rebekah93

Ah, I understand now. I would love to see your update. I am still trying to understand how it works in order to be approved by Aetna for a surgery. The 3 month program is something Aetna requires you to do before actually being approved for the surgery?

Wow really? That's great news! Where is this information because I was going through the CPB 0157 policy and it says "for adults aged 18 years or oler, presence of persistent severe obesity, documented in comteporaneous clinical records, defined as of the following...." I assumed that because of "presence of persistent severe obesity" they wanted records of my BMI exceeding 40.

Mike4132, When you say 2 years of height/weight info showing obesity levels of weight, does this mean that I need to have 2 years of documented weight info? The last time I went to the doctor, my weight was 230-ish at the height of 5'9 and this was during summer 2013. From late summer 2013-mid 2015 I had issues getting to a doctor about my weight due to the fact that I lived in another state (for college) and the one from my home state was not transferring my records to a new doctor (long story). Ever since I went to college, my weight went up dramatically without me even being aware. I was about 190 when I went and was shocked to see that within 2 months, my weight was up to 230! I didn't overeat and actually ate like I normally did at home. At home, my weight was always stable no matter what I ate. But when I moved to a new area, the food was completley different and more fattening. Well fast forward to 3 years later, I work out, I clean eat and the weight just won't come off. I've successfully lost weight and transformed my body before going to college, but the same methods won't work anymore. I'm worrried that the lack of doctor visits will make it hard to prove my height / weight info showing my obesity levels since I went to college. Does this mean I have to wait another 2 years just to get a surgery with Aetna?