Hi Everyone! I'm 38 years old, just starting my journey, and don't really know what to expect. :thumbup: I'm excited, anxious, scared and curious all together! lol I have BCBS of IL, and am hoping that all will go well so I can get approved later. Any advice that anyone has for me, would be greatly appreciated. I wish you all the best of luck! :thumbup:

Welcome! No insurance advice (although there are bandsters here who use the same ins; hopefully they'll see your post and help you out, or you can put BCBS of IL in search bar) BUT I wanted to say glad to see you here!

Hi! Thank you so much for the friendly welcome! I was told that there was tons of information and support here on the internet, and I see that to be true. So glad that I found this site! Congrats on your weight loss and keep up the good work!

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings... but I have to tell you... BC/BS of IL is probably the WORST for authorizing lapband :thumbup:. I can tell you right now, they WILL insist on a 6 month diet (then possibly try to deny you anyways)

You need to be very proactive... keep on your doctor as well as BC/BS. There are a couple of threads just on them alone.

Again, I am not trying to be negative... but I have been through all their hoops (then ended up going self pay), and feel you need to be aware of what you are up against.

If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me. And Good Luck :thumbup:

julie

Hi, this is fatKatie.....I haven't been able to log on for some time because my computer totally fried....I now have a new one and I am 3 months out of having my lapBand. Everything is going fine. I am almost up to a 30 pound loss. It's going slow but think that is because I am 61 years old. I am also computer illiterate so I'm learning on this thing daily. I so much enjoy reading everthing I can on this site.