HI all,

Just wondering how long it takes for Emblem Health-HIP to approve and what are the requirements.

Yes you have to get weighed and consulted about your diet and exercise. At the end of the 6 months your PCP has to write a letter for the insurance and submit his notes that shows the 6 months of weigh ins

Thanks for the explanation. I'm Lisa btw. Nice to meet you Patty.

What's his pre-op requirement?

-6 month PCP visits
-nutrition evaluation
-psychiatric evaluation
-gastro eval
-cardiology eval
-pulmonary eval

And you need to see him 2 times during the process

Thanks for the explanation. I'm Lisa btw. Nice to meet you Patty. [emoji4]

Nice to meet you Lisa! [emoji2]

-6 month PCP visits
-nutrition evaluation
-psychiatric evaluation
-gastro eval
-cardiology eval
-pulmonary eval

And you need to see him 2 times during the process

Thank you so much for the info. Looking forward to hearing about your progress.

Thank you so much for the info. Looking forward to hearing about your progress.

Your welcome! I will definitely post about my process. I start my liquid diet soon so will let you know how that goes

Your welcome! I will definitely post about my process. I start my liquid diet soon so will let you know how that goes

Good Luck!!!!!

14 hours ago, patty0715 said:

Your welcome! I will definitely post about my process. I start my liquid diet soon so will let you know how that goes

Hi Patty,

Forgot to ask you, what kind of surgery are you having? I'm thinking of getting the Gastric Sleeve

Hi Patty,
Forgot to ask you, what kind of surgery are you having? I'm thinking of getting the Gastric Sleeve

Hi Lisa,
I'm getting the gastric sleeve. That was the best option for me.

On 4/20/2017 at 8:03 PM, patty0715 said:

Did you just start your process??

Yes. Had my consult with Dr. Merola on 4/28/17. We're looking at late September early October surgery date.

On 4/21/2017 at 11:47 AM, patty0715 said:

Hi Lisa,
I'm getting the gastric sleeve. That was the best option for me.

I'm getting the sleeve as well

On 4/21/2017 at 11:47 AM, patty0715 said:

Hi Lisa,
I'm getting the gastric sleeve. That was the best option for me.

Edited May 2, 20179 yr by RomAnca

5 minutes ago, RomAnca said:

Yes. Had my consult with Dr. Merola on 4/28/17. We're looking at late September early October surgery date.

It will go by fast. When I had my first appointment with him I thought 6 months would take forever but it went by faster than I thought! I started my 2 week liquid diet and while I'm hungry I know I have goal in sight so it makes it worth it.

7 minutes ago, RomAnca said:

Yes. Had my consult with Dr. Merola on 4/28/17. We're looking at late September early October surgery date.

I started my monthly weigh ins the week after I saw Dr. Merola so that helped not extend it a month

12 minutes ago, patty0715 said:

It will go by fast. When I had my first appointment with him I thought 6 months would take forever but it went by faster than I thought! I started my 2 week liquid diet and while I'm hungry I know I have goal in sight so it makes it worth it.

Have you tried any of the BariatricPal foods? I just purchased the shakes and soup to try before my pre-op. What are some of the liquid diet things you are ingesting?

13 minutes ago, patty0715 said:

I started my monthly weigh ins the week after I saw Dr. Merola so that helped not extend it a month

Dr. Merola said to do my monthly weigh ins with my PCP. So the first one was on 4/4/17. My 2nd one is going to be on 4/9. So September will be my last weigh in. In the meantime I'm going to see all the other dr.'s .