Does the insurance require the preop diet or does the physician? I have the insurance policy on weight loss surgery and it just talks about BMI requirements etc. I have BCBS NC...

It can be either! Some docs want you to prove you are serious before they are willing to cut you open and do something permanent.

The reason for preop diet is to shrink your liver, to make it easier for surgeon to move it around during surgery

Yeah I know the reasoning... Just trying to figure out how long this may take. I am attending my first function this week- the mandatory education session that the MD requires prior to scheduling an appointment. I'm such a planner!

I was private pay and as long as I had medical records showing I'd been obese for a while, that's all that was needed. Went to my first seminar late October, had surgery 6 weeks later...but the doc did require some weight loss in the mean time.

Does the insurance require the preop diet or does the physician? I have the insurance policy on weight loss surgery and it just talks about BMI requirements etc. I have BCBS NC...

could be your insurance or the surgeon rules (or both)

if in doubt, ask your ins and the surgeon to get all the info you need in order

to have the surgery

all the best

I have BCBS I had to do lab test, chest x-ray, urine test, liver and gallbladder sonogram, 2 nutrition meetings, 2 psyche exams, sleep study and had to loose 5% of my weight. They have scheduled my surgery for Aug 28th and I still have to do pre-op meeting and bloodwork on the 16th and start my 9 day liquid diet on the 19th. I started this journey on April 23 with my initial meeting, it's been a long tedious road but I am finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Good luck and just go with the flow.

Well I have no gallbladder so thats a bonus hopefully! I am ready... But I'm sure the process will help.