I finished up all my requirements for my office to submit my files to my insurance company and now they want me to see a therapist on my campus for 3 months before they will clear me. Getting my surgery date was so close I could taste it because my surgeons office has a oddly quick turn over rate from initial visit to insurance approval.

Long story short I guess I'm just bummed and would love to hear of any of yall's stories about your process up to banding.

Oh ya, I guess I should introduce myself seeing that I've never posted to this thread just lurked. I'm 19, prolly should be in the teen section whoops, and am a sophomore at the University of Maryland, College park. My surgeon is Dr. Moran in Raleigh NC and my start weight is 307, looking to be at 147.

A therapist would be good in the long run, but 3 months might be a bit much for this. But hey take advantage of it and work out any problems you have it on their dime.

Welcome to the boards, we can learn alot here. I have.

Welcome! The insurance process can be a long and painful one, that's for sure.

For me, I had to do the 6-month supervised diet. Then 4 months into that 6 month diet, it wasn't required anymore, but I didn't know until month 5 lol Not to mention at the time my surgeon was out of network so I was paying like $60 for each diet visit. I had to do a sleep study, to find out I had mild sleep apnea. Then I had to do a follow up sleep study with a cpap machine to prove that the machine would improve my sleep apnea so therefor losing weight would save the insurance company money. After that, had to wait a couple weeks for approval and finally got it. Unfortunately they were ready to schedule me for surgery right in the middle of my vacation date, so I had to postpone it until after vacation.

Long story short, you have to jump through a lot of hoops but in the end it is definitely worth it!

yaa, that is true 123 i definitely think it will benefit im just being a brat

and unforgettable that is quite the story, i think you hit the nail right on the head saying its worth it. with everything i sometimes forget the reward waiting at the end.