Hi new here. I have pomco insurance and they required 6 months also of counseling. Nd my nutritionist said 3 months in that she would approve me now if she could I asked her if there was any way around it she said to call liz( person that deals with submitting paper work to insurance) and 2 weeks later she said I was approved my bmi was also low @ 36 and I thought I wasn't gonna be approved either. But my surgery was 2 1/2 weeks after she told me I was approved so it was on sec 2nd and I came home today on Friday dec 4th