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Just got my Surgery date for October 4th for bypass! I have been overweight my entire life and have had health issues from it for at least 15 years. I am super excited but it was like “ It just got real!” Good luck and good health to everyone!

I am Preop with surgery date of 10/4/18. I usually cook a big Thanksgiving dinner, and we have a more low-key dinner at Christmas. I am considering switching that up this year since I will only be about seven weeks post op at Thanksgiving. I plan to make all the things we normally have, but a smaller amount of each. Plenty of places I can leave out butter and/or fats and sugar that no one will ever even notice. I will have a bit of turkey and a bite or 2 of sides. This is my plan as of now. We shall see what changes once I’m post op!

I’m having RNY not the sleeve, but I have surgery date 10/4/2018!

I researched and verified all the requirements for my Cigna insurance before getting started. I started my process on May 29, 2018. This was my first of the 90 days worth of appointments for medically supervised diet. I attended seminar on June 10, and saw surgeon for initial on June 26. I attended my nutrition class, for my psych eval. Then on July 15,2018, Cigna put out a NEW policy on Bariatric surgery coverage and requirements. Really?? Who does that in the middle of the year?? Anyway.. the new policy does not require the 90 days anymore. It requires a letter stating you have failed medical weight loss in the past and that it is medically necessary and that you are cleared for surgery. No mention of records to back that letter up. So, I called CIGNA to find out how long the letter needs to state that has been a problem, and if records are needed to go along with it. All they can tell me is that records are not listed as a requirement. In a way this put me ahead of the game, because my last weight-loss appointment isn’t scheduled until the last day of August. My paperwork was submitted to Cigna yesterday. Has anyone had to deal with this since July of this year with the changes to the Cigna policy?

I got my approval today! I called around noon and was told they had it and it was under Nurse review and I should have a decision by Friday. About 2 hours later I went on the portal to look up something about the mail order pharmacy and it had updated to APPROVED! They took less than 4 full business days. I am thankful and amazed!