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CANTwaitTObeTHIN    31

CANTwaitTObeTHIN
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Anyone have or heard of the insurance process with BCBS? I called member services to make sure it was covered and under what qualifications but I read other BCBS plans have required a 6 month waiting period!?! I PRAY not!!! I'm too anxious to get this done and not that I'll lose my courage in 6 months but if my mind keeps racing and obsessing like it has for the last month, I may not survive LIFE for another 6 months!!!!

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jennyfromthewood    3

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Anyone have or heard of the insurance process with BCBS? I called member services to make sure it was covered and under what qualifications but I read other BCBS plans have required a 6 month waiting period!?! I PRAY not!!! I'm too anxious to get this done and not that I'll lose my courage in 6 months but if my mind keeps racing and obsessing like it has for the last month' date=' I may not survive LIFE for another 6 months!!!![/quote']

Hello

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Sleeve Goddess    75

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I went through BCBS. The coordinator at my dr. Office was awesome. I'm in the DC area and they required a 3 month supervised weight loss. I had been attempting to lose weight through one of the diet program that offer phentremine/hgc prior to considering the sleeve. I contacted them for my records and was approved in less than a week.

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CANTwaitTObeTHIN    31

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I have bcbs nj. Just started the process. I have to do 3 months of a program thru Vanderbilt.

I am still early in my process... I have scheduled my consult and one of the support group meeting this particular doctor requires attended... I am tempted to schedule a future appt with my PCP for clearance :-) but they get you in pretty quickly anyway so I have no worries for that. I just really want to get this started by sept/oct!

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JerseyGirl68    1,172

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I also have BCBSNJ. When I started the process, last July, there was a 6 month supervised diet. But two weeks after that was changed and no longer required. I do know that some requirements are different within the BCBS system. They did not want to give me that information, I had to have my surgical coordinator find out. I would say unless you are getting straight answers from the insurance company, then the coordinator is a good place to start. Even if it is 3 months, you can be getting your other testing out of the way. It will go by very quickly. Good luck!!

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CANTwaitTObeTHIN    31

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I went through BCBS. The coordinator at my dr. Office was awesome. I'm in the DC area and they required a 3 month supervised weight loss. I had been attempting to lose weight through one of the diet program that offer phentremine/hgc prior to considering the sleeve. I contacted them for my records and was approved in less than a week.

I've been on Phentermine since January (no results although it DEF suppresses my hunger). I've tried so many diets over the years :-( 3 months I can deal with!

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jennyfromthewood    3

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I am still early in my process... I have scheduled my consult and one of the support group meeting this particular doctor requires attended... I am tempted to schedule a future appt with my PCP for clearance :-) but they get you in pretty quickly anyway so I have no worries for that. I just really want to get this started by sept/oct!

Me too! I figure its gonna take a little longer than 3 months till surgery. I just can't fall below 35 bmi.

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CANTwaitTObeTHIN    31

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I also have BCBSNJ...I would say unless you are getting straight answers from the insurance company' date=' then the coordinator is a good place to start. Even if it is 3 months, you can be getting your other testing out of the way. It will go by very quickly. Good luck!![/quote']

I can DEFINITELY deal with 3 months! I probably should stop stressing and let the providers guide me... :-)

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jennyfromthewood    3

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I can DEFINITELY deal with 3 months! I probably should stop stressing and let the providers guide me... :-)

Yes they will tell you all the specifics and should help you.good luck

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Dignity    26

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To: Cant wait to be thin

How did you get your doc to prescribe phentermine? I asked my PCP to prescribe me that and she referred me for a bariatric surgery appointment....said pills are hard on the heart! Well, duh, so is being 100pounds over weight...

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CANTwaitTObeTHIN    31

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To: Cant wait to be thin

How did you get your doc to prescribe phentermine? I asked my PCP to prescribe me that and she referred me for a bariatric surgery appointment....said pills are hard on the heart! Well' date=' duh, so is being 100pounds over weight...[/quote']

Hi Dignity,

I was trying to loose weight by exercise and diet. And I informed her how I was still hungry after working out (and by the end of my 12 hour work day). She suggested Phentermine. At the time my BP was stable without meds and I have never had any cardiac issues/complaints. It didn't make my heart racy like people said it would and it DEFINITELY suppresses my hunger. But I would only lose 3 pounds and gain it back.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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