Done!! 6 months of pre requisites and visits with my last weigh in on July 8th! Started with seminar, Dr weigh in, psychologist evaluation, ultra sound, psychology evaluation, (somehow different from psychologist? ) nutritionist, stress test, sleep study, gallbladder removed, blood work 2x, chest xray, upper gi, and 6 monthly visits to the doctor! And people want to know if I'm sure I want this? Lol. I've been poked, prodded, and parts removed, evaluated, weighed, and still I'm here wishing I was post op by now. Yeah, I'm sure

Wow!! Congrats! I just had my 3 weigh in out of 6, I have not done all of the thing you listed and I made me a little nervous! I have an appointment with the shrink but other then that I have not been informed about all of those other appointments you mentioned!! What was your time line for those?

Congratulations!

I also get nervous because I didn't need to go through all that was mentioned.

I was given my "Insurance requirements" May 14th and have blown through them (My last appointment this upcoming Wednesday) which is great, But at the same time it was so easy and quick that I'm second guessing if that's all they need for approval.

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Congrats on getting through everything! I keep reading about what other people have to go through to get approved. I'm grateful that my insurance doesn't require all that. They just require a bmi of 40+ and my surgeon's diagnosis of "medically necessary".

Congrats on getting through everything! I keep reading about what other people have to go through to get approved. I'm grateful that my insurance doesn't require all that. They just require a bmi of 40+ and my surgeon's diagnosis of "medically necessary".

You're very lucky mrshall617! I started the process in December with a seminar, had my initial surgical consult 1/6/14, and went from there to cardiologist, psychologist, pulmonologist, 2 sleep studies, a CPAP machine, an echocardiogram, an Upper Endoscopy, a repeat EKG and PCP Clearance - it took a bit, and like the op said, I've been poked and prodded a ton! But now, I have a surgery date, and I've been on my 2 week preop Optifast liquid diet for three days now. It isn't as hard as I thought it would be, except for when I start thinking about what to buy for after surgery

I hope you all enjoy your new lives as much as I hope to - see you all on the losers bench!!

I had my first visit with the Surgeon last month, Phych Eval, Nutritional Counseling, Blood work, Letter of medical Necessity, and a Endoscopy. My insurance didn't require a 6 month died.

Wow!! Congrats! I just had my 3 weigh in out of 6, I have not done all of the thing you listed and I made me a little nervous! I have an appointment with the shrink but other then that I have not been informed about all of those other appointments you mentioned!! What was your time line for those?

Mostly just within the 6 months time frame. Maybe your insurance didn't require all this?

You're very lucky mrshall617! I started the process in December with a seminar, had my initial surgical consult 1/6/14, and went from there to cardiologist, psychologist, pulmonologist, 2 sleep studies, a CPAP machine, an echocardiogram, an Upper Endoscopy, a repeat EKG and PCP Clearance - it took a bit, and like the op said, I've been poked and prodded a ton! But now, I have a surgery date, and I've been on my 2 week preop Optifast liquid diet for three days now. It isn't as hard as I thought it would be, except for when I start thinking about what to buy for after surgery

I had to get poked and prodded a little but it was for my surgeon, not for the insurance...I had to get bloodwork, ekg, chest xray, abdominal ultrasound, endoscopy, colonoscopy, psych eval and nutrition counseling (1 session).