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Sent too early.. my coordinators were awesome!!!! I called them practically crying. They were as excited as I was! I thank God, He did this!

I have Cigna. 3 months with bariatric doc. My bmi was 41ish. I do have co morbids too. Reflux and sleep apnea. I gotta hand it to the coordinatots

I called yesterday and its still in nurse review. She told me to call back Monday. We shall see.

I'm waiting on Cigna today.. Today is the 5th business day, so I'm going to call at lunch. I promised myself I wouldn't call again yesterday, and I didn't.. hahahah.. My patience worked.. But today I'm for sure calling, because it's been in "nurse review" since Monday now.. So, we shall see... kmfx! Good luck to the rest of you!

I did.

Wow.. the ins coordinator @ my surgeon said 32k was going to be what my ins paid our hospital i think. Something up there. But I only paid 1228.00.

I'm just sooo excited!!!! Eeeekkkk!!!

Called Cigna today. Received my paperwork yesterday, now its in nurse review. She said she has 5 business days.. but at this point when did you call back? Should I try tomorrow or wait?

Where I live you have to go through the information session, meet with the bariatric doctor however many times your insurance tells you to, see your nutritionist, see your exercise person, have your psych eval, and have your other doctors sign off that you are candidate for your surgery and they deem it medically nessesary. Oh, and loose a little weight too. THEN you have your consult with the surgeon. Today was the "big day" with the surgeon and my support people!!! We again went over which procedure I would like, and why not the others. The insurance break down. For me it went something like this... Well, after everything is said and done hospital, anesthesia, blah blah it ends up being in the high 20k's. With your insurance your out of pocket is 1220.00. Blink:Blink... Insurance covers 90%. I knew that, but good to see in numbers, especially with a husband freaking about costs anyway.. He basically dictated my letter on the spot, told me "I haven't had to fight the insurance companies a lot lately", sent all my info back to the bariatric doctor to be sent off to Cigna by the end of the day... And the wait begins... I know it's paid for, once we get approval from Cigna we get a date! Could be middle to late August he said.... My new life will begin next month! In the car I started crying, and my mom asked me what was wrong, I said nothing at all, I'm just so happy that changes are coming. Just so happy to feel like I know it's going to happen if insurance cooperates. I meet the 40 BMI, did the hoops, and even have some co-morbidities. I feel like a shoe in, is that bad? Is that wrong? I don't want to rub anyone the wrong way, but I can only praise God for this.. God has made this process bearable. God has made those last 2 lbs I needed to meet goal to melt away after I just knew I gained some. I feel this is the way He's leading me, and it feels good to know.. I am sooo very excited, I can't begin to put into words! That is all, have a good night!

Awesome!!!! I'm waiting to hear from the surgeon now for the consult and schedule me!

I'm excited. I emailed them earlier in the week, they have all my paperwork ready. Just waiting on my last appointment with the doctor, then they'll hand me off to the surgeon I hope! Hopefully I'll be sleeved either late this month, or early July! I'm so very excited!! Woo Hoo! Onderland here I come!

Asheville!

Had my psych eval today.. OMG, some of the questions asked on the 536 questions sound like they were dated for the 50's.. Sheesh.. And the questions she asked me to see if I can make choices on my own were waay out there, and off the wall. "Why do we have money?" "Why is history important?" "Why should we protect our endagered species?" I'm just like, whaaa?!?! I asked her if I passed that part and she laughed and said "Yeah". Anyone else with a weird Psych eval thing? Kim.

I'm so excited for you! You'll be on my mind all day tomorrow! (Not to sound stalker-y)!! You'll do great! EEEEEKKKKKK!!!!

you go ladies! rock those sleeves!

amazing!

that is fantastic! congrats on the sleeve.. and you do what you need to do for you!

Hi everyone, my name is Kimberly. Today I attended the orientation for bariatric surgery, and filled out all of my paperwork. They tell me I should hear back from them at the beginning of the week to schedule my first appointment with my surgeon. I have decided to have the verticle sleeve gastrectomy. The lapband didn't seem like it had a high enough success rate, and the Roux-En-Y looked too risky. So, I settled for the middle! Hahaha! I've very excited, and nervous. So, we'll see how this journey goes. Good luck to everyone on their journeys! Kimberly

Thanks guys! I am near Asheville, and I'm hoping to have Dr. Alan Bradshaw do mine. He started the bariatric program in town. I'm hoping by September I'll be "sleeved"! We shall see! Kimberly