MAchick

Hi everyone! I am from MA and doing my pre-op appointments. I have run into an issue where I don't think my insurance will approve the sleeve, only bypass. Can I ask what insurance plans you have, for those that have been sleeved? I am thinking of looking into another plan.

WOW! You all look amazing, congrats :-)

Amen Amy! I am so glad I am not the only one thinking this sounds ridiculous lol. I can understand if they do an eval and find me unfit for the surgery, but this sounds like an incredibly restrictive and ridiculous policy. We'll see how it pans out!

I know! I almost laughed when they asked if I was interested in the band. I said absolutely not. I have my heart set on the sleeve, so I am going to push forward and see what I can do. I can be very persistant lol. I put a call into the social worker and will go from there. I'd be more than willing to go for psych visits, eval, etc. I just hate being told "no" before I am correctly and thoroughly evaluated. Thank you so much for your support, what a frustrating blow!

Hi Bonnie, thank you for the reply! No, I do think other hospitals will perform surgery on those with MH diagnoses, but I meant it is straight across the board for this specific hospital. I just went today for my first appointments and was told that if I have a diagnosis, they will not do the sleeve or bypass, only the band. I am completely stable, and the people I met with today thought I would be a great candidate for the surgery. If there is no way around it, I am going to look into other hospitals, though I had a difficult time finding one that would accept my insurance in the first place.

Has anyone come into contact with hospitals that will not do the sleeve or bypass with a diagnosis of bipolar? It is a policy, and this is even without seeing social workers or having a psych eval. I have a diagnosis from when I was a teenager going through a difficult time, but I do not believe that the diagnosis is correct. I hope I can find a way around this.It's unfortunate that it is straight across the board.

Hello! I'm from MA, pre-op going to appointments at BIDMC :-)