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Thanks Liliy. Just a little nervous about the eval. I've been researching what to expect, what questions will he ask? I did see "depression" listed in all of the results I searched. I don't feel depressed. What I am is dissapointed at all of diets I tried and needless to say I seemed to either fail or just didn't see the results. All of the miles I logged around the lake, treadmill. I decided to research WLS. When I found that my insurance covered RNY and Lap band and the sleeve I was like what is the sleeve? And the nurse told me and I was like really? When I got off of the phone with her I googled it. Thats what led to my decision to have the sleeve instead of the lap band. I know this will be my new tool to acheive my goal. I have an excellent support system. My family and co-workers are more excited than I am. (LOL) So if anyone in Florida (central) has any suggestions on what to expect let me know. Again thanks Lily.

Hi everyone! I started my journey back in September. November 12th will mark my three month mark with three more to go until my paper work can be submitted to my insurance company. I still have the psych eval to do which I'm hoping to get done the begining of December. Then to have all of my labs completed the same day as my January doctor's appointment, I hope that by reading everyone's posts it will serve as my guide towards being healthy. Giving me the strength and encouragement to overcome the obsticles that will present themselves to me.

I found this you may want to check it out..... Dr. Paul Cirangle - Your Bariatric Surgeon for Weight Loss S... Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI - 7/98 - 8/01 .... laparoscopic isolated vertical sleeve gastrectomy versus laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass. ... www.lapsf.com/dr-cirangle-your-bariatric-doctor

I'm covered by UHC through my husbands employer. Per our policy WLS is covered. WLS coverage depends if your company purchases the WLS coverage. EPO. ***....We have the *** coverage. So far I have no complaints. All three are covered. I have decided on the sleeve. I have to do 6 months of supervised diet, pysch eval. and labs. So far so good. My surgeon's insurance billing office tells me that they have no problems getting UHC members approved. The case worker with UHC was very helpful. I call her when I have a question and she will answer it or get me an answer before end of day. Work with your insurance provider. I will let everyone know how it goes.