Ok, I called and got my NUT appt, psych eval and sleep study scheduled for the first 2 weeks in January!! I'll be ready to submit everything to my insurance company very soon after January 12th! WOW!! I'm so excited! AND here's the AWESOME part.......(drum roll please...)

Empire BCBS now covers the sleeve!!!!

"Medically Necessary:

Gastric bypass and gastric restrictive procedures with a Roux-en-Y procedure up to 150 cm, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (for example, the Lap-Band^® System or the REALIZE^™ Adjustable Gastric Band), vertical banded gastroplasty, biliopancreatic bypass with duodenal switch, and sleeve gastrectomy (open or laparoscopic) are considered medically necessary for the treatment of clinically severe obesity for selected adults (18 years and older) who meet ALL the following criteria:........"

YAY!!!!! Can I do a happy dance?!?!!!!!!! WooHooo!!!!! Just had to share!!

:bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: :bananapartyhat: Merry Christmas to me!!!

Yaaaayyyy, congrats are in order..... I luv my sleeve and to think I almost had the lapband haaaaaa

Thank you, Leslie! I was gearing up for a fight with my insuarnce company and am so glad I'm not going to need to!! I was looking at the lap band too, but really wanted something more permanent and something without foreign objects being left inside me! Thanks for celebrating with me!!