hollyncharm

so my dr's office hasnt been of any help. impretty sure i might have sleep apnea so i want to get a sleep study done cause i want o get the surgery and loose the wieght and look great for next summer but i cant get the ball rolling until my insurence aproves it. sleep apnea runs in my family big time and i have problems sleeping so im going to get it checked out. i didnt want to do this but i will i have to (one) cause i cant sleep and i feel super tired all the time and (two) cause i want lapband!!!!! gah!!! so i just need to ger it started.

so i had my assesment and they wanted me to come pick up the letter and mail it to my health insurance company. my health insurance company will only take it if it is directly from the Drs office. the IC wont give the the fax number so i have to give the DR office the phone number to call and get the fax number. the Drs office said that they dont do that stuff becuase they are too busy. i begged and she said that she will try to do it monday. im going to call back on monday and see if it went down or not. this is stupid. if it isnt their job than whos is it? the Drs office doesnt think they IC will take it cause i dont have dibeties, high blood pressure, or sleep apnia(that we know of) but my body mass index is 42. its low..... so i dont know i mean i could have sleep apnia my aut grandma and dad have/had it so its possible but im going to try this first and if they dont take it ill make an apointment.

i have united health care. well i don't think any of them know what they are talking about cause every one is telling me different things.... i don't have to see the Dr i went to but he is my normal Dr. i don't like him but I'm use to him..... i know sleep apnea is inheritable but if i can get approved with out the sleep study I'm gunna try. thank you for the post i really appreciate it! I'm calling my Dr's office in about an hour to start buggin her to call and fax! wish me luck!

so i had my assesment and they wanted me to come pick up the letter and mail it to my health insurance company. my health insurance company will only take it if it is directly from the Drs office. the IC wont give the the fax number so i have to give the DR office the phone number to call and get the fax number. the Drs office said that they dont do that stuff becuase they are too busy. i begged and she said that she will try to do it monday. im going to call back on monday and see if it went down or not. this is stupid. if it isnt their job than whos is it? the Drs office doesnt think they IC will take it cause i dont have dibeties, high blood pressure, or sleep apnia(that we know of) but my body mass index is 42. its low..... so i dont know i mean i could have sleep apnia my aut grandma and dad have/had it so its possible but im going to try this first and if they dont take it ill make an apointment.

i had my approval appointment and the only thing she told me was that i will probably get turned down unless i have sleep apnia. i told her that it sucked i had to pay for her to tell me that. she agreed. my aunt, dad and grandma had sleep apnia and i have some of the symptoms so I'm not SUPER worried about it but i am a little. they typed me a letter to send to the insurance company saying that i have a BMI of 41 but i dont know if it will work or not. i dont want to do the sleep study but i will if the letter doesn't work.

i had my approval appointment and the only thing she told me was that i will probably get turned down unless i have sleep apnia. i told her that it sucked i had to pay for her to tell me that. she agreed. my aunt, dad and grandma had sleep apnia and i have some of the symptoms so I'm not SUPER worried about it but i am a little. they typed me a letter to send to the insurance company saying that i have a BMI of 41 but i dont know if it will work or not. i dont want to do the sleep study but i will if the letter doesn't work.

dmu, thats what im thinking cause if you have to be 40 and above without comorbities and they make me do the diet i wont qaulify anymore.... im about 41 (BMI) as well....

does the pre surgery diets have to do with BMI.... is there any one who had a 40-45 BMI and had the pre-s diet?

yea me too. i don't know what it said either but i know it helps to incorporate a question sometimes, cause then people don't have to try as hard to think of a response. if you just state something i normally just think, "yep i agree...." but that isn't worth posting oh but if i disagree HA you better believe i have things to say! it harder to try not to say anything. you know what i mean?

there is a REALLY informative video on Home its easy to follow and they really make it seem like its not a big deal even if it is surgery. i dont know i havent been banded yet I'm working on it though but that video made me feel more comfortable with it. maybe it will help do the same for your parents.

