I am so excited. I have been approved for my surgery. A little background. I currently weigh 272 lbs and I have high blood pressure. All my life I have been on the thick side but not necessarily obese. After I had my daughter three years ago, I have been unable to lose weight and keep it off.

I have played with the idea for the last year. However, when I started the process in May, I found out I was a pregnant. In July I had a miscarriage. My insurance (GEHA) at that time wanted me to do a doctors supervised diet for 6 months. The thing was, I figured that if that was so easy, I wld not be over weight in the first place.

When open season rolled around, I did some research and found out that Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield was quite easy to work with. I have been a silent observer on this board and other people have motivated me to go thru with the process. Here is my timeline so I can also be able to help someone out.

12/08/09- Nutri and Psych Consult

01/108/10- Appt with Nurse Practi

01/14/10- Cardiac Eval

01/14/10- Attended Support Group

01/22/10- Dr. Submitted ppwk

01/25/09- Fed BCBS approval:thumbup:

Note: I attended the seminar May of last year. I am hoping to get a surgery date pretty soon. Thanks guys.

Congrats on your approval! As a recent bandster i can tell you this is one of the hardest things ive ever done but its well worth it.

If ya have any questions feel free to drop me a line. The only way im learning so much is from other people who have been through the same thing.

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