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What insurance do you have? I have BC/BS of IL and my approval came within five hours. She submitted in the morning and by two she had an approval. Hopefully you'll hear something soon, if not today!! Fingers crossed for you

We all have our guilty moments....for me it's Mexican food and tuna subs, I'm craving them so bad and the struggle is real. It may just be my bc pills or hormones Sent from my LGLS770 using Tapatalk

If he's going to cheat on her, he's probably going to cheat on you also. The baby complicated things bc there's that bond. You'd feel guilty with yourself if he left his wife and baby for you. Don't let him put you in that position.

Yeah. Maybe it was denied bc they have a specific requirement that you can accomplish.

I'm lucky enough to have a supportive husband. My mom is on the fence but just bc she's worried. A girl I went to school with had bypass years ago and developed a blood clot and died. I had a blood clot in my lung 2 years ago from being over weight. It's scary but I know that means blood thinners after I leave the hospital and I definitely will nor forget to walk walk walk after surgery. I look forward to feeling better physically after surgery. I finished my last nutrition class this month. They submitted to insurance. My surgeon is taking the month of April for vacation. So I'm looking at the end of May they said. Also I was told to keep attending the monthly classes bc if insurance decides they want anything additional, you won't have to start over. I bet once your out of surgery safely you dad will feel better. The hard part will be sticking to your food goals while the family had other goals. I was a vegetarian for a few years, so I know that can be hard. My family is mostly overweight as well. Good luck.

I recently got my bipap machine. I wasn't able to wear cpap bc I felt like I couldn't breathe out against the air. I can say that I have to wait to put the mask on until I'm very relaxed. If I wake up and try to talk to my husband or anything. I feel like my breathing is too fast and need to take it off for a few minutes. Hoping it goes away after I lose weight. I also have a high deductible. I had to pay $220 up front them they said $115 a mos rental fee for 3 mos. Then the insurance will pay off they see I'm using it at least 4hrs a nt. My favorite part is spending the first 5 hrs of my day with a red mark on the bridge of my nose lol

OMG ME TOOOOO!!!!! I am stressed to the max bc I'm scared to death I wont get approval from my insurance. My last appt is 4/10. I'm contemplating doing the military diet or doing all liquids from now until than.

Heartburn can be reflux the doc said the burping is bc when eat or talk you swallow air and there's no room for the air anymore over time your body will adjust to the amount of air you take in and the burping will get easier

Hmm I've had absolutely no issues getting liquids down and I drink everything ice cold weird I have been getting heartburn too but I think it's bc I've been having tomato soup. I had an issue with heartburn before the surgery. I had some scrambled eggs this evening with some cheese and the went down fine I just count to 30 in between every bite I tend to eat fast. I also do a lot of burping

Hello my name is Tiffany 36. Had my surgery 2 months ago I am also able to eat anything but I have vomited 2 times. I think it was what I ate or ate to fast. I just dislike having to wait almost 30 min after meals to drink bc my mouth really be dry from food. I was on solids 4 weeks after surgery so I think I got my stomach use to solids earlier than most people I know has had it bc some are still on liquids. I do have a problem digesting beef and pork meats which I gave up all together I'm ground turkey, fish and chicken Queen lol.

I'm getting so much conflicting information. I call and every person I speak to tells me something different. I was just told by a Humana rep that they do not cover the sleeve just the bypass and the band. And she told me i need a 6 month diet assisted plan not 4 like I was originally told. Should I call my surgeons office and let him know this? I just don't want to get to the end and be denied bc I didn't do something or get a bill for a procedure that isn't covered.

