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My boys are 7 and 8 and they are fully aware Mommy is having surgery to help her lose weight. It's important for even your kids to be apart of your support system

Mine is the 18th

Try Trutein. Great taste and great flavors like birthday cake and lemon mirangue pie

So super discouraged I was denied by my insurance even though my bmi 52!!! Anyone with UHC what is your plan??

Anyone with united health care that has been approved can you let me know what plan you are on?? My insurance rep through work is trying to tell me there are no plans that cover it!!!! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

That is so exciting!! So happy for your journey to begin

It is completely not included in my plan no exceptions

Well luckily my Dad is my employer Haha!! So I am having him look into it. Do you know if the choice plus plan covers it?

Thank you!!! I don't feel so young. I am almost 30 with 2 crazy boys that are hard to keep up with

I can do self pay but payment is due before surgery and its $19,150!! Looking in to the insurance issue and what I can do

WLS is not in my plan. I talked with the insurance coordinator at the hospital and she said even if I try and appeal it I would be wasting my time and that UHC won't budge regardless of my bmi.

Well I just joined and I have been addicted to reading all different kinda of posts. Here is my story....I grew up the oldest of 4 girls. My weight starting to jump the summer going into 3rd grade. My parents own a very successful business but back then it required a lot of their time so the fridge and cabinets were pretty much free reign. I remember in 3rd grade getting on the scale and I hit 100lbs. Every year my weight kept going up and up. By high school senior year I had hit a high of about 220. I got down before prom to 200lbs and was a size 18. In 2007 I had my first son and 2 months after I had horrible headaches and my vision was horrible. I went to the doctor and was sent in for an emergency MRI. Never did I imagine what was to come. I was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumor the size of a baseball. I had surgery 10 days later and another to follow 2 months later. Thank god it wasn't cancerous but it was the most trying time in my whole life. But even though I was given a second chance I still loved food. I had my second son in 2008 and never got back to pre baby weight. Today I am probably about 310. I want the life that I always wanted. To have energy for my kids, have a great marriage and just be happy in my own skin. Who doesnt want to go to the mall and be able to shop at any store and not just lane bryant or torrid? Being fat has always held me back. I have my first meeting this Wednesday and I am so nervous about insurance. I know I qualify but now it's the waiting game with insurance that supposedly won't cover WLS. To whomever reads this thank you.

Well I looked online at my benefits and it excludes any weight loss surgery but my friend said that the doctor will send a letter to the insurance that it is medically necessary which it is. I am going to the initial meeting about if WLS is right for me.

Thank you so much!! This is such a cool thing to have have support from people you've never met!!!