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Yes! Got Registered For My Seminar With The Surgeon I Wanted That Takes My Insurance Today!

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michmcpher31    42

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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!!!!

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thinkt2013    74

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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!!

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michmcpher31    42

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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.

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michmcpher31    42

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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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Lol' date=' why did they censor the initials H. M. O. ? I didn't realize my type of insurance was a dirty word! LOL![/quote']

LMAO!!!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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michmcpher31    42

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

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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