dixienms

Thank you for the reply. Good luck and congrats on your sleeve. I can't wait to be at that point. So ready to start a new life --- a healthy one for sure!

I'm hoping to join the club of being sleeved. Still waiting to hear from Dr. Kings office if my insurance has approved me. Was told it usually takes about 2 wks for a response so this is my 2nd week of waiting . The waiting is so aggravating. But patience is a virtue so I am trying my best to be patient. Any suggestions or thoughts on anything else I should do to speed the process? My insurance is UHC so hoping from what I read on here that it wont be much longer.

I too am waiting to hear if UHC approves my request. Insurance coordinator said takes about 2 wks and it's been one week now. My BMI is 42, I have obstructive sleep apnea , diabetes, dysfunctional thyroid and although my PCP NEVER recorded my diet attempts, she did write a letter( hoping that's just as good). My sleep doctor also added that for the sake of my health and life I seriously needed the surgery. It's driving me nuts waiting but I keep telling myself "no news is good news" . Lord I hope I hear something positive soon from my surgeon.

Dr. King in Oxford will be my doctor, if you are asking me.

Ok here goes. This is my first post and after reading all the answers above some of my questions have been answered. I have been to the seminar that the surgeon requires, and the insurance advocate (guess thats what she is called) has told me that UHC does approve the gastric sleeve surgery however, I have to have documentation of 2 years doctor visits with weight loss being the main reason for visits. I have been dealing with my weight for over 5 years, and my PCP doesnt document each diet I have tried. She did write a letter saying she knew I was on the diets and how much I have lost but nothing in my records. My sleep apnea doctor did write a letter stating how aggressively I have tried to lose weight in 2 years, only achieving 21 pounds and that the surgery would benefit my health tremendously since I have obstructive sleep apnea and other health problems. So after stating all this, does anyone know if United Health Care will accept what my doctors have sent or will I have to do something else for them to say go ahead. Its like I am approved but Im not approved kinda.