn't cover it. people at work says it covered theirs, Dr take over 4 weeks to fax a paper and still hasn't done it, then says i need a sleep study. she schedules me a sleep study for 2 months away. i wait a few weeks and move it closer. i was really thrilled but then i thought, "this is stupid why am i going on that quacks opinion when their are people at work who has had it paid for????" so i talked to one of those people and she told me to go to a center of excellence. she went st Joseph (or something) in Lexington and the whole proses took 4 appointments. i want it to get going but all this time dragging it out gives me time to think about it. i guess it would be better if i just dove into I'm getting scared cause i have to wait and so it feels like it will never happen and when i think that it will it freaks me out. i do know that i really have to do something about my weight now. if i keep waiting then I'm going to have so bad health problems. I'm 19 and my back is so bad i cant walk around after about or so cause i have to lie down. it feels like I'm folding in half back wards i hate it!!! any way my whole point of writing this is to tell you all that i may be rerouting myself on a better path to banding.

i don't know you but I'm proud of you! it really does take a lot to make a decision like this. you have been living your life longer than i have so i would think change would be a little harder but it sounds like you have your mind made up and thats great! choosing life is always the right way to go! i need to cut out sodas and sugars but i get such bad head aches if i don't drink at lease one a day and water makes me pee a lot. that would be fine but i have a security job and i can only go to the bathroom if some one comes over to watch my desk. i can only leave like twice and i have to pee like every 45-90 minutes..... its ridiculous. i might just start drinking water at home and just have like 1 cup of coffee (black) that was i get the caffeine and its a lot less sugar than my usual chocolate with a shot of coffee that i normally get. i don't know i am less nervous when i read the stuff you reply with it has really made me feel like I'm doing the right thing and like i would be stupid to not do this. I'm not worried about if it will be OK or not i am worried about them cutting me open. like i have never been cut before yea like paper cuts but never anything that required more than a little band-aid. i know it will be worth it so I'm dealing with it.

thanks! i have decided that i don't have the luxury of deciding if I'm going to get it or not. if it is covered then i am getting it. most of every one in my family are 300lbs and over. I'm 19 and I'm at about 255/260 and i gain more and more every month. i started watching my calories and cutting back and running around, playing with my dog more and parking further away from where I'm going and I'm still gaining. people in my family are telling me its just my genes because they were the same way they were just a little on the heavy side until their late teens and early twenties and then they couldn't stop putting on weight. it sucks cause i don't realize it until its been like 10 lbs and then I'm like, "why doesn't my close fit right"? then i realize i have stretch marks in places i didn't so i start cutting out like 75% of my carb intake and all that other stuff and then a month later its like 5 or 10lbs more again. i don't have a choice its either not eat and sleep all the time (from LOW blood sugar) or eat nothing i want and put the weight on anyway...... I'm going to ask around at work cause i wasn't actually turned down by the insurance company my Dr said they probably wont do it and then never faxed the paper to them. 2 other people at work got bypass and it was covered.

wow!!!! i haven't even gotten the sleep study done yet and i was already feeling scared and like i couldn't do it but you have made me feel a lot better. I'm going to write my own power blog and read it when ever i think I'm cant do it. that was really well written by the way. good luck to you. my aunt is 5'2, she weighed 375 and she couldn't conceive. she lost like 80lbs and got pregnant. she was thrilled. she messed up though she couldn't give up food and she put it all right back on. she had bypass tho and now they cant to anything for her. its sad she knows its because she didn't change how she eat and she didn't get off the couch. now she has to live with herself and her kids suffer. i wont be like that. I'm fixing it now!