SamIAm3791

so far so good on everything here. im 3 months into things and my wife is a little more than 2. we are looking forward to all this for sure!

was just having this convo with my wife the other day. she bruises very easy and got bloodwork done saturday morning per the surgeon and has a huge bruise at the site where they took blood. i told her i hope shes not low in iron keep your head up though, dont let this take you out of the game.

i like mine with thick cut bacon, miracle whip, and homegrown tomatoes please

who paid the surgeon for your surgery bottom line? i do get it, you dont thank you very much. im done arguing with you. you have your mind set on the fact that your employer took care of your WLS and not the insurance company; then you come on here bad mouthing insurance companies for not taking care of their policy holders when they took care of you. that is a hypocrite. youre like the self-proclaimed vegetarian who loves BLT sandwiches. nuff's said from me

OH! i get it now! your EMPLOYER paid for your surgery not the insurance company your employer contracted with! MAKES TOTAL SENSE NOW! my question is why would your EMPLOYER even contract with an insurance company if they are paying everyones hospital bills? so do you have monthly premiums? do those premiums get paid to the insurance company or your EMPLOYER? just wondering because i want to start an insurance company where people pay me the premiums to me but their EMPLOYER pays all hospital bills. IM GONNA BE RICH! i understand what you are saying about your company negotiating a contract with said insuarance company. your employer is not paving the road and breaking down barriers by doing that, everyones employer has done the same thing. you keep believing that the insurance company didnt pay for things and that your EMPLOYER took care of everything if that makes you feel better about things.

my point exactly. your saying they are out for themselves, but they took care of you - hence hypocritical statement. would you rather they didnt take care of you to back your arguement? business is business. its not about you its about them everywhere you look. ford dont sell cars because they care how you get to work everyday. nike dont sell shoes because the welfare of your feet are their top priority. business solely exists to make money.

sorry i missed where she said "in general" .... in fact i'm still missing where she says "in general" and yes they are out to make money? sounds like a great business plan to me! i'd want a company that makes money too!

according to your profile you had 1st letter of approval for the surgery? sorry, but this statement of yours seems a bit hypocritical being that your "noncaring" insurance company took care of you on your 1st attempt?

oh im not complaining it just seems odd lol

just an observation..... how come "fasting" always seems so slow?

BCBS PA, BMI over 60, inequality????? i have to go through my 6 months of insurance appointed monitoring by my PCP. i dont gripe, i dont complain, im just doing it. my wife and i are considering it preparation time for the rest of our lives. to say the fattest of the fat get preferencial treatment is plain old stupid and in my opinion uneducated. if you dont like how your insurance company operates switch companies, wait another 12-18 months for that surgery date, then be happy and live your life. yes, we all ate ourselves to this point. some may have other conditions to help things along but the bottom line is you (no matter who you are) ate too much. thats the common denominator here, no ifs, ands, or buts. try and learn what you can about the new lifestyle you will be living over the next 6 months and consider yourself lucky that this is even an option for you. count your blessings, dont air your complaints. especially on a site where we all are going through pretty much the same thing.

just talked with the insurance company. we have a $1000 family deductible to meet then a 90/10 coinsurance up to $500/person $1000/family. so if im correct it should cost us both around $2000 total to get this done together or $5/lb lol still cheaper than a porthouse steak and baked potato!

very cool! congrats on everything. we are looking forward to doing this together but decided its best to stagger our surgeries by atleast 3-4 weeks.

hello all. so far our "out-of-pocket" costs look like this - PCP monthly weigh-in visits $25 copay per visit x 6, $100 unlimited nut consults for life, and $240 psych consult. multiply that by my wife and myself and thats $980! this doesnt even include the blood workup, EKG, and PFT (pulminary function test). so far i have no idea what those are going to cost and how much of them are covered by our BCBS PPO Blue Insurance. was told today by psych dr that the $240 fee will be out of pocket since we havent met deductible yet. i am scheduled for my psych visit june 24th. my question is isnt there a way to find out what our out of pocket costs for the procedure will be before we spend $1000+ of our own money? i mean if we have to dish out money on top of money on top of money for this i dont know if its the right decision for us. we'd hate to dish out $1200-$1400 out of pocket just for the insurance company to come out and say ok now you have to pay another $2,3,4K! ------ feeling a bit discouraged today

maybe posting this thread on malboro, camel, or newports page would have given you the answer you were really looking for? not a site dedicated to people who are trying to get healthy, and live longer. it gets me everytime when people ask a question then get huffy when they dont get the "ok" they were really looking for all along