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Waiting is hard. It's been 1 week since Mary subitted my final paperwork to Aetna. I know it will take more time to get an approval, but I reeeeeealy want an answer now. I even started the liquid diet last Thursday so that when the approval comes in maybe I can get in for the surgery sooner. Do any of you have Aetna? If so, how long did it take for you to get your approval after the final paperwork was sent in? Happy Monday!

I want to be a Shrinking Shamrock.

I use Calorie-Count.com. I can log my food (and tag things I eat on a regular basis), keep track of calories, protein, fat, carbs etc. I can also log my excercise and keep a graph of my weight loss. It helps determine how many calories you need to consume each day to meet your weight loss goals.

Prices vary depending on location. At St Johns in Springfield, MO, self pay is 17K for lapband and 26K for bypass. The 17K includes one year of fills.

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I finished the last of my insurance required Dr/Nut/Excercise appointments last week and the final paperwork is being submitted to Aetna tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that they will approve quickly but the patient coordinator says Aetna is the slowest company to respond so it may be 3 to 4 weeks before I get an answer. If they take too long, it might be April before I can be banded.

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I'm already part of the February Excercise challege on the OH board. I'm working on at least 1000 minutes of excercise this month; 175 completed so far.

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I feel your pain maziemommy. I'm going in tomorrow morning for $3000 in bridge work. :-(

Hi Maziemommy: If you have any problems getting in to see your dentist, try Dr Rosen. His office is at 2740 S Glenstone Ave. When I first went to see him it was on an emergency basis and they were able to fit me in. Good luck. Karen

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Does he have a brother who'd be willing to commute to Missouri?? :biggrin:

Good Morning Grannyk: If you're going through St John's, fills are free for the first year for self pay patients. Good luck!

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1. Learn to dance. 2. Fall in love.

You said you will have insurance in July. Most insurance companies require anywhere from 3 to 6 months of doctor supervised diet and excercise before they will approve the surgery. Do you know what your company requires? This would be a great opportunity to get those requirements out of the way. Start the Dr supervised diet now and you will have met the requirements by the time you're covered. Good luck!

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I've never tried Sparkpeople and Dailyplate. I use Calorie-Count.com and really like it. I can log both food and excercise there.

Hi Justin: Are you allergic to eggs? If not, you can get egg white Protein. It's all protein, no carbs or cholesterol and can be mixed into just about anything. I order mine from SportProtein.com .

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If you're going through St Johns in Springfield, Katie Waldron will do the psych eval. She's really nice and the evaluation is nothing to stress about. I don't know about the Ft Wood area. KJL

I'm paying the price for the holidays. Up 1.5 pounds. :party: Time to get back to eating right. 2 more months of doctor supervised diet/exercise and I'd better have something to show the insurance company I can stick to the rules so they'll approve my band. I am going to make 2008 a great year whether it wants to be or not! Happy New Year! Karen

Hi Maziemommy: It's good to hear you survived cooking cutting day unscathed. The holidays are a tough time to get thru with food everywhere. I spent last weekend with the aunts, uncles and cousins and enough food to feed an army and tomorrow will be with my brother's family and MORE food. I'm not banded yet and it's hard to resist. I had my sleep study on Friday night and it confirmed I have severe sleep apnea. I need to go back one more night to be fitted with a CPAP. It will be so nice to to get a decent night's sleep and not feel more tired when I wake up than I did when I went to bed. :notagree How's you're Mom doing? Is she home for Christmas? Everyone have a Happy Holiday! Karen

I also have Aetna (PPO). My BMI is 41 so I was worried it would drop too low and Aetna would use that as an excuse to deny coverage, but I just did a sleep study which confirmed I have severe sleep apnea, so I am safe down to 35 BMI. Kind of pathetic when we're glad to have a serious health problem. Insurance companies make this a very weird world. :phanvan Karen