I'm so excited! November 14th I go to the seminar for the Lap-Band for the surgeon I had been wanting! He takes my Medi-Cal Blue Cross insurance and they WILL NOT make me do the 6 month diet and because it's the *** there is no copay! I can't wait! This is the beginning to something wonderful!!!!

Woohoo!! That is so exciting! Bcbs is great! I went to my seminar the last week of august, had surgeon consult on sept 19th and getting banded nov 6! CongrAts!!

Wow girl so it went fast for you! I can't wait, I hope to be banded by January! Do you know if they approve easier and faster if they see you have sleep apnea? I am going to have my newer different PCP set me up for a sleep study in case they need it, last year when I hurt my back and went to the ER every time I fell asleep my oxygen would dip down and make the sensors go off, so I've been sleeping stacked up on pillows all year and sleeping very lightly. So I was just wondering about that.

Lol, why did they censor the initials H. M. O. ? I didn't realize my type of insurance was a dirty word! LOL!

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LMAO!!!

Wow girl so it went fast for you! I can't wait, I hope to be banded by January! Do you know if they approve easier and faster if they see you have sleep apnea? I am going to have my newer different PCP set me up for a sleep study in case they need it, last year when I hurt my back and went to the ER every time I fell asleep my oxygen would dip down and make the sensors go off, so I've been sleeping stacked up on pillows all year and sleeping very lightly. So I was just wondering about that.

If your bmi is over 35 or 40, it doesn't matter, but if it is below then yes, i think there needs to be something like sleep apnea to cover. They should cover it. You can even call BCBS to give you the benefits, and they are very helpful. I have bcbs of Illinois, and they told me that it was covered and I read the guidelines. I hope it goes fast for you too!

One more thing, I do know if you have sleep apnea, they want to see that it is managed, at least through my doctor. You have to get a pulmonary clearance before therapy. If you are currently using a cpap, and have already had a sleep study, then you don't have to do that.

Yes, my BMI is over 40, which is of coarse a huge reason I'm doing this, and no I was supposed to have a sleep study done like twice this year but the old clinic I used to go to kept messing it up and it never got scheduled (a big reason why I'm changing PCP), No big deal, I will let the doctor know I need it done at the appointment and get it out of the way and get a cpap if I have to, it will help both I and my husband sleep better, he says sometimes I snore like a chainsaw and he ends up going to the couch! LOL!

Yes' date=' my BMI is over 40, which is of coarse a huge reason I'm doing this, and no I was supposed to have a sleep study done like twice this year but the old clinic I used to go to kept messing it up and it never got scheduled (a big reason why I'm changing PCP), No big deal, I will let the doctor know I need it done at the appointment and get it out of the way and get a cpap if I have to, it will help both I and my husband sleep better, he says sometimes I snore like a chainsaw and he ends up going to the couch! LOL![/quote']

A lot of insurance co cover bariatric surgery if your BMI is over 40 without comorbidities. That you have one should only help your case.

Thank you my dear for the info! That's what I thought.