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  1. BCBSIL Hernia Surgery

    By ShayB78,
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  2. Secondary Insurance

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    • 1 reply
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  3. Medi-cal

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    • 1 reply
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  4. Anyone have Coventry Summit Insurance?

    By ssflbelle,
    • 1 reply
    • 480 views

  5. Still Confused. WHO am I supposed to be seeing? Federal BCBS

    By fluffytofit,
    • 5 replies
    • 608 views

  6. Approval Problems

    By vincereautmori,
    • 8 replies
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  7. Health First Silver Leaf (Obama Care)

    By yvettemillicent@gmail.com,   
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  8. Health First silver leaf (Obama care)New York Residents

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  9. Aetna and medicaid

    By 3rd times a charm,
    • 6 replies
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  10. BCBS Alabama 3 years of records

    By Champ715,
    • 1 reply
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  11. My bcbs offers no bariatric coverage

    By Soli3l,
    • 2 replies
    • 684 views

  12. Plastic Surgery Appeals - Has anyone had any luck? Tips?

    By livvsmum,
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    • 513 views

  13. BCBS of NC State Health & BMI 55

    By JessyPessy86,
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  14. What insurance plan would you recommend for someone living in Los Angeles, CA?

    By Eleanora,
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  15. Doctor charges and mandatory items! Out of Network Hospitals! (CoreSource-Aetna PPO) Texas

    By GoHawksTX,   
    • 1 reply
    • 468 views

  16. Louisiana Medicaid

    By Fonteli37,
    • 0 replies
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  17. Supervised Visits Not Consecutive?

    By fluffytofit,
    • 12 replies
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  18. BCBS of SC

    By JenniferP1,
    • 1 reply
    • 487 views

  19. First visit June 8, surgery approved July 20th, scheduled for July 29th

    By Santiago Draco,
    • 1 reply
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  20. BCBS of Florida

    By b.e.a.u.tiful_disaster,
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  21. Aetna Questions

    By Kelsey Marie,   
    • 12 replies
    • 1,217 views

  22. Devistated-WLS excluded from plan

    By %#LoosingIt?!&-,
    • 9 replies
    • 698 views

  23. Did Anthem BCBS get rid of their 6 month supervised diet requirement?

    By provenzee,
    • 11 replies
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  24. Insurance only cover some types WLS?

    By %#LoosingIt?!&-,   
    • 5 replies
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  25. 6 months waived at 49.3 BMI?

    By Lacfish13,   
    • 9 replies
    • 1,354 views

  26. How much did it cost me? UHC high deductible plan.

    By no onions,
    • 19 replies
    • 1,452 views

  27. Anyone have BCBS LGB? What was your out of pocket?

    By Need2lose90,   
    • 2 replies
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  28. Insurance Coverage

    By sonnysun,
    • 4 replies
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  29. How much did you pay for EGD biopsy ?

    By queencity,
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  30. Waiting...

    By jennolsen,
    • 3 replies
    • 457 views

  31. Scheduled surgery while waiting for approval?

    By queencity,
    • 18 replies
    • 1,971 views

  32. What constitutes supervised weight loss

    By lisa0617,
    • 4 replies
    • 616 views

  33. Looking for Financial Help

    By hkrugel74,
    • 2 replies
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  34. Odd response from my potential doctor

    By trekker954,
    • 11 replies
    • 1,119 views

  35. Scheduled 7/31

    By LoosingIt67,
    • 6 replies
    • 441 views

  36. Aetna H.M.O

    By TxCoon,
    • 24 replies
    • 1,795 views

  37. Denied now wanting to self pay

    By Johnston7781@yahoo.com,
    • 13 replies
    • 1,326 views

  38. How long for insurance approval?

    By LessOfMe0503,
    • 15 replies
    • 1,426 views

  39. How long between approval and having a date scheduled?

    By keddykat75,
    • 6 replies
    • 530 views

  40. Federal BCBS FEP Basic coverage, straddling the BMI line.

    By TX302,
    • 10 replies
    • 832 views

  41. Aetna STD

    By majorsmama,
    • 0 replies
    • 513 views

  42. pending appeal

    By m_kuiphoff,
    • 0 replies
    • 548 views

  43. Denied.

    By magnificent2015,
    • 6 replies
    • 859 views

  44. Masshealth anyone?

    By capricec,
    • 1 reply
    • 574 views

  45. Metlife STD

    By insideout629,
    • 0 replies
    • 524 views

  46. Aetna PPO

    By msgal2181,
    • 3 replies
    • 528 views

  47. Has anyone ever got approved within 2-3 months?

    By wagyu,
    • 32 replies
    • 2,733 views

  48. Merger Mania

    By Inner Surfer Girl,
    • 1 reply
    • 483 views

  49. Approval: Healthcare Exchange Plan - BCBSIL

    By OutsideMatchInside,   
    • 30 replies
    • 3,263 views

  50. QualChoice

    By Dswelsh,
    • 1 reply
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    • cryoder22

      cryoder22

      Day 1 of pre-op liquid diet (3 weeks) and I'm having a hard time already. I feel hungry and just want to eat. I got the protein and supplements recommend by my program and having a hard time getting 1 down. My doctor / nutritionist has me on the following:
      1 protein shake (bariatric advantage chocolate) with 8 oz of fat free milk 1 snack = 1 unjury protein shake (root beer) 1 protein shake (bariatric advantage orange cream) 1 snack = 1 unjury protein bar 1 protein shake (bariatric advantace orange cream or chocolate) 1 snack = 1 unjury protein soup (chicken) 3 servings of sugar free jello and popsicles throughout the day. 64 oz of water (I have flavor packets). Hot tea and coffee with splenda has been approved as well. Does anyone recommend anything for the next 3 weeks?
      · 1 reply
      1. NickelChip

        NickelChip

        All I can tell you is that for me, it got easier after the first week. The hunger pains got less intense and I kind of got used to it and gave up torturing myself by thinking about food. But if you can, get anything tempting out of the house and avoid being around people who are eating. I sent my kids to my parents' house for two weeks so I wouldn't have to prepare meals I couldn't eat. After surgery, the hunger was totally gone.

    • buildabetteranna

      buildabetteranna

      I have my final approval from my insurance, only thing holding up things is one last x-ray needed, which I have scheduled for the fourth of next month, which is my birthday.

      · 0 replies
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    • BetterLeah

      BetterLeah

      Woohoo! I have 7 more days till surgery, So far I am already down a total of 20lbs since I started this journey. 
      · 1 reply
      1. NeonRaven8919

        NeonRaven8919

        Well done! I'm 9 days away from surgery! Keep us updated!

    • Ladiva04

      Ladiva04

      Hello,
      I had my surgery on the 25th of June of this year. Starting off at 117 kilos.😒
      · 1 reply
      1. NeonRaven8919

        NeonRaven8919

        Congrats on the surgery!

    • Sandra Austin Tx

      Sandra Austin Tx

      I’m 6 days post op as of today. I had the gastric bypass 
      · 0 replies
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