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I have Aetna and just got approved this week and I had a gain and was still approved but all plans are different. Good luck!!

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I gained 10 pounds. I'm getting the sleeve. I'm not sure what plan it is, I'm kind of insurance stupid but my card says Aetna better health it's blue and white.

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Do anyone have Aetna insurance? If so have anyone gained weight from the 1st day of the program and still got approved? iv gained 12 to 13 pounds and I am trying my best to get it off in 30 days if I don't will I get approved or denied?? My last nut appointment is the 15th Please help :(

I would do low card everything high Protein and always what I did was have my Dr prescribe phentamen lol however u spell it. And that was 6 days before my last nut app and I lost 12lbs.

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oh my god this is so stressful im at work crying I don't know what to do im on a low sugar low carb diet and it said I lost 2 pound then said I gained 3 all I 1 day

Drink lots of Water. Do liquid only till ur apt and see if u can get some phentamean

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Do the pre op diet. It should work for you because you have a month. I drank 2-3 Protein shakes, an apple 2x a day, one meal of 6 oz of lean meat and green veggies. I lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks. Some people lose faster. I have aetna and I was told no weight gain. They told me only aetna patients have to worry about that. My first visit I weighed in at 253 and then my next one I was 256. I panicked and cut down tremendously. I was at 249 when they submitted for insurance approval. I did not lost a lot of weight, but it was not a gain.

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So you got approved even with gain on one appt?

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So you got approved even with gain on one appt?

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yes, I got approved with the gain on record only because by the time they were ready to submit to insurance, I had lost a few lbs.

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Yes actually I have Aetna sad I had gained weight. And YES you do need to lose theeeight you put on plus an extra 5. I had 24 lbs to lose in 29 days. I did it. It's possible. And yes I did it by starvation

Michelle Rose

Spring TX 77373

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