I have been thinking about getting the lap band for the past two years now. And I have absolutly no support from family. Only from my DH. But everyone else says I can just walk the weight off, or in my mothers words " stop eating so much". So I got up the nerves to talk to my PC about it and she wrote a letter for my insurance company to pay. I'm just waiting for them to give me the call back and let me know what the deal is. I want this so bad I can taste it. I have high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and pcos. With the weight lose I can get rid of them all. I just want to know what are all of the test and evals about? What steps have to be taken before surgery? And how long after the all clear from the insurance company did you wait to have your band?
I'm so excited to be here, probably the only support I'll have.
weightingpatiently:bigear:
So I've been approved by UHC., but I have to go through the 6 month diet plan. OK I have been well over 300 lbs since i played college volleyball in 2004 after my first child. I'm 6'2 and in 2004 I weighted 190lbs. Now it's 2009, 2 kids and 140lbs later, I'm pretty sure I don't need to be evaluated for six months.
okay I just wanted to get that off my chest.:thumbup:
I visited with my pcp today and she just asked me what i been doing to try and loose weight, not what i need to do. so do you have any suggestions on what kind of foods to eat that i can get my non veggie eating DH and DD to eat? I really want to make this a family affair
My PCP is not very familar with lapband, but I talked to her about it and she thought I would be the perfect canidate. So I asked her to write a letter to my insurance to get me approved. She write a sweet little letter and gives it to me.....okay! The letter was maybe 4 sentences. I don't know what to do and I don't think she does either. So what do I need to do to get approved. Should I let the surgeon try and get me approved. I just don't know how it works.
