Hi. I'm 31, 5'8" and I weight 270.5. My highest weight was 286 after the birth of my son. I gained 86 pounds but I've always been on the bigger side. I'm in the process of going through all the pre-testing stuff. I'm also in the middle of the insurance appeal nightmare. Does anyone out there have BCBS of South Carolina? I live in WA state but my husbands company is based from there. They directly exclude the lap band from our policy and I'm trying to appeal before the surgery. Has anyone else tried this? I found a great appeal letter online at obesitylaw.com. I'm excited to be here and learn.

:clap2: imak

I'm sorry to hear about you having to appeal the insurance company. It's funny how BC/BS can very so much from state to state and work companies. I have BC/BS myself but I'm in Connecticut. I was approved no problem but, I had to meet quite a bit of criteria to qualify. So many tests and Dr.'s appt's. I was banded on 8/21/07. Just search this site. There is all sorts of info, as well as others who have been in your situation. Just hang in there and if you have any questions, this is the place to ask them. So don't hesitate. This is a very friendly group here. Hope all goes well with your appeal. Good luck!:biggrin1:

Thanks Heather for the encouragement. Hope all is going well for you.

Kami

Thanks Kami,

Things are going as well as can be expected. I've been on full liquids since Tuesday. My incisions, mainly my port one, is still a little sore. scale stopped moving downward but at least it hasn't gone up. my energy levels are still down even though I'm getting my Protein in. So I've been taking a nap everyday. I'm going back to work on Tuesday, which is a desk job, so we'll see how that goes. Plus that same day i get to start pureed. YUM!! :) What I'm really surprised at is that I'm still not hungry. It seems a lot of the others here so many days after surgery are hungry already, not that I'm complaining. So all in all I'm doing pretty well thank you. Have a good night!:notagree