Well ladies had my first visit with dr Scarborough at tlc today, and a little excited now. Come to find out uhc does want 6 month weight loss supervised diet but it does not have to be consecutively! Yay! Also they diet with physician can go back 2 years, so I no I have 2 months covered for sure. I no have to do 4 months with dietitian a psych eval and a egd. I'm hoping to have surgery in December so I dnt have to meet my deductible all over again. Dr says we have pretty good chance as long as I do appointment with dietitian this month September October an November we can submit. Getting excited!

I'm looking at surgery in December too!

My surgery will be December 20th with Dr. Domkowski in Sebastian, FL.

I'm hoping to be a December sleever, too! I had my first appt. with the surgeon August 5th. My insurance (Cigna) requires a 3 month diet with the nutritionist. My first nutrition meeting and support group is on Tuesday. I've just done labs. I'll have to do a psych eval, physical therapy eval, and and EGD. My PCP also requires a physical to send a letter of recommendation for surgery, something else my insurance requires. It feels like a few hoops to jump through, but nothing insane. I'm also feeling excited! Good luck to you!!

Hey guys,

I also expect to be a December Sleever. Thankfully i am in good health just that i am obese. No high blood pressure, diabetes, liver or kidney issues. I had my physical on August 5th and everything was fine, my blood work came back fine as well. I do not have any of the indications for sleep apenia so neither my surgeon nor my PCP required me to be tested. My abdominal ultrasound came back fine. I had my first visit with the nutritionist on August 21st and i had my psych eval done on July 25th. Now all i have to do is complete my vitamin and pre-op classes with the nutritionist and complete my monthly weigh-in with the PCP. My last weigh-in will be November 7th. I can't wait to get on the other side of this weight.