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Can I ask a question? Did you have to pay for the 6 months supervised diet separately or does that get rolled into the overall expense of the surgury and gets covered by insurance. I don't think I can afford the 6 months. I will counting the days along with you. Good luck and thanks for the response

Congratulations on your success. I love your story and I am very inspired. I am new to this, just starting the process and new to Sparkpeople too.

Hi skittlebug, I am having deja vu reading your post. I just talked with the doctors office yesterday and received the same information. It is really frustrating when you feel you have finally made your decision only to find out that it will be delayed. The person I talked to suggested a website called IBarihealth.com. They do the 6 month supervised program and get you the psychological exam so all your insurance stuff will be taken care of. The problem now is do the insurance companies cover the 6 month stuff since I am sure that is expensive. I am trying to hang in there with you. Good Luck, let me know any updates.:wub:

After two years of thinking about this I have finally made some appointments for lapband surgury, only to find out that my insurance will only allow it after a 6 month, doctor supervised weight loss program. Now I will have to pay for that before I even get to the surgury part. Yikes! I hope I can stick it out....already feeling overwhelmed....anyone else have to jump thru hoops??:wub: