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Hello all! I've been lurking:peep: here a few months and decided to join. I feel like I have so much in common with many of you already. BTW-I'm married, 49, 3 kids, 1/2 hour North of Pittsburgh. Today, I'm in need of hope/suggestions! I've just started this process so I'm at the :confused:"Head spinning Off-Insurance maze-Where do I begin to scale this wall" :banghead:stage. I want to start out right on this forum, so I'll post my details and more questions under the insurance sect., but let me tell you in a nutshell why I need some encouragement. I've got a low BMI (between 36/37), huge family history of obesity related health issues, but I don't have a diagnosis of any of, what I'm learning are the "Big 4" comorbidities (although I'm wondering if I don't qualify as hypertensive- been running 140 something over 90-96). I've got many minor comorbidities. We have Highmark PPO Blue - need BMI 35+ with comorbidities, 6 mo. diet (and no, I can't afford to self-pay:piggy:= 2 college tuitions). After talking to my PCP (not real encouraging, but gave me Dr. names), I decided to attend 3 different hospitals intro. seminars to learn all I can (seems like most ppl. only attend 1, why?). I've been to 2 and the first one never even called me after and the second one called and said I probably wouldn't get approved. I see my PCP on Monday (wanted to start my 6 mo. diet then) and I attend the 3rd hospital's seminar next Thurs./13th. Someone throw me a lifeline that this might still happen for me. What else can I do to qualify? I feel like after giving up hope I finally found the answer to better health and now I'm not yet "sick enough yet" to get it. Do I wait to get diabetes, hypertension and have a stroke or heart attack like my parents/siblings? As my husband put it- I feel like I'm "Circling the Drain". I'm such an up-beat person but I'm getting discouraged. Please send hope!:thumbs_up: