:thinkAlright I have Cigna and I have my dr. appt tomarrow with my pcp dr. I am reading more and more about having to see a nutritionist and being on a supervised diet for 6 mths. Oh please tell me this is not always the case. I have been on a diet my whole life. I have been on and read the following ww, adkins, 3 hr diet, dr. phil, curves. Bob Greens Best life diet, Biggest Looser. i have been on all of them . I was a member of curves and actully went for a year. I am member of our local gym and actully go three times a week and some weeks more then that. They all help me loose ten or 15 lbs but then it slows down to a pound or two a month and I don't have the will power to stick to it, if I don't see results after a while. Working out helps me with keeping me active and I credit that to why I can be so over wieght but still do the things I do. But I will cry if they ask me to go on another diet for 6 month just to loose 10 of the same pounds in order for me to get banded. I can tell you every thing there is to know about nutrition.

Hi Big Fred Congratulations on getting a surgery date!!! We are all thrilled for you! Thanks also for helping us out with the informative list of things we need for Cigna approval. I wanted to ask you though as I have heard otherwise about the 40 BMI ...there are folks who have been approved when Cigna was in a good mood I guess, who have a lower BMI. A woman when I first started this journal almost a year ago said she was approved with a 36 BMI and no comorbidities. I am only a 36 leaning toward 37 and praying. I only have high cholesterol and rising blood pressure and family history of sleep apnea, diabetes and morbit obesity. I guess only time will tell.

HON....why did you have to start your supervised diet all over again!? Sorry to hear it!

Does anyone know if you still have to wait the 6 months with Cigna even with comorbidities? My doctor has been documenting my weight for the past five years with remarks about wls, but nothing consistent. More so in the past year, however. So I'm afraid they are going to make me go through the hoops..

Yep, they will for sure! You have to meet all their requirments prior to being considered for authorization.

I had to go on the six month supervised diet. It was an insurance tactic to make me discuraged but I did it and the time goes by pretty fast.

I had to go on the six month supervised diet. It was an insurance tactic to make me discuraged but I did it and the time goes by pretty fast.

I have one month left on mine, man I'm getting excited!

Were you required to lose a certain amount of weight beforehand or was it just "do 6 months then get the okay"?