Hello fellow Calgary poster. What you described is exactly the diet I was given, except replace Ensure with Glucerna. This is the standard AHCIP recommendations. No dietitian in the WM program will deviate. They face serious consequences advising anything else like losing their license and effectively making RD education (4-6 year degrees) worthless. A lot of people here don't understand why such a long diet and to be honest it confuses me as well. I'm sure it will confuse them even moreso when I explain my situation too. I dunno if Glucerna is even available in the US.. I lived there for 27'ish years before moving to Canada and never even bothered with diet shakes/meal replacements. Nonetheless, it's been the most disgusting thing ever. I am supposed to be on 5-6 Glucerna a day. I had a really hard time even swallowing any kind of it, I'd just regurgitate it while trying to drink. I can manage the chocolate but it has to touch the back of my tongue first and go down -- cannot touch the front of my tongue or else I'll throw the stuff back up. My wife even jokingly suggested a feeding tube. I had a hard adjustment, having only 1-2 Glucerna a day, my dietitian freaked out after Day 2 when we talked and verbally threatened to derail the surgery if I didn't comply with her diet. I told her I'd just wind up lying to her then if I can't be honest without her going crazy. Being fed up with this I did a ton of research on the diet, shrinking liver, and others who had it done with staged fibrosis of the liver plus type 2 diabetes. I noted wildly differing opinions, but there were consistencies with meat. So, within a week, I was eating 2 string cheeses a day (0 carbs), 1-2 Glucerna (as I could keep down), broth drained from regular chicken noodle soup, and now my wife has made me home made lean ground beef meatballs, substituting bread crumbs with almond meal.. no carbs. I only eat a couple maybe once or twice a day, but it's more than enough. Then I mix Beneprotein into the broth to make sure I'm exceeding my protein goals. A month into this diet I've had my hBA1c done, vast improvements to my blood sugar (maxed at 7.9 a year ago, 5.7 now and will likely be well under that with my next done in June), just had a fibroscan and liver function tests last week during hepatologist appointment all showing great improvements to liver function, down to normal, inflammation gone.. liver softened 50% since the diet started. I've lost over 60 pounds since starting the pre-op (most of that in the first 3 weeks), shrunk my liver, improved diabetes, etc.. all while ignoring the dietitian. Saw my surgeon who said I was doing fantastic, seeing him again in 2 weeks..just a few weeks before surgery, have no doubts he will be thrilled with my progress again not knowing I've done my own thing. It's not something I recommend, but if you truly understand the premise of this diet, I think it's not absurd to. 3 months liquid diet is what's absurd. Here's the kicker too.. yes, it uses that shoddy sugar substitute, yet 26 grams of carbs in every bottle of Glucerna. This is supposed to be for people who are diabetic? 6 a day? That's over 150g of carbs a day. Why??? 3 months of misery for something that doesn't even make sense. I think in essence it's punishing people who don't lose enough weight in the program before meeting the surgeon. I will make sure post-op they know how stupid that is. The fact that you can't even talk sense to them is ridiculous. Still, this is, much like the real world, a race to see how much you can bend the system to give you what you want, with the irrational goals of others having competing interest with whats best for you. Forcing me into Glucerna 6 times a day wouldn't have worked, and would have just caused me to be malnourished going into surgery because I'd still not be able to drink more than 1 or 2 in a day. All this lady would do is try and derail/postpone my surgery until I complied with the nonsensical diet. Yet I'm dumping weight and shrinking my liver while having far less carbs than they wanted, plus less calories. Because I have so much more energy I'm also on a proactive vitamin schedule, meaning going into surgery in fantastic shape.. meaning easier recovery post-op and easier job ahead of helping myself be malnourished. Now, post-op I will again listen to what my dietitian wants and will adjust things accordingly again. At least they aren't so anal at that stage. Being forced into this diet inadvertently helped me understand more about portion control too. I'd much rather have portion control and be shrinking my liver and dumping weight this way than be forced on that god awful Glucerna crap a half dozen times a day. Not to mention it's near $10 per case of 6 bottles, so $10 a day for 78 days.

It may just be me, but if this person could not be mutually supportive of your issues, then she is not a friend. Having said that, there are huge mood swings after surgery, but in my opinion never to the point you would throw away a friend over some trivial BS. Maybe you could take the worry you have for her and spend some of it on you? You deserve support and caring. That starts with you caring for yourself.

Oh my god 😬 I just got my cycle two days ago it was super heavy but it's slowing down, I usually only have 4-5 day cycle. I also need to get on bc asap!

Hi my name is Leeanne My story is not to put any one off just more of advice and awareness on after life problems can accrue after first 5years its apparently more common in woman than men. I had the by pass back in 2009 lived a normal healthy life after the operation. But in 2015 that's when I just became ill Malabsorption correct name for what was going on with me. I don't regret the operation because I lost 13 stones and regained my life back and have kept every pond off. I just wish I was educated more on nutrition health and well being I new what was good foods were . I did eat right was active. My body in the end rejected the nutrients from foods it was my intestine that wouldn't absolve goodness caused me a lot of damage 2years on and I only just found something which works for my body and pumps it with pure natural nutrition and it is not prescribed drugs this something world wide and next best thing to fruit and veggies these supplements better than any Vitamin. (Few of many health nightmare’s i faced) 1.) Internal hernia removed by emergency operation 2) Suffered adhesions in the abdomen area scar tissue sticking around organs. E/OPP 3.)3rd bowel obstruction twisted and blocked/ 50% chance waking up with a bag (And now what I am left with) Malnourished, vitamin deficiency/ ongoing illnesses…. Chronic leg pain Asthma Lung Fluid Pancreatitis Depression Anxiety Gastritis Acid refluxes Blurred vision not permanent / not enough Vitamin A Lack of Thiamin Folic acid B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 B12 Vitamin A, B, C, D, K Copper low albumin levels/no Protein in blood cells/THEY LEAK FLUID INSTEAD. Calcium Protein Hair/nails/teeth…/Thinning (Prescribed medications I now take.) Morphine liquid medicine Tramadol Gabapentin Sertraline Forceval Creon Lansoprazole Asthma pumps Nebulizer machine B12 Injections VitaminD3 Injections 2Kcal shake/source of protein NJ-FEEDING TUBE Was placed for/home treatment as well as hospital treatments did not work as great as we hoped it would back in 2015 for 12 months was removed in 2016 didn’t work. (6 Weeks on JP capsules and shakes) hair, nail growth Increased energy Reduced pain relief Improved blood results Vitamin B, A, C improvement Copper increase Albumin level increase Depression tablet cut down by half Protein increase Better sleep Better concentrations Healthier teeth Making awareness Is my aim but now I make nutrition a passion and my mission with the products I now take I 110 per cent have all my faith in the supplements' take.. So much support is offered. This one of my before and after pictures I was fed by a tube for over a year was scary at the time but I feel me again now on the right.

