rustypickerd

I had my surgery this past Friday,26. I ended up in surgery for almost 5 hours because the hiatal hernia was bigger and more entailed than they thought going in...ended up staying in hospital until yesterday...everything ins on the mend. They should be able to take care of everything for you

I have Aetna...submitted august 28 and approved September 2. Is 1201am, so surgery is officially 1 day away...Friday the 26th

I have reactive hypoglycemia presurgery. My surgery is in 3 days. 2 sisters have had the bypass. They both can have a few bites of the sweets but anything more and they dump. I am having the bypass. I was set on the sleeve, but after talking to a lot of people including the surgeon, and research, I decided bypass was best for me

You are on your way

I'm the 26th

Also have to pay separately at work for dental and eye insurance. I'm lucky though, because my only copay for next Fridays surgery is 125. Per day that I'm there

I pay $289.00 every two weeks for me, my husband and son.

I also went with the bypass for the same reason. I'm scheduled for the 26th-next friday. Originally had my heart set on the sleeve

Me too please. Rpickerd@yahoo.com

They called and changed my date to the 26th...I guess I just have a couple extra days to prepare

I'm sensitive to any of the stuff that has artificial sweeteners. Get severe headaches suck to stomach. I have been able to tolerate products with stevia but they are harder to find

Got an email yesterday afternoon from surgeons office. They submitted paperwork on Thursday and the insurance company called yesterday and approved me! Surgery September 24th!!

Great!

24th here...trying to read and plan...yikes

Good luck

I too had planned on the sleeve. I also have a huge hiatal hernia. My surgeon called me on my cell phone the other day. Explained the pros and cons of both. He really didn't want to do the sleeve, but said he would go by my wishes. After he called, I talked with my husband. I've decide to go with the bypass...I'm scheduled for the 24th. My ultimate goal is better health..my concern was also with dumping, but after thinking about gerd and if by chance my got that much worse, I didn't want to have to go thru another surgery

I did monthly weigh ins with my pcp. Nutrition consult. Psych eval...sleep study, blood work, chest X-ray and esophogram.. When I saw the cardiologist my insurance said no to the stress test and echocardiogram he wanted done...I called the surgeons office 2 days later after doing my monthly weigh in with my doctor...I told her about the insurance denying my testing and that I was stopping by to drop off the paper from my weigh in...I asked her to submit the paperwork to just see what the insurance company would come back with...5 days later they said yes. Everyone was shocked! Even the surgeon's office...one more thing that I had her send to the insurance company was a personalized letter giving all the information about my weight issues, family history, etc. asking them to please approve me

I felt the same way. My insurance denied the request for stress test a week ago for cardiologist and Tuesday approved my surgery. Will keep you in my thoughts

September 24

Good luck. I have Aetna...I really thought I would be denied. The surgeon submitted my paperwork on Thursday, and Aetna called and approved yesterday. I hope things work out for you!

I received an email yesterday from surgeons office saying that the insurance company called them and approved my surgery. 5 days wait...and on a long holiday weekend. Boy was I surprised!

They submit where you started and what weight you are now. I was just approved for my surgery and my bmi is 37