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your pcp can put in in their notes that your excerise routines were not working for a year. i was approved for surgery by bcbs in less than 4hrs once paperwork was sent in..... banded oct 11 2011

nacol your pcp can provide that info i brought an elliptical worked out lbs were not coming off she asked what kinda work our rotuine i followed i told her what i did she documented it.

I was thinking the same after doing more research on vsg vs the band and what i understand the vsg is a two part surgery with the second being swiched to a gastric like bypass procedure. i read they are trying to see if the vsg can be stand alone procedure. i am currently banded and i've lost 31lbs in a month the lap band works I was home after the surgery in an 1hr and was'nt in a whole lot of pain after my surgery mainley i was sore but hey whichever surgery you chose is a personal choice good luck to you

I have fed BcBs basic i will review my statements as they are just now rolling in i was banded oct 11th 2011 now im in a different situation i had me the $5000 co pay cap so the surgery was covered 100% what i did is call the 800 on the back of the card and have the customer svc rep verfiy everything with care mgnt....the customer svc reps read a script where care mgnt reps actually deal with the processing of the claims but just from what i know it is if the surgery is preformed out paitent cost are $150 per surgeon x2 now the band itself is considered durable medical equiment which you have to pay 30% if preformed inpaitent bcbs will cover 100% of the band any medical supplys used including anethesia you have to pay 30% if inpatitent they cover 100%

We seem to all have different post instructions for the life of me i dont know why... I was able to shift to full liquids and protein shakes after three days...i would call dr office an ask i just had my 3 wk post op check up yesterday doc says he's happy with my progess...

I was Banded 11th Oct today marks the start of week 3 for me doc says i have one more week to go before i can move into solids woo hoo. The hunger pains do suck matter of fact it sucks so bad i get woken up out my sleep. what's been my motvation my fat clothes are loser on me and when i get on the scale the lbs are going down 27lbs since being banded....i know it sucks stick with it good luck

It's weird we all have different post op instructions i was banded a wk ago today and I was allowed full liquids on day 3....sat was my 1st ok day without having hunger pain all day

I don't remember a thing i was knocked out before i made it to the OR i woke up ALL done .....i'm surprised how it was'nt painful at all...

wow i was 305 prior to surgery i was just banded tues the doc said i carried a lot of my fat in my gut ...when i went for my final consult 1 wk prior to surgey i asked if i need to swich to a special diet he said no lose what i could but he felt i'd be okay surgery went well...gl to you

i totally understand i was banded tues and i sucks having only clear liquids

what ins co do you have?

in my dealing with feb bcbs the personnel who are in the know is care mgmt..when you call customer service with questions ask them to confrim with care mgmt since they do the approvals i just got banded less than 12hrs ago....so lets say in you went the dr for whatever in dec 2009 you were 250lb and and oct 2010 you went and 255lb that would be acceptable to meet the requirements because care managemt would know based of the bmi scale you were 40% or more....hopes this helps once my packet was submitted took less than 24hrs to approve..gl to you

1st thing 1st are you basic or standard ? and are you fed bcbs..... call bcbs and ask rep to confrim info with care mgmt....care mgmt deals with the clams the reps read the benfits brochure like we do and and its not 5 yrs it 2yrs and it doesnt have to be contious 2yrs just got banded yeasterday i have feb bcbs basic.