My Nutritionist is Nancy Lum and she is a Bariatric specialist that is part of my surgeon's BC/BS Bariatric Center of Excellence practice. I believe she does phone sessions. Her website is: http://www.nutrition5.com/ She may be able to work with you and your nutritionist to figure out why you are stalling. My plan is 5 mini-meals a day - every 3 -4 hours with no eating in between. Meals include 3 - 4 oz protein, a multigrain or fruit serving, and veggies (if there is room). Also I have 3 good fats daily - nuts, guacamole, olive oil.

I don't know about Cigna NY, but it's very possible that's all they require. Seems pretty standard. I have BC/BS of IL and they don't require any type of waiting period, as long as someone has a bmi 40+, or 35-39 with two co-morbidities, you're good to go. Just call them and they can break it all down for you. I called my insurance even before I watched my first online seminar just to be sure. Give them a call!

Hello everyone. I had my request for surgery sent into bcbs last Tuesday after all of my pre op testing was complete. Today I received this message from my case manager. I tried to call to make sense of it all and basically am reading it as I have to wait another year for surgery. (WTF). How do I go about this message, I called up there and my case manager was busy. Now it's after 5 and I'm unsure how to somehow get my insurance to accept my request. SIDE NOTE: I actually do have a year worth of weight loss attempt consecutively since February of last year as written down for them to know. I just don't know how I can get my physician to document it... or idk if I have to do this for another year simply Bc I was not aware that I had to have 12 months of that documented with a physician or else I would have been seeing one. If anyone can tell me their story or help me understand how to go about this, that will be much appreciated. Xoxo

Hey guys, just got my EOBs for the surgery and hospital stay afterwards. I thought fellow FEPBlue or Federal BC/BS members might be interested: 1. Two night stay in the hospital after surgery. Of note, the hospital is a BC/BS Bariatric Center of Excellence. My total copay was $350. The hospital requested $175 upfront and advised they would bill or refund once the EOB came in... so I guess they will be hitting me up for some more cash lol. 2. Copay to Surgeon was $200. I had a lap band removal and then RNY during same surgery. Each procedure was listed as a separate line item, but only the band removal listed a copay. 3. There was no copay for anesthesia services. All in all it looks my my total out of pocket for the two procedures (performed same day) is $550.

Yes so normal, the day off my surgery i turned the car around twice to go back home lol.. i am almost 6 weeks out the first 2-3 wks you will feel regret bc everyone around you are eating normal, but once your body gets used to everything and you start soft foods youll be fine. I dont regret a thing, and i am 46lbs down!

Hello everyone had my lap band done back in Nov 2010 and lost about 45 lbs. Then I started gaining weight back bc I was doing much of anything but relying on the band. I gained 20lbs back and then decided to convert to the sleeve like a year ago. I again lost 20lbs in about a year and now I'm gaining weight again... I don't seem to have any restriction at all and my cravings for food are 100% back like it was before I even got the lap band. Please tell me there is something I can do to get these cravings to go away. I'm like gaining 2 lbs each week... help!

Hey, Don't be down. It gets better. I don't regret it any more. The first month is very hard. Once you get over the hump you will feel great. I am very happy now. You will too. I promise! Sending you hugs bc i know it's hard but you WILL overcome this!

Hey, Don't be down. It gets better. I don't regret it any more. The first month is very hard. Once you get over the hump you will feel great. I am very happy now. You will too. I promise! Sending you hugs bc i know it's hard but you WILL overcome this!

I had a PT for about a year prior and still use him. It's amazing. It's built confidence in myself at the gym. It also holds me accountable Bc I'm spending the money. Def do it.

Just submitted to insurance and looking at surgery the first week of April. Can't believe I have less than a month to go now... Excited and scared. Having trouble sleeping at night bc I can't stop thinking about what a change this will be.