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Hey everyone! I am new to the forum! I was wondering if anyone has been told by their insurance provider that they needed to follow a supervised diet for 6 months with a doctor, before insurance will approve it? I just went through all my other evals and drs appts to get cleared for the surgery only to have my insurance provider say this after the fact. I've been overweight my whole life, and I've done all the diets! If I had success losing weight the "old fashioned way" would I be prepping for this surgery? I think not! Lol, anyways, I live in CA. Does anyone know how to dispute this? Thanks for reading!

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I have to do the same. I don't think there's anyway around it. Unfortunately.

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I have to do the same for my insurance, no way to dispute it, it's their mandatory requirement for coverage.

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I had to do the weight for 6 months. Showing that I was making an attempt to lose on my own. But luckily before I started the whole process I was already going to my regular doct where I had six consecutive months of weight. Check that out first

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Unfortunately, I wasn't seeing a Dr for the last few years because I didn't have insurance. Ok then, will I have to go through all the other dr's appts again? I've seen the Nutrionist, had an endoscopy done, done the cardio-pulmonary stress test, had the abdominal ultrasound, gotten the psych eval and had all my bloodwork done. These test results won't "expire" will they?

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They might, depending on how long the gap is. I waited two years to restart and had to do everything again.

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I think they will expire. Saying that because I had my heart checked the end of last year for other reasons, and I wanted to use that test, and they said NO because it wasn't with in the time period if when they started this process

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Doing diet now I will be done in April! ;-) there is NO way around it ..your insurance coordinator @ surgeons office really should have warned u about the diet:/... Dunno what insurance u have but I have blue cross. also make sure u go within the same time every month to see the doc who monitors ur diet and weigh in.example if u go on the 7th make sure u go back the following month on the 7th or within about 2 days after . ..if u go to early or to late it will not be excepted!

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I didn't have to have 6 months. My first inquiry was oct 30th and I'm having surgery 12/29. I kinda wish I had to have it. It feels too fast. I'm really scared, confused and nervous. I just don't know if I've really, really tried to commit to losing weight and in the back of my mind I keep wondering if I really tried if I could lose and keep it off wo surgery. I mean if I could, why haven't I already right? I'm just so scared of being sick afterwards. I teach elementary school and can't feel weak or drained and really need to go back after 2 weeks. And I just started seeing this new guy and I'm scared of not being "normal." I know I should be happy I don't have to wait, but I'm wondering if I should cancel :/

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Btw I'm blue cross blue shield

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LolA that's good that ur not delayed ..I work for a school system Also .So I'm kinda glad my surgery should b after schools out;-)..I dunno what u should do but I think u should maybe go with your instincts .i personally have prayed about this daily and if I ever get a bad feeling or no peace about the surgery I don't think I'll have it.having said that..it would take a heck of alot to stop me once I'm approved!!! Lol

Maybe u r just doing what alot of people do and second guess your decision .I am sure what your feeling is probably completely normal!

Keep us posted and hang in there!

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Lola, what state are you in? I'm blue shield too. I just want to get this done. I don't have time to do all the ther appts again.

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I hope I'm just second guessing myself... I'm so nervous. I'm in tx, but technically I'm bcbs trs (teacher)

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But my brother went to same surgeon- I think he's uhc- and he has a 12 month diet

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I have United Health care Ca and my requirement was a 6 month Dr. Supervised Diet and exercise program

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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

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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