I think I have finally decided to go ahead and have the surgery. I have been going back and forth for the past 1.5 years trying to decide. I have now set an appointment to meet with the surgeon on May 2nd, (of course I hope I don't chicken out again) I am hoping my insurance will not be hard to work with. They said they will cover it but I am hoping they will not find a loop hole and say "no".

Anyone know if Aetna is tough to deal with? I have Aetna open access. I would appreciate your input.

I have been told that since they changes the weight history requirement to only 2 years instead of 5 that they've become much easier to deal with by a surgeon's office.

Doesn't help me, though, my company excludes the surgery.

I have Aetna and I hope u have better luck then I did. I started my process of the surgery in August of 07, I did and have done everything I was suppose to do and I still havent got an approval yet. Every month they find something different that I am suppose to do. I am not trying to discourage u, I just hope it is different for u. I go back to the dr on Monday and hopefully this will finally be my last visit. I wish u all the best.