Hi ladies, I'm in the process of getting my approval just wondering. I have to have a nutritional consult, physc eval, done that, doctors notes--- I have asthma, sleep apnea, morbid obesity, and restrictive lung disease. Somewhere i need in writing that I have been excersizing. Who Am I supposed to get to do that? And does the insurance company really think you can excersize if you can't breathe. Will appreciate any help. Definitely need this surgery for my health.

You should be able to get some guidance from your bariatric doctor about that. I believe if you ask your doctor how to document that, you should be able to tell the doctor what you have been doing so he/she can put it in your medical chart. Good luck!

Ok thank you. it is such a process to go through when your dealing with insurance. Too bad most of us are not fortunate enough to just pay for it. Then we wouldn't have to go through all of this.

I kept an "exercise journal" that was used to prove I exercised. If you need me to send you documentation of your exercise, let me know.

Seriously, I have BCBS insurance, too. It doesn't have to be anything serious. They just copied a few pages from my book that showed what I was doing, frequency in the gym, etc. PLUS you may have a waiting period between the time they submit the paperwork and the date of your surgery -- you can keep on working out through that time.

I can do that. Hopefully that will be good for them. I have 19 month old twins, you would thknk that is enough excersize. Lol

I have BCBS-IL and I had to meet with a wellness/exercise coordinater three times to go over some goals. I think my appts were 30 minutes each. BCBS paid for the appointments. There are a lot of hoops to go through, but it's totally worth it! Good luck

I'm still wondering why, when we don't have to get bcbs approval for knee surgeries, back surgery, hysterectomy, why do they make us go through so many stupid hoops and delays to get this life-saving cost-effective surgery? (I have BCBS-MI, my sister who weighs 70 or 80 pounds more than I do, does not have to wait at all, extremely unfair!)