so i was ready to set up my appt and whn the dr office was verifying my insurance they found that my insurance does cover it but under the network but with a referral from my primary dr. so now im on my way to see my dr tomorrow to try to convince her for the referral. what to say?

Oh dang! I will be praying that goes well for you. The number 1 thing is to be completely confident in your decision. Don't leave any air of uncertainty. I had to get my gastro doc to agree with my decision to make my bariatric surgeon ok with it. I have had issues with a stricture previously. I was so nervous! But the gastro was totally cool and supportive!

so i was ready to set up my appt and whn the dr office was verifying my insurance they found that my insurance does cover it but under the network but with a referral from my primary dr. so now im on my way to see my dr tomorrow to try to convince her for the referral. what to say?

If you have any of the number of things that a lot of us in this situation needing to lose weight have or close to having, losing weight makes a lot of those easier to handle and may even eliminate them and any doctor knows that. Every doctor I went to for whatever reason, arrhythmia, sleep apnea, etc., kept saying "If only you could lose weight." I think as long as you have tried to lose the weight on your own and have fallen short you would have a convincing argument for the sleeve. Good luck. Hopefully your doctor knows about it or you have some information to share. I am surprised by how many do not know so much about it, but they are learning.

Have you ever asked? I had gone in to see my PCP about my depression and she asked what I felt was the root of it and I blubered on about school, home, my weight and she says "have you considered bariatric surgery? I think you'd be the perfect candidate" and 5 days later I was sitting in a seminar and 6 weeks later I have been poked, prodded, and screened in every which way possible. In the years I had seen her and other physicians in the same office no one has every said a word to me about my weight, but the moment I opened up about it they were ready to work with me. I hope it goes well! I agree, be confident, know what you want. In my case my PCP is nearly as important as my surgeon. She is the one holding my hand thru this, not to mention she gets to see me every 3-4 weeks for 6 months.

I told my PCP I wanted Bariatric Surgery. She asked me why, I told her my negative experiences and how my life was going downhill fast...

She didnt put up a fight.

Less than a week later I was in orientation.

i had never asked i asked the insurance an they said no. yes its not like i havent tried but its hard when you have all this weight on you

i went and i THINK i conquered. she said since i didnt have diabetes, high blood pressure, and i could possibly be stress eating the insurance could deny it. i told her that im trying to prevent those. she said she would put in the referral, adding that it wasnt a guarantee. i honestly just wanted to tell her "look im trying to save myself 13k, ima do it with or without insurance thats how important this is, damn"!!! lol

I am self pay and my surgeon would not schedule my surgery without a complete physical and referral from my primary doctor. She was more than happy to refer me. I actually discussed the surgery with her before I ever met with my surgeon for my first consultation.

Hopefully your doc will be as supporting as mine!

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