agw504

Hello! Who is your surgeon in Richmond? Dr. Schroder is my surgeon and I am waiting on insurance approval then my surgery will be scheduled! My surgery will be done at St. Marys Hospital.

I am waiting on insurance approval. I currently work in the medical field and Dr. Schroder and Dr. Brengman come highly recommended from the physicians I work with. Dr. Schroder performed my husbands gallbladder surgery and he was very pleased with him. Dr. Schroder and Dr. Brengman have performed over 900 lap band procedures and Dr. Schroder teaches other physicians how to do the lap band procedure. I would highly recommend him. :teeth_smile:

Thanks so much for your response! You are absolutely right! i have a 4 year old daughter and I want to be around to see her children and at this rate I will not. Good luck to you and your approval. This surgery is a very good thing for us and we will succeed!!:thumbup:

Today I finished all the requirements needed to begin the insurance approval process. I have submitted everything to my surgeon and should know in about 10 days whether I am approved or not! I have Cigna HMO and have heard good and bad things regarding approval for surgery. Now that surgery is getting closer, I am nervous about it and excited at the same time. Has anyone else felt this way??? I want to become healthier but am nervous about the procedure, the way my food habits will change, etc. Angela:unsure:

Congratulations! I hope I have the same experience after I am banded. I am in the insurance approval process with Cigna.

You are such an inspration! I am still in the approval process with my insurance agency then I will have a surgery date! Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Did anyone have a problem being authroized for the lap-band with Cigna HMO? I am doing my 6 month diet, have high blood pressure and asthma. I am hoping not to have problems being authorized for surgery. :smile2:

Has anyone attend a support group meeting at St Marys Hospital for the lap band? They say you can attend the meeting prior to having the surgery. I have not gone but am very interested.

I will be having surgery by Dr. Schroder at Richmond Surgical at St. Marys Hospital. I am currently doing my 6 month pre-authorization requirement. I have had my psych eval and met with the dietician at St Marys today. I do not have a surgery date yet but hope to be scheduled for sometime in August.

I am going through the process of my 6 month diet, etc to get approval for my lap band. Just curious if there is anyone else from the area who has been banded or working their way through insurance approval to be banded and what surgeon will be doing their surgery?

I have Cigna HMO through Verizon. Just wondering if anyone else did and if they had a hard time getting approved for surgery. I have had my psych eval and am scheduled for my nutrition eval this week. Also, I have been seeing my primary care doctor now for 4 months and have two more months to go for my supervised diet. I have 2 co-morbidities and have a BMI to qualify. I am getting very excited about this surgery and don't want to be let down by my insurance company. :confused2: