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I never thought this day would actually come. I started my journey 1 year and 4 months ago was initially denied 3 times and a peer to peer was denied also. The staff at my office flat old told me I could appeal but wouldn’t help I wasn’t goi g to be able to have the surgery unless I was private pay. I did a year of consecutive monthly dr visits, did all the pre op scans and tests and met all requirements but the answer was still no. I hired lindstrom obesity advocates and they filed my first appeal in September. Today I got my approval letter in the mail. I couldn’t wait to call my surgeons office and let them know that I was able to get the approval..... especially when they told me filing an appeal was pointless. Now my fingers are crossed that I can get this surgery done before the end of the year! What a happy day.

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Wow. What a journey. Best of luck. I was turned down in 2012 and am now having my gb on Nov 20. I, too, am so excited. We'll do this together.

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congratulations!!! This goes to show that you never give up!!!

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Wow.. talk about never giving up. Good job! And congrats hope it goes well!


“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps

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