Well, where to start? I am like everyone else here, overweight and tired of it. I can't remember ever being thin. My highest non pregnant weight has been this past year at 266. I am currently at 258. I am on month 2 of my 6 month diet requirement for insurance. I have Cigna and am hoping they will follow suite with Aetna and start covering the sleeve when their policy comes under review. Which is May 19th of this year. So hopefully by the time I am done with the diet requirement Cigna will cover the sleeve. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I have not been able to lose any weight on Weight watchers after 9 weeks and boy is it frustrating when I go weigh in each week and they ask "well, what did you do this week". Always the attitude that you didn't follow the plan. And "if you would just follow it, it will work for you". NOT! But I have to keep going to prove to the insurance I am making the attempt. Not that I haven't tried at least 50 diets in the last 20+ years. I know who my surgeon will be and have been working closely with his team to do everything I need to in order to get insurance to pay. I have already met with the nutritionist and she seems great. I know I will need a cardiac clearance, as I have high blood pressure. Also, Pulmonary clearance due to asthma and sleep apnea. Those evals I'll get out of the way when it gets closer to a surgery date. I also have to have a psych eval and that will be cash pay as the one they use does not take any insurances. But it will certainly be worth the wait to get insurance to cover it. My biggest hope is to maintain this weight until surgery. I am finding the posts on here very helpful and am glad my surgeon and his staff keeps everyone well informed as to what is required before surgery. I am surprised when people have no idea about why they need further testing, I always just ask, and if they didn't give a clear enough answer I wouldn't be comfortable with that surgeon. So I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. Now I don't feel as if I'm lurking LOL. Oh and I am hoping to have surgery sometime in October. I know it's a ways off but it will pass by in no time. I am glad to see there are so many people out there with the same concerns, fears, and challenges. Thank you to everyone who posts.

Welcome, glad you're here. Good luck with your insurance and good luck with your dieting. My ins. doesn't cover it, but I guess that does at least let me out of the diet requirement. LOL