I'll be doing this for another 5 months 3 weeks, so I know most folks are farther along than I am.

How much longer do you guys have to go?

i,ve just finish my third appointment, this friday june 20, only three more to go whoppi,gonna be band oct,nov hopefully only lost 1lb so far but i,m sticking to everything i,m making my commitment, i want my life back.good luck on our journey everyone.:sad::ohmy::crying:

I have a question. I have Humana insurance. I have spoken to two Bariatric offices and one says I have to see my PC doctor for six months talking about dieting and weighing me. Then I will see a dietician, psychologist, at the fifth month. The other office says I am suppose to be seeing my PC doctor and a dietician every month. I hope they haven't done this wrong and I have to start all over again. I am going with the one in Central Kentucky who says I only need to see the doctor for six months and the dietician once.

Cheryl

Edited June 23, 200818 yr by cheryl1952
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cheryl, is there any way you can have them mail you the guidelines for what you need to be doing? That way if you can be sure.

always contact your insurance and ask or use their website insurance is the hardest thing about this whole journey

Well tomorrow I go to my weight clinic at my PCP's office to start month 3 wish me luck that the 8 pounds I gained is actually muscle and not fat or that my scale is wrong..lol...and yes I have been going to gym every other day so its possible I guess. Thanks

hi my name is sil i am 2 months into the 6 months dietian classes it seems like a long way to go but i know it will be here soon. i think i will be band around oct, nov at yale newhaven. so i have to take the bus from wtby to newhaven , at first i got the jitters because it,s all new to me but once you get the hang of itpiece of cake i think it,s a half hour bus ride. i hope my first app count because i did weight in at consultation.

Hi Sil, I couldn't help noticing you live in Wby CT. I live in Beacon Falls, CT. Hey, we're neighbors! Never found anyone on these threads that close. What insurance company do you have? I'm wondering if I'll have to go to those classes. My BMI is 40 and I have acid reflux, sleep apnea and maybe high cholesterol. I'm hoping I can bypass the classes. I've been to several weight loss centers but nothing in the past 6 months that was ever documented. Tomorrow I'll be checking with my insurance company to see exactly what I have to do. Have you heard of Dr. Ehrlick out of St. Vincents Medical Center in Bridgeport? That's who I'm going with. My PCP recommended him highly. I also went to his seminar in May. Well, just wanted to say hi and if you want to contact me by email, feel free. jejme@sbcglobal.net

Hope your time goes by fast.

Edited June 25, 200818 yr by gottaluvme

Well tomorrow I go to my weight clinic at my PCP's office to start month 3 wish me luck that the 8 pounds I gained is actually muscle and not fat or that my scale is wrong..lol...and yes I have been going to gym every other day so its possible I guess. Thanks

GOOD LUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK:smile:

GOOD LUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK:smile:

turns out teh 8 pounds I thought I gained is only 1.2 pounds gained and .7% body fat lost.. my scale must be broken..lol.. I am estatic needless to say. now at start of month 3.

ok, so I found out at my last MD appt that my 6 month suppervised wt loss means 6 calender months, not six months from start to finish! YEA!!!!! I'm 1 month closer than I thought. My Dr also told me "I'm going to recomend you for the surgery, it's definately the way to go, and you have the right outlook on it, and don't expect miracles without working for it. Just don't screw it up." Makes me feel better about the whole process.

Hi all,

Wed. May 28th was supposed to be my last appt. but I had to reschedule The Dr. Could not see me until the following Tues. June 3rd. I though that it would be fine until the surgeons office called and said that I would have to do another appt. for June! I made one and kept it for this past Monday. I also called ins. co. and they said the dr. could have written a letter stating that he could not schedule me until JUne 3rd. So to make a long story short I told my doc and he wrote me a letter for the ins. just in case.

Moral of the story-Don't miss an appt. Don't wait on the surgeon's office to hold your hand through this. TAKE CONTROL. Talk with ins. co. and ask them how many days between appts. and so on...

You dont really have to lose weight on this supervised diet do you? I havent. My doctors and dietician says its just insurances way of putting it off and to see if you can come in to your monthly appt.

I was told I need to lose weight during the 6 month period or else insurance wouldn't approve me plus I need to shrink my liver for the operation.

I have four more dietician visits so that should be around october . then i meet with the surgeon. so hopefully november i will be banded ... cant wait..

I have my fourth appointment July 25th. Does anyone know exactly what insurance wants the doctor to say. Do any of you have Humana PPO? I am suppose to call the office when I after I have my fifth appointment and then they will get me an appointment to see the PA and have all day testing then they will schedule me for the cardiac and pulmonary and right after the sixth I will see surgeon and be ready to go. I am looking for the beginning of October.

Cheryl

My 4th month starts tomorrow!!! :thumbup: Surgery sometime in Nov possibly december but doc said prob november. :teeth_smile:

hello everyone just wanted to update you on my months, as of july, i have two more month,s to go on the supervised dietian classes i have lost 11lbs can you believe it, my next one is august,8. time is really flying.sil