losergrl75

Hello Everyone! I am scheduled to be sleeved 01/14/16!

That is awesome!!

My doctor had asked me to lose between 5 to 10% of my body weight during my 6 months (12-24lbs) which would have had me right at the 40bmi my insurance required. Well, I started out doing really well and lost quite a bit the first 3 months. I gained some of that back months 4 and 5 so in the end I only lost 5 lbs total and was nervous I would be denied. However, my doctor said that my insurance was not necessarily looking for a certain amount of weight loss per se but moreso that I had tried a 6 month medically supervised weight management program. I am not sure whether or not this varies by insurance, bmi etc. but mine was approved even with the small amount I lost over the 6 months.

Thank you all for your replies and help. This is the first time I've been off for longer than a day or two for anything medical, so I've never needed to apply for FMLA. I'm also on my preop diet which has me on edge lol

Thanks all, that makes me feel a lot better!

There isn't anyway they can try to deny it based on the type of surgery , can they? I just was worried they might try to say this is an elective surgery , after I've put an entire year's worth of work getting it approved by my insurance.

I feel you, my surgery is scheduled for the 14th as well and I am struggling on my pre-op diet. Everyone kept saying it gets easier after day 3, I'm still waiting for the easy part to kick in lol Good luck, we can do this ! I just keep telling myself get thru it one day at a time!

Good luck!

Scheduled for 01/14/16 , I went to my seminar last February so the process has taken almost a year. Excited and nervous at the same time!