augustkiwi

I'm from waxahachie Texas!

So i mentioned before that I had ppwk submited on 4/30 and I was approved on 5/7..yay me! buuuuuuut...yes, here comes the BUT.... i was reading online on an obesity website bout the insurance approval letters and to make sure they dont expire...well i havent gotten mine in the mail so I called Cigna to see if there was some type of 'expiration' and I was told YES...it expires on 5/23 which means and i quote "you have to have surgery on 5/22" UMMMMM. I had told my doctor i couldn't have it until 6/22 and then cigna said i need to have my doctor call them right away to change the date but it may not be able to be changed because i have to have surgery within 6 months of my start date which was in November.. how can i have surgery within 6 months of my start date if CIGNA requires a 6 months supervised diet and a bunch of other crap before they will approve? so that doesn't make sense and to top it off, i haven't started any type of liquid diet not to mention havent even had my PREOP appt, scope or paid for the damn thing....i HATE HATE HATE receiving mis-information or BS information... has anyone experienced this? or is someone (at CIGNA) blowing smoke up my a--.....ok sorry for the vent post but im pretty pissed...

I had to take a chill pill lol.. got ahold of the doc office. And she said it was just a dummy date because she had to put the date n before submission. And assured me we will have the date changed lOl whew!!

leo's in the house!!!! LOL awesome!

I'm sure you will!! I pray you do!

I started the 6th month supervised diet appt in november and completed my 6 month in April...ppwk sent to insurance and they received it on 4/30 began review on 5/1. And I was approved on 5/7...I have cigna... the months really flew by! I am the type of person who likes to have things done quickly so it was hard to have to go thru 6months...I also had to do a pysch evaluation, 4 dietician classes, sleep study... My mentor told me it would go by factor was all a learning experience and I'm grateful for the knowledge but I don't think anything helped more than watching tons of videos on YouTube! and I didn't believe her until it was over...it's totally worth it...I'm now just waiting for the scheduling call.... O and I'm 5'6 have 57 bmi. Sleep apnea, borderline diabetes, pcos, high blood pressure, knee problems so with the comorbidities I was approved....

I am sorry to hear u had to cancel ur appt... I would b sad too but everything happens for a reason...I pray another door opens for you!

I have cigna... they received ppwk on 4/30, started review on 5/1 and I was approved on 5/7...so a whole week...

great pics! you look stunning!

you look amazing!!! great job!

i was hoping it goes away..i have the dark coarse facial hair too from pcos.....guess...gotta continue to wax

HI everyone...just a quick question..were you able to pick a surgery date or did they pretty much tell you the date you could have it on? the reason I am asking is because my bariatric coordinator said I can be prepared to have my surgery like the first part of May given the approval time period...My family wants to come from Georgia to be with me here in Texas and my mom said it would work out better if I could do it the first part of June;.due to siblings getting out of school at the end of May and one graduating from a program she is enrolled in... so i say all that to ask...can I pick my own surgery date? lol i kno some of you would be like 'the sooner the better' but my family really wants to be there and I dont have any family close by me that could be there for support or to help afterwards...

i have cigna too and had to pay for the report which was 90 and a 30.00 copay so it was 120 bucks out of pocket w/ insurance so i know that its expensive w/o it im sorry, i hope you can find someone cheaper...

@ ANR1286LOL so true..money does talk... I havent heard anyone having any trouble like that from Cigna...i hope I dont run into that either...

short, sweet and straight to the point! alright!!! happy for you!!!