December 2, 200916 yr :thumbup:Just got my approval from Aetna today. Surgery scheduled for 12/22/09 and I will be starting 2 weeks of Optifast next week. I'm so excited. If anyone else was/is on Optifast, does it make you feel full?
December 2, 200916 yr Hi There and welcome to the december delights! we have two threads going one in pre op and one under the community tab/social groups December 2009. shakes has been a BIG topic for us so come on over and check it out!
December 2, 200916 yr Congratulations on your Aetna approval! I have just started the approval process with them, so can you tell me how long it took you to get approved? Did you have the 3 month waiting period? Thanks for any info you may wish to share and good luck with everything. :tongue2:
December 2, 200916 yr I have Aetna HMO once my PCP referred me _ went thru the 6 months process of nutrition visits and a pysch visit when those were done the doc submitted to Aetna and I got the approval in 6 days. My understanding is with Aetna PPO its a 3 months process then you submit for approval
December 2, 200916 yr Author I have Aetna HMO and I had to do a six month supervised diet, shrink eval, and meet with a nutritionist. I started the process in May, had my last appt Nov 24, packet was submitted the day before thanksgiving and approved the Monday after thanksgiving.
December 3, 200916 yr Welcome charole', I just had my band done on the 25th and I had 2 weeks of opti-fast before surgery. I mixed it with decaf coffee and splends mocha flavor packs (0 calories) and it made a large drink. I would be pretty full, I had to drink 5 a day and it got old, but I lost 12 lbs in 2 weeks doing them. I had a couple of times I had a piece of cheese or yogurt and still lost the weight. Good luck and you can do it, it's the worse part (besides waiting for approval). Let me know if I can help or suggest anything.:sad:
:thumbup:Just got my approval from Aetna today. Surgery scheduled for 12/22/09 and I will be starting 2 weeks of Optifast next week. I'm so excited. If anyone else was/is on Optifast, does it make you feel full?