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True story, I gained 15lbs to get my BMI to 35. Was it worth it you ask? I don't know yet; I guess we'll find out if I get approved! Good news is I've been doing pretty well since meeting with the dietitian and I've lost 4lbs in the last 6 days. I feel really good and want to get back to 195-200lbs before surgery which is where I was (and had maintained for more than a year) BEFORE starting the VSG process in September!

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I just got off the phone with my insurance company and they confirmed that my paperwork was received late yesterday! They said they have a 5 business day turnaround time so long as all the paperwork has been receipt. So, I'll probably just give them until next Wednesday before I call. I know it's not coming back with an approval because I have some other things to get done but this is the first step at least.

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YAY!!!!! I wish I had good news LOL. The facility they I went to is a joke, they told me they faxed my RX for cpap on Monday....checked today still not there. Called back Apparently they faxed it at 2:55 today.

GOOOOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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16 hours ago, Klynngetsfit said:

YAY!!!!! I wish I had good news LOL. The facility they I went to is a joke, they told me they faxed my RX for cpap on Monday....checked today still not there. Called back Apparently they faxed it at 2:55 today.

GOOOOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugghhh!!!!! What the heck?!

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No answer from insurance yet. I called them just now and they stated that my Dr.'s office left some info off of the paperwork. It's all small stuff like is it inpatient/outpatient, provider info, place of service, tax id ect. Once they get that info back from my Dr.'s office it'll take another 5 business days to hear back.

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2 hours ago, breprih said:

No answer from insurance yet. I called them just now and they stated that my Dr.'s office left some info off of the paperwork. It's all small stuff like is it inpatient/outpatient, provider info, place of service, tax id ect. Once they get that info back from my Dr.'s office it'll take another 5 business days to hear back.

NOOOOO, that's terrible news!!! Hopefully it will be worth the 5 extra days and you'll get good news!

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Hey all! Not much to report! I met with the dietitian again last Monday. I am doing pretty good at eating 3 meals a day. I am still working on snacking but it's been hard because I've been SOOOOO hungry! She doesn't think I've been having enough Protein so I am working on eating more protein and protein based Snacks.

I am also waiting for a call from the hospital to schedule my upper endoscopy. Fun fun!

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