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May 15th hooray!!!

Good deal. I would just bug the ins. coordinator every few days or at least once a week, and ask her point blank if she had sent the info. Hooray, My surgery date is May 15th. I think my BMI is about 43.5. I am also a poster child with most all the comorbidities. I should have done this years ago, but have always been a chicken. I have a stress test sched. for this Friday. My cardiologist insists, and he is right as I am sure the surgeon and his team will want it before surgery. I just hope it doesn't show anything needing attention. I hate stress tests.

I got my approval letter from Cigna on Good Friday. Called my surgeon and got a date of May 15 for lap band surgery. It has been a long time coming. I am so glad the wait is almost over. yeah.:thumbup:I have a cardiac stress test scheduled for this Fri. Wish me luck, I really hate stress tests, but if I can live through it again , I should be able to survive anything.

Lellow and Juli, you guys are so brave. I hope that I will be half as brave when my turn comes.

Bethany. I do have good news for you. Cigna seems to work pretty quickly after they get the info. Just call and make sure that they get the paperwork. That was my biggest problem. The MDs office would say that it had been sent. I would call Cigna and they didn't have it yet. It was not fun. The last thing to happen, Cigna requested some additional info. My MDs office said they sent it. I kept calling. Finally the MDs office gave me the phone # for the copy co. that was to copy and send the info. from my chart I called and the copy co. was waiting for Cigna to send $30 . I gave them the money.( I doubt that Cigna would ever pay for the records.) I called Cigna , and they got the info the next day , it took about 2 weeks to get it approved.

Good luck to you. I have been through all the hoops and got the ok letter from Cigna today. Yea! It has been a long road as you know. I think that I have had more problems with my drs. offices than I have had with Cigna. It is so hard to get things done when it is not someone else priority. Now hopefully I can get scheduled for the surgery soon. I have been working on this for about 2 yrs. now. Some complications and delays due to 2 hurricanes in this area, a change in insurance mid way plus several weeks waiting for info to be send to Cigna or from another MD office to the surgeon, so hang in and it will happen.

I live in Orange Tx. Not banded yet , but working on insurance approval. Hope to get band before end of this yr.

I am a newby to forums and computers in general so if I make mistakes, please overlook. I am a little older at 52. I have lots of health problems caused by the obesity , diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and others. :eek: I hope to get banded by the end of the yr. I am in process of getting insurance approval ,or not.Great WESTand they require a 6mo medically supv. wt. loss program, psyche eval., nutritional consult. I have done most, but have one more vs. with wt loss MD. then we will see. Plan to private pay if denied. I have already enjoyed and learned alot visiting this site. Thanks in advance. I am using Dr. Stan Hahn in Nederland Texas. Can not wait. I am an RN and am taking a break at this time. I have a 2 yr old g-dghter and decided to take some time of to be with her. Fun.Fun to be a maw maw. Current wt. 247. As with most others, I have struggled and dieted for most of my life and I hope that the lap band will help me lose the weight once and for all.