I have one more doctors visit before the surgeons office can submit my paperwork!!! It seems like this last month is taking forever....Psych visit 9/29, surgeon consultation, 10/9, last Dr. Visit 10/15....let the countdown begin.....

I did the psych evaluation wednesday... Go for my last dr appt monday...praying for quick approval

Good luck to all of you!

My insurance is aetna, they cover lap band but you have to meet all the requirements which I did except that I gained weight. My weight fluctuates by 2 or 3 pounds every day. Not to mention it was that time of the month on my last weigh in. I have been eating good but not really losing..just maintaining. What I started doing is, I wear the same dress at every appt and I'm careful not to have anything salty the day before because it makes you retain water, but they just see it as weight they don't care that its water weight from something you ate.

HA! Auto correct for 40 bmi is 40 BMW! I wish!

40 BMW... LOL... Yea that would be nice right!

Not every insurance company is this picky, you guys might not have any problems at all. I don't want to scare you guys. I just wanted to share what happened to me. If you just meet all their requirements and communicate with the staff at your docs office everything should be fine. We pay our insurance companies a lot of money and sometimes we need to fight back. That's what I did

My insurance is aetna' date=' they cover lap band but you have to meet all the requirements which I did except that I gained weight. My weight fluctuates by 2 or 3 pounds every day. Not to mention it was that time of the month on my last weigh in. I have been eating good but not really losing..just maintaining. What I started doing is, I wear the same dress at every appt and I'm careful not to have anything salty the day before because it makes you retain Water, but they just see it as weight they don't care that its water weight from something you ate.[/quote']

Wow sorry to hear that...I also have Aenta and gained weight during my 6 month diet..and they approved me 2 days after submitted..I guess each plan is diff..good luck I hope they approve u soon

I had to do a 6 month supervised diet for my insurance company. Then after all that it took them 6 weeks to approve it. But my date it Wednesday Sept 26 so its finally time im excited & nervous!

My insurance is aetna' date=' they cover lap band but you have to meet all the requirements which I did except that I gained weight. My weight fluctuates by 2 or 3 pounds every day. Not to mention it was that time of the month on my last weigh in. I have been eating good but not really losing..just maintaining. What I started doing is, I wear the same dress at every appt and I'm careful not to have anything salty the day before because it makes you retain Water, but they just see it as weight they don't care that its water weight from something you ate.[/quote']

I have Aetna too! I hope this isn't the case for me, because I have been fluctuating between weights I haven't really lost anything....maybe I really need 2 try to lose be for my next visit!

My last appt is Oct 10th....then it gets submitted for approval. Very nervous about this too. I have my surgery date schedule for November 1st. Hope insurance approves it. Good luck to everyone on here!!

Good luck!! :-)

I did the psych evaluation wednesday... Go for my last dr appt monday...praying for quick approval

Good luck!! :-)

I had to do a 6 month supervised diet for my insurance company. Then after all that it took them 6 weeks to approve it. But my date it Wednesday Sept 26 so its finally time im excited & nervous!

CONGRATS!!!! :-)

I have gained some weight, now I really have to try hard to lose what I gained before the 10th! I have aetna and so afraid they wont approve me.