Today i got my approval letter !! I'm so excited . i had already thrown in the towel thinking that this was just not going to happen . and i guess i was OK with that . truth be told i got discouraged and began going up that old familiar road again and started eating crap . so I'm up 6 lbs which I'm working on as of tomorrow ..

i guess thing is to not give up on yourself like i did . between the minor set backs it Finlay got done . at this point i was not expecting it anymore ..

lol crazy thing i was calling like 100 times before between the insurance and the surgeons office for the past two months and this month i just said to hell with it .. its not going to happen and left it at that .. but today i went to the mail and got a letter and read it and it said i was approved . lol i could not believe what i was reading and called the surgeons office to see if they had any word and to help me understand the letter . and they said to fax it that they have not gotten anything yet . so i told them i would . i wont hear from them till Monday though since it was so late already . then after calling them i called in insurance to help me understand at this point i still did not believe it and they said that yes the appeal was approved and that the surgery will be covered !!what a great day !!:thumbup::thumbup::sad::thumbup::sneaky:

Congratulations! I have not even started the insurance journey yet. I just found out this week that our insurance will cover the procefure but not until January. they are working out the particulars. Wonder how much that will be? (smile) Anyway, good luck to you and hopefully I will be joining you before too long.

Sharon

Awesome! Congratulations!! Soon you'll be banded, and all this will be behind you. You're such a pretty girl... and I don't always say that.

Thanks for adding me as a friend. Good luck!!

I am so excited for you! Congratulations! Any tips on how to get your appeal approved? I'm 22 and have just been told by my orthopedic surgeon that lap band is necessary. My insurance doesn't cover it. I'm really overwhelmed about how to even begin the process.