emily111

So today is my 2nd day on the liquid diet. I am doing pretty good. I am now thinking of food food food lol. I thought they were crazy at first when they said that I need 2 weeks on liquids BEFORE the surgery.. I mean really I thought if I can do that then why do i need the surgery? BUT I have to think of it like this.. In normal without the surgery you can go a while with no food and u may loose weight but u will just gain it back. So 2 weeks wont kill me :shades_smile: Anyways I bought sugar free pudding and jello, milk, protein water, protein shakes, slimfast optima and chicken broth.. but all i want is pizza lol. OK so we will see how I do until the 16th.. I am sooo excited!!!! woohooo Surgery in 9 days!!!

Well my BMI was in the 30s my insurance would not approve me at that.. so I had to gain 15 pounds and then we messured me at 5"1 instead of 5"2. So If I lost 2 pounds I would have been disqualified since I have no health problems. So my 6 month diet was basically the first time in my life I wasnt dieting. I have heard that alot of ins wont approve u for lapband if your BMI is over 50 so make sure its like 49 before u submit. Also if I were you I would skip the 6 month diet get a letter from your PCP then you write a letter and I would even just pay the 400.00 for the lawyer to help... but I cant stand the stress of the 6 months it almost killed me... during that 6 months my dad died suddenly.. I found out I had cervical cancer.. I just had a hard 6 months But I will have my surgery soon and they are starving me now on this liquid diet so I lost 4 pounds in 2 days :cool2: But I am weak and sick feeling. I dont know how I will go with no food until the 16th!!

I was approved in 2 business days with bcbs of mn. my surgery is on july 16th!!!!!!! I had to do the 6 month diet. I did it with my pcp and the nutritionist at the center. I also got a letter from my pcp and wrote my own life history letter I wanted to be prepared since my bmi is 40 with no health problems

I have my pre op on the 9th and my surgery on the 16th... I am on a liquid only diet for 2 weeks.. I am starving!!!

ugh I know what you are feeling i went through it a week ago. I was so nervous and sick I could not even sleep!!! But I was approved 2 business days later :tt1: Soooo just try to stay calm and try to think about something else to keep your mind busy and know if your denied you can ask your dr to do a peer to peer and if that doesnt work theres the appeal :tt1: congrats in advance!! My surgery is scheduled for july 16th wooohoooo

im nauseus also... i think this is normal since we r not eating

The only light mayo I will eat is KRAFT light.. the lid is light blue and I am soooo picky with mayo but in my opinion this is the only one i have tasted that taste the same as the full fat mayo :tt1: even my husband agrees and he hates anythign diet :tt1:

So today is my 2nd day on the liquid diet. I am doing pretty good. I am now thinking of food food food lol. I thought they were crazy at first when they said that I need 2 weeks on liquids BEFORE the surgery.. I mean really I thought if I can do that then why do i need the surgery? BUT I have to think of it like this.. In normal without the surgery you can go a while with no food and u may loose weight but u will just gain it back. So 2 weeks wont kill me :thumbup: Anyways I bought sugar free pudding and jello, milk, protein water, protein shakes, slimfast optima and chicken broth.. but all i want is pizza lol. OK so we will see how I do until the 16th.. I am sooo excited!!!! woohooo Surgery in 9 days!!!

hmm mine did not tell me to tell ppl... but i tell ppl anyways :tt1: I am so happy I am having the surgery and although strangers dont need to know I like to tell my family and friends because if not I fill like I will expload lol.. I dont have any kids though so I dont know how I would handle that.. I think its great u told them ur having surgery because you never know what might happen :tt1:

hmm well its ok so far I have been approved it took them 1 week to send to the ins. and i was approved in 2 days. Honestly If i could start over I would go to houston. But I dont know Im having my surgery july 16th so I can tell you more after that :tt1:

mine is on the 16th also woohooo!!!

