Hello there! I am beginning my WLS journey with my first consultation appointment tomorrow! I am very excited, and pretty nervous too. My biggest worries are with my insurance- I have Cigna, which covers bariatric procedures. I'm 5'6" and about 258-260, so my BMI is a little over 40, which is the approval BMI of you have no other conditions. I know my insurance requires 89+ days of a physician supervised diet/exercise program for approval. My concern is if I do the 90 days, and then my BMI falls below 40, will surgery then not be covered?

Has anyone else experienced this?

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Hello! I'm just starting out on WLS too and I have Cigna. I spoke with the coordinator today and she told me since I'm 5'5 and 240 right now, that puts my BMI at 40 which is the bare minimum for surgery without having other conditions. She said since Cigna requires 3 months of supervised diet she told me not to lose any weight or I wouldn't be approved by Cigna. She told me to actually gain at least a pound to be on the safe side lol. From what I've read from others, if you use their physician they'll just prepare you for pre-op stuff at these visits and not so much make you lose weight.

I have cigna also, it's better to present them with so much info that they can't refuse. Keep a log of what and how much you ate in 90 days. Also if you excerised and if you drank 64 fluids of Water, that really helps, also if you have any gym memberships, or if you had one within the past 3 years. On my 3 month I stayed the same one month and I gained 5 pds the second. I didn't try it just happened. Good luck with your beginning of a new life. I was sleeved June 28th, best surgery I've had done

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