Hi everyone. New to this sight and I am glad I found it. Can anyone tell me my BMI is 39% and I am scared my insurance company will not approve me since I am not at 40% and I do not have any medical problems except I am plump! Has anyone been approved when there BMI is off by a %?:crying:

Yes, I was approved. You might be surprised at what counts as a co-morbidity. For me, I am on Lipitor for high cholesterol and I have GERD.

I have GERD too but when the nurse told me that it is not a big medical problem. It would need to be hypertension or diabetes. I go for my next and hopefully last visit on 8/10 and after that they are suppose to submit it to my insurance and I am just so scared that I am border line that I wont get approved.:crying:

My BMI was 39 when I started the process. It was 37.4 when I submitted for insurance approval. I have cigna, and they approved me. I do not have HTN or diabetes. The only health issue that I have is high cholesterol. Good luck!

I was worried about getting approved my BMI is only 35%. They counted my GERD and I had my doctor write a letter about my families history with cardiac disease as well as my joint pain. Also have a sleep study done, turns out I have OSA and alot of people do, that is a huge co-morbitity. Good luck!

GERD, arthritis, sleep apnea, knee pain, pre-diabetes, ......you SURE you don't have any of these? My BMI is now 37.8 but I'm on HBP meds and have GERD so bad that sometimes I aspirate into my lungs when I'm sleeping. Also, sugar hanging around 100, so Type II Diabetes is definately in my future if I don't take action now.

Good luck to you.