JasonSWrench

Hello Everyone!!! I'm hoping to get banded if everything goes as planned some time this fall. Unfortunately, my surgeon thinks my insurance company may throw a few road blocks in my way before I can get approval. Here's the basic deal. I have a BMI of 38.2, but I have high blood pressure. My surgeon doesn't think the single co-morbidity will be enough to get the surgery. I know I don't have diabetes, so my best hope is that I undergo a sleep study and find out that I have sleep apnea. I can honestly say that this is the first time in my life that I'm hoping to have something wrong with my body. Sadly, with my luck, I won't have the sleep apnea and my insurance company won't cover me at that point. Hopefully, everything will work itself out fairly quickly. Jason

Hello Bandsters: I'm a 32 year old gay guy in New York. I'm hoping to get banded this fall, but not sure it will happen. I found at yesterday that my BMI is only 38.2, so I actually would need to gain 15 lbs for my insurance to cover me with a co-morbidity of high blood pressure. However, I may get lucky and have sleep apnea, which would definitely help me get banded. I'm just a little frustrated about this whole process. The idea that 15lbs could actually prevent me from being able to follow through with this is just nuts!!!! How about all of you, did you have trouble with your insurance companies? Jason :thumbup: