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Hello maegan good luck on your surgery! How are you?

Great news and that is good to know. I love Pawn Stars and I have not noticed Corey's weight loss yet.. I need to pay better attention....

Congratulations and I would love to do one after the surgery not PRE...LOL!~ Way to go and this is awesome...

Congratulations to both of you! I am in the middle of an appeal because my request was denied... Wishing you both the best going forward and say a prayer for me to get the appeal approved!!! Keep me posted on your progress Blann

Hello all I love him yes he is strict but that is because he wants to see you succeed. Don't forget he was once in our shoes as being overweight and that is one of the main reasons I decided to go with him. The office personal is nice and he will answer any question for you but you can't be afraid to ask. Best of luck and success on your journey...

Congratulations on your weightloss! Truly inspiring to me (someone who is fighting to be approved)~!

Good luck!

KrazyKristy, Good luck on the approval I am doing everything I can to have my surgery approved I was denied because of the facility...nothing to do with the doctor. Prayerfuly it will work out for you. Keep us posted Blann

Hello everyone, I recieved a call today from the drs office to inform me that my surgery was approved! While she talking to me she said that something didn't look right and she was going to have to call me back.. Well she just called back and guess what.....My insurance company sent them the approval yesterday via fax but faxed again to say that it was denied....!!!!! When she called the insurance company, which by the way I have CIGNA, she was told that the hospital for surgery has to be a certified center of excellence for Bariatric surgery. Apparently the doctor was okay but the normal hospital that he does over 95% of surgeries from is not an approved Center according to them. I am sooooo disappointed and frustrated!~ So now I have to wait for them to send the precertification again... I just have to believe that everything happens for a reason but did any of you go thru anything like this???? Blann

Hello everyone just a quick update! As it stands I am fighting my denied precertification claim with CIGNA! they really suck. Turns out they denied me because none of the hospitals that my doctor operates are CIGNA certified. Several issues I am dealing with: There is only 1 hospital in the state of FL that is "CIGNA CERTIFIED"! This hospital is in the MIAMI and I live in central FL about a 4 hour difference Both hospitals are listed on the Cigna website and in-network and one is even shown under their (CENTER OF EXCELLENCE) tab. When I called and spoke to a specialist in precertification I was told that they are using a list of CIGNA certified hospital dating back to October 2011! (really) Lastly, CIGNA had originally contacted my doctors office to say that the one hospital on the website was approved but then all of a sudden they changed it and said no it wasn't! I feel like I am in the fight of my life and nobody understands. I have filed a complaint with the FL deparment of insurance and our internal HR advocate. Both agencies will be contacting CIGNA on my behalf to have this resolved. I will keep fighting until I am approved. Just prayerfully it will be soon. This is crazy but I know that it will be resolved.... thanks for all of your posts thus far and I wanted to give you an update

Thanks Fantasy5! Congratulations on your size 6...wow way to go. Thanks BarbeeM, you are right GOD is in control! Thanks ready for a change, just so I am understanding you correctly you had the hospital become a certified center of excellence and then went back and it was approved>please explain. If that is what you are saying I saw the paperwork on line and if that is the route then maybe the dors office can help me do that with the hospital or atleast point me in the right direction.... Fericito, thanks for your response and I am trying my best to feel better but it is so hard! However, I do know and believe that God has total control and everything does happen for a reason.

Thanks so much Lap Band Guru! I appreciate you taking the time because I was just looking at it the wrong way. Now that you have explained it and I look at it you are right it is a benefit to be having surgery at a center of EXCELLENCE! Great information and thanks for sharing your experience because it helped me. Blann

Congratulations! Awesome work and way to go... Blann

Congrats!~~ Best of luck on your journey of BANDED LIVING. Can't wait to join you.. Blann

I love this site...a wealth of information, support and journeys! So thankful I found this site....it has changed how I will proceed once I am BANDED! Great information...I love it too.. Best of luck on your journey Blann

Sorry for such a bad experience with them but I would suggest that you mention the receptionist behavior to the Dr when you go for your next appointment. No patient should be treated this way...RUDE! Keep going thru the process and it will be worth it... Blann

So sorry for your for loss of both parents but I am so proud of you for realizing you now have to take your life back. It is never easy to move on when someone that important is no longer there but just know that they both were very proud of you and they are going to be even prouder once you start living your banded life! Keep your head up, keep going and you can and will be a SUCCESS! Can't wait to hear how well you do... Keep in touch Blann

Congratulations on being BANDED! I can't wait....keep us posted.. Blann

Amen and yes he can make a way out of NO WAY! Best of luck on living a BANDED life! Can't wait to be on the other side... Keep in touch love the positive energy you send out.... Blann

Congratulations on your Big Day today! I my information was sent to the insurance company on last week so I am pretty much at the same phase you are! Best of luck and success with the band. We will have to keep in touch... Wishing you the best Blann

Congratulations on taking the steps to do something about your health! I am on the road to recovery for better health as well! I can't wait to hear about your success! I haven't had surgery yet but this website has been a great resource for me to ask questions and just get general information from over lapbanders Keep in touch Blann

Good luck and congratulations! I know you are going to do well....