TracyinKS

Keep posting, I am hoping to be banded Jan-Feb 2007.. I know the liquid diet will be the hardest thing for me... and I too am telling no one but my fdh and my mom.

Update: I recieved the following email from BCBS this morning! PRETTY EXCITING! (I had questioned her about OUR COMPANIES SPECIFIC POLICY) Tracy,Happy Friday.I do apologize. Your plan does not require precert for inpatient services.However, I would recommend that you still call precert and have this reviewedfor medical necessity. Once medical necessity is determined, this informationcan be noted on your account for this service.Please let me know if you have additional questions.Thank You,Tiffany

hey lady!!! You are one of my big inspiration stories over at the LCF hangout! You are doing great! thanks for sharing.

Welcome!! I am hoping insurance pays, but if it doesn't I'm determined to find the financing some how..... This board is so great for inspiration and information!

bumping for update: how are you feeling now?

Congrats Joe!

thanks becka for posting this very interesting thread! I too HOPE to get banded by february!!!!

today while eating Christmas dinner, I was imagining me next year at this same dinner.... nibbling on turkey and sip, sip, sipping Water.... It some how made this fat me feel better.... Welcome and keep on posting.

Merry Christmas! Keep the comment coming I am starting the process of insurance land so... I love to hear what all you newbies feel! and I hope to soon join you.

All good advise, and any kind of WLS is not to be taken lightly... It has taken me 1 year of hard soul searching for me to decide to do it.... but I want to be an active mom not the fat mom that has to sit on the sidelines while the normal sized moms put on that pair of rollerskates, play catch, or go down a waterslide with their kids....... I am THAT mom on the inside, but I'm quickly becoming the mom that just cant do it....... Good luck with what ever you decide

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope to join you soon!

Update: Well I got the following email back today....... generic really Tracy, Good Afternoon. Lisa is out of the office for the remainder for the week. Morbid Obesity Services are covered as long as medically necessary according to BCBS medical policies. This is a service that will require precert. If you have additional questions, please advise. Have a Happy Holiday!

WOW!!!!!!!!!! wtg!

getting ready to deal with bCbs in 2007... see my other thread.. Thanks to all those that have posted info!

Update: I have not yet heard back from bcbs, but I did get a call back from my OBGYN office (this office is the closest thing I have to a PCP) because I've been going to them since 1999... ANYWHOO I told them what I was going to do, and that they could help me by providing a letter stating my long history of being obese... and the different meds they prescribed me over the years..... SHE was Like SURE!!! We will dictate it and get it in the mail next wednesday! (their office is closing early today and opening back up on wednesday) I'm hoping to hit the road running with all my pre consult leg work!

thanks, I'll be checking it out!

OK folks .. I'm trying something and I'll let you how it goes. I am a benefits/HR person for my company, and it was at the BCBS SC office this past summer that I was at their office for "train the trainer" meetings... it was there that I found out that our SPD ALLOWED for WLS, because I am HR, I am the main contact for my company with BCBS and we were given a special person to be our contact......... anyway... I just sent HER the following email: (btw thanks for posting the billing codes) Hello Lisa! Here at the Mother House location, we got our new ID cards in Tuesday’s mail. YEAH! I have a question for you. In 2007 I’m going to be having a Lap Band put in, CPT Billing Code: 43770 – Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; placement of adjustable gastric band (gastric band and subcutaneous port components). I’m also enrolled in the CDHP (HRA plan), and utilizing the FSA. I know that in our SPD we have a provision for it, my question for you is there any special paperwork for OUR PLAN that I will need to complete. I know a couple other employees have approached me already with the same kind of questions, and I want to help THEM as well as myself……….PLEASE HELP. My surgeon is a Teir 1 provider and the hospital is a Tier 2. Thanks for all your help! CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to be a bandster EARLY in 2007

WOW.. that is simply AMAZING and gives me hope! Also gave me an idea to call my OBGYN they can easily give me a letter detailing my struggles with weight, and at my last pap she gave me some phentermine for weight loss. THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!!!!!!!

Your going to be a NORTH POLE HOTTIE! Keep us posted.

YOU ARE an inspiration!~

WELCOME AMY! As I sit here and typ this I'm thinking that this belly hanging over my jean wasn't built in a day either! LOL I'm a fellow pre-bandster.... I look forward to seeing and hearing about your progress.

WOW thanks for the info.. luckily I canceled my appointment with them after talking to Darlene.. I just joined the forum over on his site, and I am excited to get the ball rolling with him and his staff. and that is a very good reminder about the tax deductible stuff.

I can't give you advice because I'm not banded yet, but your post was informative to me... it is cool to have people post that JUST GOT IT DONE

Well it is not about them it is about YOU!

Hey Tammy......... you already know me from our other "LCF" hangout, glad to see that you joined me over here too... Sign up for the seminar!!!!!!!!! I'm going 1/06/07.. now only if we lived in the same state!