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Wish you all the best of luck, ladies with your documentation. I didn't have any issues except the ugly saggy skin that didn't qualify for surgery to be paid by my insurance. Please if that should be the case with any of you, continue on your journey of being the best you, you can be. You have come so far, with losing the weight, please see it though with the needed skin removal. It was life changing for me... I know if there is a will, there will be a way. We only have one life to live. I for one never thought I could have a normal looking body, especially after all the weight loss, but we can, skin removal will remove those sins of the past and give us a fresh start. There are many ways to afford surgery. I have heard people going to teaching hospitals and having it done with P.S. and their interns, others like myself went out of the country. I went to Mexico, just south of the Border from San Diego, and it was wonderful, my surgeon and staff were wonderful and my outcome was outstanding. The costs were about a third of those in the States. There also companies that offer financing for surgery. So please do not give up on finishing your journey....

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If my insurance doesn't cover it, I will find another way. I'm going to see my primary doctor in the next week or so to see what sort of goal I need to be at before moving forward.

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If my insurance doesn't cover it, I will find another way. I'm going to see my primary doctor in the next week or so to see what sort of goal I need to be at before moving forward.

It will be helpful to go to your insurance website and look at/print criteria for panniculectomy. Bring that to you appointment as every insurance is different and the doctor has no way of knowing what your insurance requires

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