Hi guys, I had my visit with my PCP last week. My BMI is 39 with high cholesterol and HTN. I have BCare network. I have to keep a log for 6 months of dieting and exercise. i am frustrated but these are the requirements to get approved. I live in Michigan and am 41 years old. I have a one and 6 year old. I am so tired all the time and my knees and back hurt so much. I feel bad when i try to play with my kids. i want the surgery now, but I know I have to be patient. Colleen:sad::cool2:

I have Blue Choice insurance and they required the 6 month diet too. I think most insurances are doing that now. Use the time well, and it will fly by. Visit here, read the good/bad/ugly, read books (The Lapband Solution and The Lapband Companion are two good ones, available at amazon.com), start going to support groups now. You can learn a lot by talking to people in all stages of pre or post op. I went to the seminar and started going to group last summer, and was banded 3/25/08. I even had a post op tell me I didn't look heavy enough to need surgery (at 5'7" maybe not, but I was 252 lbs in size 2x scrubs for work).

I am still 5'7" but I have lost 90 lbs and my 2X is now a baggy large (as soon as money permits I will be a medium) and my clothing has gone from women's 22 to misses 12-14. I am off cholesterol medicine for the first time in about 20 years, and I take one less BP med (I may lose the other one later) and have stopped my GERD med. I will be having a sleep study in the near future to see if the sleep apnea has resolved.

Take full advantage of all the resources available. Use this time also to get your head around the changes you will have to make in your eating. You can do it. Good luck with your journey.

Hi, welcome. Don't worry the 6 months will be over with before you know it. Besides, at least your insurance is paying at all, huh? Congrats on that. Just keep your head up, you will get through it.

Nice to meet you.

Hi guys, I had my visit with my PCP last week. My BMI is 39 with high cholesterol and HTN. I have BCare network. I have to keep a log for 6 months of dieting and exercise. i am frustrated but these are the requirements to get approved. I live in Michigan and am 41 years old. I have a one and 6 year old. I am so tired all the time and my knees and back hurt so much. I feel bad when i try to play with my kids. i want the surgery now, but I know I have to be patient. Colleen:sad::w00t:

you can always self pay and have this over with in around 2 weeks. is it worth paying a medical loan for the next 4 years to go to the head of the line? just a thought.