tifaga3

I jus tneed advice. My insurance covers the band IF medically necessary..... iver never had or seen a regular fam dr. I made an appt this month and I recently went to the ER for arthritis in my back. So now where do I go, what's the steps I need to take and do I ask my new dr on my first visit about helping me with a referral? Please all the advice I can get ill glady take

Thanks. I did a seminar already so that's done. I have no exclusion so they just told me if a dr refers it as medically necessary then they cover it......so I don't know if that's it our I should ask again if I need anything else......

The pain dr was an er dr. I have set up a primary dr as well as testing for chlesterol and thyroid. I can prove my obesity for yrs through any er visits, my obgyn, ect I'm sure... I am going to get the paperwork from my acid reflux diagnosis and I have my back pain and arthritis er discharge paperwork too. Clearly I've been over weight for about ten years now. I had joined curves before and la fitness..... so I have tried. I just want to go to this first visit and get tested prior to setting up bariatric appt. I did attend a seminar already and plan to attend again to decide which surgery I'm aiming for. Thanks for the help. And anyother adive much needed

I'm well overweight, I have arthritus, I have fam hx of diabetes and hight BP but never myself so far. I did get told 2 yr ago I have acid reflux but I wonder if that dr still has her diagnosis on file.....I only saw her once and never again so I dunno. sleep apnea? I don't know....do I need psyc eval? Nutritionist? Ill start all that on my own now if I will have to in the future...

I have a new insurance. It does not exclude bariatrics...... if medically necessary. So where do I begin? I have arthritit at age 28, my knees hurt I have a bmi of like 50...... I don't have a reg dr so I just set and appt for jan 31....but I have no yrs of history or anything. I need this to live.... I need this to be there for my babies.... what do I do and where do I begin to get this approved for myself....