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Hey guys! I'm from Pennsylvania using BCBS. I am 5'3 and 208 lbs at my first weigh in and my doctor says that my severe asthma qualifies me at the 35%+ bmi range. My PCP is overseeing my weigh in appointments and I'm using the local hospitals surgeon for my sleeve. I'm feeling SO confused and hopeless right now. My PCP says I need 6 months of weigh in appointment to be processed for insurance yet the bariatrics coordinator said BCBS had changed and I only need 3. I have my second weigh in appointment on July 6th, so according to the coordinator.. I'm more than half way done and can have surgery in September when I was anticipating January. I am ready to start this journey as soon as possible but at this point I feel so uninformed and distraught. The bariatrics coordinator didn't have much time to speak with me on the phone and my PCP only schedules me 15 minute windows in their book so I hate to take up his other patients time. The bariatric coordinator said that "the seminar will answer all of your questions" yet, the seminar isn't until July 27th. My "final" weigh in will be the first week of august and then they said they can submit for approval and schedule my surgery. Giving me just one week to process everything and decide which surgery (sleeve, bypass, or band) that I want to go with. I'm overwhelmed. I don't have any tests scheduled. I don't know WHAT tests I need to schedule. I don't know I don't what my insurance covers.. I'm becoming hopeless. My bmi is on the low end so I keep rethinking all of this as if I can do it on my own but I've tried and know that this is what's best for me right now. Can anyone give me a vague rundown on what testing I should likely expect and a time line to have them done? Or a basic rundown of what I should be doing as far as prep 2 months from surgery? I haven't told anyone that I'm pursuing a weigh loss procedure which has been my own choice.. but that leaves me in my current situation of having ZERO support. Not medical or family. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

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