I have beechstreet health ins in Louisiana and I was wonder if any one been approved by the company since I've never heard of this insurance company .. I have it through my job .. I'm going through the process and I know they cover the sleeve .. So any of you out there let me know

I live in Louisiana, but I haven't heard of your insurer, but no one has heard of mine either.

Thanks I kno that's weird .. But i kno they cover the sleeve and i kno all the requirements .. I just wish I knew someone who went throught this company .. Have you been sleeve Imskinny and what part of La

No, I haven't had the procedure yet. I have one more month of the supervised weightloss before the paperwork is submitted by my surgeon's office. I live in Alexandria and my doctor is in Lafayette. Where are you? Have you started the process yet?

Yes I've started the process , i live in covington and today I just got a call from my pcp that he was going to write my letter and after that I need a pysch eval. ... I did all my blood work , EKG , stress test ect but I don't have the six month supervised diet but the lady at my surgeon office that deal w the process said not worry about it .. And my insurance company does not require you to any health issue as long as your Bmi is 40 cus I don't have any besides a hiatal hernia and acid reflux do to that ..

It's sounds like your approval should be coming soon! I was told I had to do the 3 month supervised diet. The diet has been Meal Replacement shakes! This month I move to 2 shakes a day. Yuck! My last check in will be in June. I've had a gallbladder ultrasound, the psych eval, lab work, a sleep study, and the pre op EGD. My BMI is over 40 and I have hypertension, sleep apnea, and arthritis. The surgeon's office told me that the paperwork will be submitted to the insurer in June. Pray for me and I'll pray for you.

Everyone goes to Covington for surgery. Which one are you using?

Thank you very much .. I'm going to north lake surgical association Dr Carl Oryodone and it's across the street from st. Tammany hospital that the hospital they use .. Imy paper work have not be sent in my pysch eval is $ 225 so I'm tryna put that together my insurance said I needed six month diet do I hope they just forget about it cus I don't wanna wait six more months but if I have to I will .. Im 5'8 and I'm 285 everyone looks at my like I'm crazy cus my body is well put together but I'm not at the weight that allows me to he healthy

I know what you mean about what people say. One of my friends said today that she's hoping I don't have the surgery!! What kind of crap is that?! I don't think I'm a bad looking woman and I've always been fairly confident. I just think that she might be afraid that if I lose enough weight, I will REALLY be the bomb!! Either way, I've decided to stop discussing the issue with her. She's kinda getting on my nerves!!

One of my friends told me what if I die me being funny isaid well imma die skinny , but it was joke cus she was being way to serious ... You kno ppl that say those things don't have to worry they are already skinny like my friend I told her don't be scared just pray for me I want this to bad to be scared I'm 28 yrs old w three boys and a husband that I need to keep up with