I am doing my six month supervised visit and I am just wondering is that six appointments or six full months from the first appointment and seven appointments? I have tried to call my insurance company and ask them and they are not very forthcoming with info. Thanks!

Different companies may have different requirements. Everyone that I know, including myself that had to have the 6 months of visits, had 6 visits, for 6 consecutive months.

Make sure that you don't miss a month. I missed my last month because my dr was on vacation and then I went the following month. Insurance company wanted to deny surgery and make me do the 6 months all over again. I appealed on the grounds that I had completed the 6 visits, I just missed the one month by 3 days due to my doc not being there. They did approve it finally, with a lot of pushing from me and the doctor's office.

it is the six months straight. you cannot miss an appointment.i started the first day of consultation. when the dietian weights you.that first day counts.

its like 7 month make sure u do i thought i had done 6 and it was 1 short i payed for 6 tho,but in the end all my dr had to do was write it was medically ness and i was aproved that day

In the middle of my six-month preop diet I got pneumonia, was hospitalized 8 days, and missed checking in one month. When I went back, I just resumed where I was, and only had to make up the extra time at the end. If I had a record of weight in the hospital, it would have counted, but I didn't get weighed. And it was a different hospital from where I got the surgery. But I'm sure every insurance company is different. Mine's Aetna.

Good luck!

Thank you all so much for your input it is very helpful! I am ready to be done with the six month diet but I have to admit it has given me a lot of time to research and learn more about the band!