I gave my papers to the surgeons office on june 23rd and they filled friday the 27th i had an approval on monday the 30th so 2 days for me also.. I am so happy it was such a long 7 months.. Surgery is july 16th woohooo

I just got the call from the Bariatric Center and she said they sent the info to bcbs of MN last night. So I called blue cross and they said they dont see it yet but thats normal and I should wait a few days. I am sooooo nervous. I cant sleep and I eat more because I am stressed out!!! I have all my plans though if I am denied my doctor will do a Peer to Peer first.. And just to let yall know this is what anyone should do before the appeal my doctor said she had only been denied the peer to peer once since she has been doing them. So if I am denied with the peer to peer I already emailed the obesitylaw.com for the appeal so I am just waiting sick with a headach and no sleep!!! lol I hate the insurance!!! Anyone waiting like I am?

April.. I did not have my weight history so I took and wrote a very long letter with all of my weights and diets from the age of 12 to now then i had about 12 signatures from all my family and friends who knew me. So I guess this is what got me approved :thumbup:

12 days?? Hmm so ur on the 16th? Thats my surgery date :thumbup: I was just approved a few days ago I am sooo excited. :eek: Congrats

thanks!! My surgery is scheduled!!!! JULY 16th!!!!!!!!!! I start my liquids tomorrow!!!! :lol: :thumbup:

APPROVED!!!! I just talked to the insurance and they said that as far as she can see I was approved yesterday and I will recieve the letter in the mail and I have until june 2009 to have the surgery!!! ha like i would wait that long!! lol yeaaaah

lol im sooo happy for you I hope I get that call!!!!!!!!! I wish!!!!! Im waiting!!!!!!

Ugh I know what you are talking about.. I am still waiting the dr office said they would send it on friday.. this is after they told me they sent it on tues. So I am just waiting.. but if they deny you (or me) then it will just be time for an appeal :wink_smile:

thats before you do the appeal you can ask your doctor to do a peer to peer (she will know what you are talking about) and then she will call the ins. person working on your file and try to explain why you need this surgery. My doctor said she has only been denied in a peer to peer once. So from what I understand it works pretty good :wink_smile:

OK so I did all I am supposed to do. I have my 6month diet also 5 months with a nutrtionist. I did the sleep apt study. I did the phyc eval. I did everything I had to do. So its time to file on the 23rd (my patient advocate is out until then) and I was reading over the requirements for bcbs of MN and it says 2 year weight history. Hmmm why didnt my patient advocate mention this as a big deal? So I call bcbs of MN and they say oh yea that will be a problem if you dont have a weight history. So now I am freaked!!!! I found one doctor apt and guess what I was on a diet at the time and my BMI is 36. Right now my BMI is 41 with no co morbities. I am so scared I will be denied. I know yall know from my other post that my dad just died and I am having such a hard time in general and this 6 month thing has been so stressful I actually gained weight on it. :teeth_smile: SO please give me your experience with this. What happened to you if you didnt have the weight history or history but under the 40 BMI? SOmeone help calm me down please :biggrin: I am so nervous I feel sick and I know all I can do is wait but I guess hear the experience of other will help :biggrin:

my insurace has a 10 day period they have to respond in. check your policy book on pre approvals or just call and ask how long they have to respond.. I hope they dont say something like 30 days ugh I would have an ulcer by that time lol

I have bcbs of MN and they told me (its also in the policy book) that they only have 10 days to approve or deny. I just gave all my paper work today to the center and now I will just wait Im sooo nervous I am sick really.

wow thanks bxlisa. That really helped I was thinking of doing that. I mean I did everything they asked and I never once thought that the weight history would be a problem. I do have one apt. with my OB dr but my BMI was only 36 like I said before I have lost all the weight in the past I just gain it all back later. I am going to write this nice letter and have everyone I know sign it and include there phone number I will also look for pics even though I never took any when I was over weight if one was taken I would throw it away lol. Good ideals really :rolleyes2: I also decided to have an appeal letter ready so if they deny me I can just say here you go I have been through heck this past 6 months because of them.