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Hello,

Has anyone tried for the sleeve surgery with a BMI of 35 with comorbidities. I had the lapband placed in 2010 and did great , in 2017 started having problems with it and had to have it removed. I tried for a year to keep the weight off , but it has creeped back up . Know I am 35 bmi and tring to get approved thru my insurance. I have High BP and was test recently for sleep apnea. If I have one I would be able to proceed on with this journey , If not I will have to do this journey with out any kind of tool. IT may sound crazy but if I had a mild sleep apnea I would be ok with that , because I figure once I lost weight it would go away . I really need to qualify for this surgery.

When I had the lapband I went from 226 start weight , surgery day 216 and final weight was lowest 140 but maintained at 155-158.

So now I am 190 and trying for the sleeve , tried when the band was removed but was told my bmi was to low and that only because I had the band as a tool, with out it , it has been a struggle So now I had a sleep study done yesterday, and they say it take 2 - 3 weeks for the results, if it comes back in my favor , I can start the process with the surgeons office once my Dr. sends in the paperwork.

But when I look on the web site for my insurance it says you only have to have 1 comorbidity, when I call the insurance they can't give me an answer , so I mad an appointment by phone with one of the Bariatric Dr. with my insurance to find out, they are up in Denver so if he says one then I will get my doc to submit to them and I would go to Denver , But the surgeon in the Springs says 2 comorbidity I think they try to play it safe by saying 2 comorbidity but we will see. So is there anyone else out there in this situation??

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it depends on what insurance you have. i have aetna, and it only requires 1 co-morbidity with a 35 BMI

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That's what my insurance says online but the contracted surgeons office says 2. I have an phone appointment with a Kaiser Dr. To find out because when I call Kaiser representative they dont know the answer. I have high BP on medication

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