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Hey, I have UHC with Best Buy (DH is Manager at BB). We had 5 plans to choose from and I chose the 4th plan knowing that I wanted this surgery and it paid 90%. I felt lucky getting that...wow i couldn't imagin 100%!!! NurseTeresa, I am so sorry to hear of the trouble you are having. I know you are a full-time nurse and mom, but if you could swing a part-time job at somewhere that offers insurance like Best Buy then you could get the surgery and have it paid for 90%...I know that sounds crazy, but it would be worth it in the long run to work a couple of months to get approved and get the surgey done and then quit. Sounds mean, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Let me know how it goes!

DId you find out about UHC, I have UHC and they are paying 90% no questions asked really. My surgeon got a pre-auhorization and that was it....I am in TN though, it may be different. They have several plans though, and different plans cove different things. I called everyday until I got my approval, it took them 2 weeks. I started the whole process on Jan 2, and am getting banded On Feb 20th, I thought that was pretty quick. Stay on them....call the back of your card, and speak to someone, they can tell you 100% without question what you are covered for. Good luck!!!

That is too funny....love the pic

Thanks for all the suggestions...I am printing this off and adding them to my list. Some of them I hadn't thought of. I am hoping as far as the cost, that my insurance will pick up the fills. They pay 90% of my procedure and I have a $1500 out of pocket max for the year...so that will do it after surgery, so I am hoping they will pay for fills. Does getting fills hurt? They said it feels like a bee sting....sorry I am a little scared, can ya tell?

Hey everyone... I am getting banded on Feb 20th. (monday). My employer says I have 3 days including surgery day. So that means....I will be back at work Wed or Thursday. I work a desk job that is minimal movement unless I want to and our office is so small it is really impacted when I am not there so I feel kind of obligated to get back to work asap! What do you all think, can I go back to work on WED? I have had laporoscopy surgery getting my appendix removed and for endometriosis....and did alright with it...but this is totally different. What do you guys think?

I wore low-riders jeans when I was about 107 lbs 6 years ago...but since I have packed on the weight I haven't been able to...gosh writing that hurts...I use to weigh 100 lbs less 6 years ago......no wonder my marraige has gotten a little cold....my goodness i never realized that til I just wrote it, I have gained 100 lbs since I was married!!!!! Anway...back to the low rise jeans...that is something I plan to get into again as soon as I lose some weight maybe the 150 lb range. I go commando when i don't want panty lines!!!

I am getting banded by Dr Morton in Nashville and was just wondering if anyone had been banded by him. I hear he is a great surgeon.

HI, I am so sorry to hear of all of this happening to you. I too had a similar experience in 2004. I was 26 and they found a large mass with blood flow through it on my cervix. I had to wait 2 weeks to find out if it was cancer or not. They sent me down to the Vanderbilt Cancer center to meet with a specialist. Walking through the doors was the scariest thing I had ever done. I cried just thinking about it. I had an 8 month old daughter and all I could think about was her. BUT.....I had good news delivered to me from the specialist...she was 99% sure that it was not cancer after looking at my biopsy. So they treated me for endometriosis and It started to shrink. The reason I told you this is because it can come back to be good news, just because they suspect it doesn't mean 100% that you have cancer. I will pray for you and your husband and may God give you the strength you need. Let us all know how things go!

Thanks for the concern guys...my Dr only does surgery on Mon, Tues, and Wed. and he was booked up on the Tues and Wed, and I would have had to wait 2 more weeks to get the surgery....and I am so ready to get it done! I think I am going to come in on WED for a 1/2 day and see how I feel. I had a c-section and was walking at the mall 5 days later, so maybe I will be ok. I don't know...I might have to have a coming to Jesus meeting with the Boss!!!

Hey everyone, I am getting banded on Feb, 20th and I have so much anxiety about it. I want to get this done, but I have read so much about infections, port pain, slippage, and thats only to name a few. I am really nervous, excited...but nervous. I go Feb 8th to have my pre-op appointment, I guess this is where they will put me on the 2 week pre-op diet. Is it really all liquids? Will someone post back with some insight as to what is a normal experience and calm my nerves some. I have had to take sleeping pills b/c I get so worked up thinking about everything at night. Don't get me wrong I want to do this, I just am a little scared!! I am having Dr Charles Morton do my surgery in Nashville, TN! Current weight: 210 lbs Height: 5'4 :omg:

I am getting banded on the 20th of Feb.....so I know the excitement you are feeling!! Good luck and keep on the boards!

Thanks Everyone....you have given me a better feeling about surgery. I have slept good the last 2 nights now without sleeping pills...so I think I am doing better. I have experienced the "every meal is my last" every since I got my approval.....I have to stop that! I will end up gaining 10 more pounds before I go in for surgery. Well....I start the Pre-op diet on Feb 9th....soooooooo we will see. I have alot of support so I think it will be OK. I will keep in touch!

My DR has not given me my diet yet....I guess I will get that when I go in on the 8th. We will have to keep in touch since we are getting it on the same day. Good luck!

Hey, I am waiting to hear back from insurance but Dr morton is who I am going through....So wwhen did you get banded???? Yesteray I think I read. WOW...I am so interested in how things went and what you feel right now. Please keep me up to date on how you are. I am hoping to get banded mid Feb.

I too am a new user. I don't have a scheduled date yet, I am waiting to hear from my Insurance. I spoke to them this morning and they said it would be 30 to 40 days to be approved, but they did not see why I would be turned down. I am so nervous but excited...I daydream everyday of wearing my "skinny" clothes again...and being excited about going out with friends. I can't wait to have my confidence back again. I love reading how much everyone has lost. Has anyone had a lap-band surgery in Tennessee? I am having Dr Morten in Nashville do mine. He has done over 500 and is a proctor for the Lap-band. I feel confident in his work.

I am also a new user on this site. I went for my consultation for my lapband on January 3, 2006. I was told that I have a 35.8 BMI and I have high blood pressure along with fatty liver, and a huge family history of diabetes. My insurance pays 90% of the surgery if I qualify, which the DR's office said that I do...so now the waiting game. I tell ya I am feeling a little wigged out about all these removals and erosion things i have read. I was under the impression that this was set in for life and that I would most likely have very few problems. I have united health care insurance and the dr's office said that was their easiest carrier to work with. I hope so...keeping my fingers crossed!!! I am 5'3.5 and 206 pounds. Joint pain on my ankles is unbearable. Everyone pray for me. :Bunny