lleezaz42

Hi all, I am glad i finally found a place to share my story. I started back in Nov of 2013-"YES!" the doctor said. "you are a candidate for lap-band". I have a 32 bmi. But they said they could do it because of my high blood pressure and depression. So my journey begins. i start off with a psych eval. Which i passed with flying colors. Now i need to do 6 months of nutritional counseling. Okay, i can do that. In between i need to do a sleep study which will be done at a facility 1hr and 45 min from my home. Okay, i can do that. Went for the sleep study, i now have sleep apnea. 2 weeks later i need to do another sleep study so they can fit me with a machine to sleep with. I also had to have a EGD (?) scope down my throat. and a heart stress test. I now learn that i have a hiatal hernia. (wonderful). Still hopeful. Now after all this and 6 month later, i call to see if i can schedule my surgery. Oh yeah, the thing i forgot is they are billing my insurance for big bucks!!!. Thousands of dollars. Okay so now, they say they don't know if i can have the surgery or not because my BMI is too low. The surgery coordinator is now trying to convince the Dr i need this surgery. But what they can do is operate on my hiatal hernia and i can just pay out of pocket $3500.00 FINE. i can do that too.... but now she says the Dr isn't sure he wants to operate on me. WTH? I am now at a 50/50 chance of not having the surgery. Please someone tell me they have been thru this as well. I am so discouraged. I'm not even mad, just discouraged. Why would they put someone through all of this just to say no? They didn't even send in an approval request to my insurance company yet. Any advice?

Can anyone give me a name of a dr in the southern cali area.

Thank you Ladies. The next time i speak with the coordinator i think i will let her know i will be going to a different doctor. I found this one by signing up online for a seminar and they said yes i would be the perfect candidate.