rottie69

Patience, you are going to need patience. Support you can get here and at home but most of all patience. Its not a quick fix. If you feel down or like you shouldnt have done this,,PLEASE dont let it consume you, its temporary, those feelings, if you have them, will go away. Hang in there!

Take care and congrats!

How can your employer dictate what the insurance company will cover? My employer doesnt even know I had the surgery. IM lost on this one.

I have Cigna also. I was denied surgery in January 09 because I didnt have a 2 year documented history of obesity. THANK GOD they changed that in June 09. I went back to see the advocate in august and she found the good news and I was approved and had surgery 28 days late on september 16th 09. Good luck.

Can I ask why you were denied? I was denied the firest time too (january 09) In August 09 I decided to try again and see what heppens, I was approved. Whe I was denied the first time Cigna said it was because I hadnt been over weight fro 24 consecutive months. OMG WHO WERE THEY KIDDING???? I had been overweight for 12 plus years!!!!!!!!! I just didnt have official domcumentation. In June of 09 they changed the rules to 12 months of documented obesity. So I was approved.

OMG!!!! ROFLMAO @ ass draggin on the floor. I have a Rat Terrier, HER name is Max ( I know I know) you are so lucky. When Max drags her ass its a trip to the vet for a MOST disgusting ANAL GLAND squeeze to relieve the ,,,ummmmm, pressure.

Congrats on being so close to the 100's. Im 12 pounds away but will get there hopefully before christmas.

I was banded on sept. 16th 09, and I was so excited about getting the band. I hadnt discovered this site at that time. I was a day out and was in a near panic at what I had done, I had been working on getting this done for 1 YEAR, ugh. I was terrified that i had put this thing in my body and I was stuck with it. I thought it was the wrong decision, I didnt want it in and I was litterally panicking at the thought I had done it. Those thoughts and feelings only lasted a very very short time. I tihnk it was a week out that the feelings went away and I was fine. Now almost 2 months out I wouldnt even know I have a badn in me, I cant eat quite as much but im still not at my sweet spot, another fill in december should bring a closer to that spot. I have lost some weight and feel very good about what I have done and wouldnt change it for anything now. Hang in there and it will get better. You will be eatign solids soon. And then the journey to your sweet spot begins, I wont tell you thats pretty but you will get there, or should I say, WE will get there.

My first request for the surgery was denied and it took 10 days to hear that. That was in Janyuary of 09. My second request was in August of 09 and it took 7 days and I was approved. Surgery was a mere 28 days later, banded on september 16th 09!!!!! Doing well, down 23 pounds!

I hear ya. Oh boy do I feel your pain. I was banded on Sept. 16th 09. I lost 10 lbs on pre op diet, and another 12 lbs within the first 8 days post-op, since then I gained 3 lbs back and lost them plus 1/2 lb. Ugh, thats it. No more. I have had one 2cc fill and am not sceduled for another until Dec. 8th 09. Im hanging in there, but whoever says its headhunger is full of it. If my belly GROWLS its not coming from my head, and it usualy growls within 1.5 to 2 hours after eating. I am really good allllll week long but on the weekends it goes to hell in a handbasket, and in that basket are goodies I shouldnt eat,lol.

Kepp walking and working out as best ya can, keep your head up. I have resigned myself to the fact that im enjoying some stuff I wont be able to enjoy when I hit my sweet spot, until then ill keep pluggin away and lose 1/2 pound at a time. Then LOOK OUT fat your out the back door!

Getting denied is the pits, I was denied in January. Cigna changed their guidelines in June, and on a whim I decied to contact the center in August, they resubmitted and in a week I had an approval and was banded less than 30 days later! 28 to be exact! Good luck!

I had a problem with my insurance company in January, they DENIED me , I was shocked. I called the surgeon back in August they resubmitted everything and I was approved. It seems I hadnt been fat long enough in January. BUT they changed the guidelines in June and I was approved in August. I just got my band on september 16th, and im doing very well. Lost 7.5 pounds in the past 5 days.