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Wow! That was something else that you had to go through! So glad to hear everything finally worked out! Keep up the good work! I'm pretty new to this site myself. I was lucky that my insurance didn't
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HEY ALEX........ WHAT AN AMAZING STORY! I'm happy for u it finally worked out! I just got sleeved Nov 8 in Santa Rosa Ca...was in the hospital for 72 hrs, went home and am now back for dehydration..
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congrats on your weight loss!!! i know the multiple denials was really tough but im glad you hung in there and toughed it out!!!! im happy for you!! i myself am on the 6 month supervised diet w/ nutri
Hello guys and gals, my name is Alexander, my age is 26 male from the Bronx, NYC. I was born here but am of Dominican Republic/Cuban heritage. My WLS journey began back in 2002 at St Lukes hospital which I spent almost two years doing all the pre op tests to actually be denied of surgery b/c I was to heavy. From there I contacted beth israel hospital and after a few months of going on seminars and such I got denied b/c i was to heavy. After both of those denials I decided to put the WLS on hold for the time being as that is totally discouraging. Maybe after about two years later maybe 2006-2007 I went to Montefiore medical center with Dr Gibb to seek RNY and to be denied yet again was baffling to me. I then said to myself after that im no longer seeking WLS b/c Im going to accept me being a "big guy". To no surprise almost two years after that I noticed my weight had reached a high of almost 600lbsand noticed my health in serious decline. after watching tv shows like biggest loser and people getting WLS on TLC I got motivated to research a facility that would operate on me (a person almost 600lbs at 6-2) on google Columbia presbyterian hospital showed up and contacted the surgeons assistant (Dr Ude at that time), she was on vacation and would return back about a month after that call, during that time I saw my PCP for a full exam and referral to see the surgeon, When october came I had seen the surgeon for the first time and she did the check up and sat me down in her office and I heard the greatest news ever!!!!!
"She said yes we can do the surgery on you!!!" those words were the best thing I heard in years hahaha, so after that she said I have to do a 6 month supervised weigh ins by a nutritionist and several other pre op exams required by my insurance. SOOOOOOO im into my 4 month weigh in then to find outthat the surgeon had switched hospitals. That was the worst news to hear, i literally balled up and teared my eye away, right there the phone rang and Ude had told the assistant, that she left a file there with a hospital and surgeon thatll do the procedure on me.
With that I got switched to lawrence hospital which is joined with CPH and the surgeon is called Dr Ahmed. Bad thing was Dr Ahmed didnt accept my insurance so I had to switch to H.I.P which is one he accepts. Then after switching insurances I got to meet the nutritionist there for the first time to give me the bad news that the nutritionist at CPH wasnt doing it correctly so I had to restart the 6 month weigh in with her and thus far doing the rest of my pre op requirements. so into my 5th month weigh in, I learned the surgeon Dr Ahmed was leaving lawrence to go to harlem hospital!!!!! also the NP was switched, which all felt chaotic and I didnt know what else to do. I told the new NP my story (one im telling you guys now) and she was FURIOUS! She said to me dont worry your new surgeon is Dr Aaron Roth and he'll be the one doing the procedure on you, and he's really anxious to meet you.
SO after meeting with him a couple times and finishing the pre op requirements i was scheduled for surgery june 6th.
But wait........ during the month of may I get a call from lawrence telling me the insurance people are about to deny me b/c theres not enough proof that the surgery isnt cosmetic. insurance asked me to go to my old PCP and get weigh ins from up to 10 years ago. instead of doing that, I called my primary and told him the story of what insurance wanted me to do and he was outraged....put it like this, half hour later insurance called me telling me they approved!!!!!!! then the desk lady for lawrence called me and said "you should thank your PCP, I heard he gave them an ear full" lmaoooo that was so funny but thanks to me being on top and persistent I got sleeved (VSG) June 7th 2011 and since have lost 161lbs!!!!
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