I meet with Dr. David Kim in Fort Worth tomorrow. Last summer I had looked into weight loss surgery but they said sleeve was not covered by my insurance and I did NOT want the band! When I went in and found this out I was told 6 mo Dr. supervised weight loss attempt was required. I scrapped the idea. Well, now it is a new year, VSG IS covered on my insurance (although they don't call it vsg, they call it stomach stapling), at least I hope it is the same thing!! I am meeting my out of pocket max on my insurance ($2200) already due to some female diagnostic testing, so if I can get surgery this year I should not have anymore out of pocket and surgery will be covered 100%. I just got off the phone with my insurance company and asked the nice lady if "supervised diet" was listed anywhere as a requirement. She said it was not! I am soo curious to see what the surgeons office finds out!!! Does anyone know if "stomach stapling" means something else? Seems like a dumb question but we are dealing with insurance. I have my husband's full support and my employer's full support. I am almost 41 and my ob-gyn says I have a very slim chance at getting pregnant (I have never been prego). My bp is a big factor and I was diagnosed with precancerous cells in my uterus (doc offered hysterectomy as treatment). I would like to get vsg done, lose the weight, lower the bp and maybe a miracle will happen and I can have 1 baby. Most important thing is to not DIE from this weight or my uterus and be around for my husband and step-sons. I think I wrote at least 3 topics in this one post. I would love to hear any feedback and I will come back and post on here when I know more tomorrow. LOVE this forum!!!!!!!!!

Crystal

Hi there,

I just wanted to say that I hope your insurance cooperates, it's so stressful! I'm not sure if stomach stapling =sleeve but your insurance company should be able to tell you. I know there is a universal procedure code that the insurance can lookup for you, someone here should know it.

Good luck tomorrow!