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i just started to really dig into getting the surgery so i haven't had allot of exposure to UHC but they did tell me that i have to have a DR statement saying that i qualify. so i have scheduled that for may 3rd. after the DR eval. he has to send it to UHC so they can evaluate it and approve it or not. i hope they do. they did say that they cover WLS and the web site said that out patient surgery is covered 80% after the deductible. so i hope that helps some. ill tell you more when i know more.

i know this is off subject a little but.....swim suits!!!! i haven't worn a SS in 2 years and even when i wore the last one i wore a t shirt and shorts over it so it didn't count. ANYWAY last night i was out with my boyfriend and i saw the cutest SS every and i did something that i haven't done for years...i went over and picked it up! even when i did wear swim suits i would buy cheapy ones because i always HAD to buy a new one next year and it just seemed like a waste of $50 if i only could wear the thing 5 times. when i was looking at the at this one last night i decided that it would be very worth it to pay $100 for a SS if i could buy a size 8!!!!! my boyfriend agreed. so this time next year if i have gotten to my goal weight i will be buying my first SS in years and not even looking at the price tag!!!!

i dont know if you ended your last relationship or not but if you did good for you way to take control of your life. thats when you know you really love yourself like you should, when you can do something as hard as breaking up with some one after a relationship! as for the new guy heck yes i love seeing happy new couples! chubby is ok. with my experience they are the ones who try the hardest and will treat you best. unless they get too full of themselves but i would never make them feel bad about their appearances even if they were an ass hole!

im testing my ticker if it isnt there please help me!

so i was brushing my teeth last night and looking in the mirror and all of a sudden it just hit me, "i could be having surgery:whatchutalkingabout ..." and i got so scared. i have been ok with the idea for about a week or so but last night it just felt like i have been repressing the reality. but now this morning I'm in between about it. yea its surgery and I'm scared but it doesn't stop at the surgery. the surgery is my first step to many awesome things so like everything else life changing the first step is the scariest but ya have to take it. but yea i just thought id tell you about that. i wander what brushing my teeth had to do with anything?

great! i have been freaking out about the surgery. you didn't even remember it. that makes me feel like 30 degrees better! I'm so glad everything is going well.

so i was brushing my teeth last night and looking in the mirror and all of a sudden it just hit me, "i could be having surgery:whatchutalkingabout ..." and i got so scared. i have been ok with the idea for about a week or so but last night it just felt like i have been repressing the reality. but now this morning I'm in between about it. yea its surgery and I'm scared but it doesn't stop at the surgery. the surgery is my first step to many awesome things so like everything else life changing the first step is the scariest but ya have to take it. but yea i just thought id tell you about that. i wander what brushing my teeth had to do with anything?

so i have been like super scared about the idea of surgery so to make myself feel more at ease with it i have made it a point to tell every person i know and have come in contact with for about a week now. out of like 40 there was only one guy who said that i shouldn't and he only said that cause he wouldn't pay money for it but i sure would so i ignored him! my friends all said that they are proud of me for being so brave (ha ha I'm so not brave) and that they are excited because i deserve to be thin. isn't that nice!? so I'm excited. i think i have encouraged a few people to get banded as well, or at lease planted the seed in their brain. i have gotten allot of "exercise and eatless..." and i told them (with the dirtiest look i could make) "i have been over weight since i was 5, i have been on every diet possible i even go to the gym on my lunch break at work, and you think i haven't tried?!!" they usually don't say much after that. i have been afraid that people will think I'm wimping out of hard work but you know what it isn't their metabolism and they don't know my body so heck with them ill do it how i want and look hell of allot better than them when I'm don't.

good luck!!!!! i hope everything goes even better than you thought! just think after today you will be on your way to thin city!!!

thank you so much for your help. i have called the insurance company and they told me that they cant be sure of an amount to tell me because i haven't been approved yet. so i will go to the Dr and get approved. until then i guess ill just save as much as i can.

ok so I'm thinking I'm going to go with Dr Allen at Norton's. maybe. my insurance is funny and i don't know what they will pay and i don't know how much the whole things costs so i cant save for it accurately. can any one help me?