chrisie

ok i get it megee hospital it must have been to early for me lol well thats good u'r pc was so helpful...don't be nervous i look at pictures of myself when i get nervous and think can what will i weight in 10 years if i don't do this now..... if you ever need someone to talk to i'm here i have msn messenger and you can always email me i'm a great listener thecepeks@yahoo.com:eek:

:thumbup:I have empire bcbs which covers 90%

Whats the megee program i don't understand I went to my meeting with my reg md and she sent me over to see dr marley and he sent me to a seminar and had me call all these places to verify my insurance will cover and then the rn called me back and said i can't believe your insurance dosent need you to do 100 things we better just do all these things anyway i was like well i have a copay can we just do what they want, which my bmi is 42 so they feel i'm qualified but i don't know my husband told me if they don't want to get me through to go somewhere else but i live in the area and windber is so close ok i know i sound a little winey lol however i have been dieting forever i first looked into this in 2006 and i promised my family to give the weight watchers another try and to seriously think about the comittment that this surgery will be so i have i guess thats why it's like common lol i love that there is so much information on these boards it's a great help i have met a few people who go to the meetings at windber and thats such a big relief to have people to talk to..

how long did it take from the time you inquired about surgery to actually have the surgery done?

thanks so much for emailing me can you email me direct I want to follow up with you i'm sure it is going fast by now!! I'm so excited i feel like i'm getting the run around with the rn i called my insurance and they said i'm approved but the rn said call back in two months i was like what! she said well we have to schedule you and i'm busy can you believe that shes busy lol

I want to thank everyone who has been blogging me back you all are so wonderful thanks chris i'm so really glad you replied :thumbup:because it really helped me today my insurance company chenged the rules kinda peed me but it's ok every oct my husbands company gives us the option to choose his coverage we opted to bump up one because of me wanting this operation which will cover a little more i believe but now they are saying they need the following let me know if you peeps know anything about it.....The patient must have actively participated in non-surgical methods of weight reduction; these efforts must be fully appraised by the physician requesting :wink2:authorization for surgery Is this the 6 month thing? I have records from weight watchers from this year and last year and bariatrics center 2 years ago so now i'm confused ... let me know what you think.. i'm glad i have you all god bless you!!! oh and my insurance is through empire bcbs yep pepsi employee lol

Hi all my name is chrisie i'm just getting started in the process of lap band surgery i'm excited to have a blog and hope to meet alot of people who can help me and in return i can help them.. but for now i just want to have my surgery day i have been overweight all my life only once in life have i lost more the 20 pds but i was in fat camp my ex was a marine and he ran me to death it was actually very unhealthy but i gained it all back and here i am ready for a new me :thumbup:I'm excited and scared all at once as it seems everyone is so many people have emailed me already and i thank them from the bottom of my heart it's definetly a journey that needs alot of support.. :cry_smile: if your starting your adventure like me please lets chat i really need it and i'm sure the same way if your a bander we need to chat you are the mentors of how and what to expect.. support is the best thing...

:tt1:Hi all last nite i went to my seminar which was so great! I talked to my insurance company and i have to do the 5 year thing they didn't say anything about the 6 months program so many have told me about. I talked to the dr and told him i wasn't sure if i wanted to do it before my cruise my husband got us a cruise and i'm scared to have my lap band done and get sick ugh but then the dr said lets get the ball rolling get what you need and get the insurance approved and we will get you were you need to be and this is so amazing to me he said if it's all done before your cruise which is his goal not mine lol said we will loosen your band so you don't get sick isn't he wonderful:rolleyes2: i was so excited so today i got on the phone and the rn called me and said I was the first patient to ever leave a seminar at 8pm and by 10am the next morning have everything back to her! I was like well I'm going for it!! woohhoo i hope i can keep this enthusiam up lol:w00t:

Hi all last nite i went to my seminar which was so great! I talked to my insurance company and i have to do the 5 year thing they didn't say anything about the 6 months program so many have told me about. I talked to the dr and told him i wasn't sure if i wanted to do it before my cruise my husband got us a cruise and i'm scared to have my lap band done and get sick ugh but then the dr said lets get the ball rolling get what you need and get the insurance approved and we will get you were you need to be and this is so amazing to me he said if it's all done before your cruise which is his goal not mine lol said we will loosen your band so you don't get sick isn't he wonderful i was so excited so today i got on the phone and the rn called me and said I was the first patient to ever leave a seminar at 8pm and by 10am the next morning have everything back to her! I was like well I'm going for it!! woohhoo i hope i can keep this enthusiam up lol

Hi all my name is chrisie i'm just getting started in the process of lap band surgery i'm excited to have a blog and hope to meet alot of people who can help me and in return i can help them.. but for now i just want to have my surgery day i have been overweight all my life only once in life have i lost more the 20 pds but i was in fat camp my ex was a marine and he ran me to death it was actually very unhealthy but i gained it all back and here i am ready for a new me :thumbup:I'm excited and scared all at once as it seems everyone is so many people have emailed me already and i thank them from the bottom of my heart it's definetly a journey that needs alot of support.. if your starting your adventure like me please lets chat i really need it and i'm sure the same way if your a bander we need to chat you are the mentors of how and what to expect.. support is the best thing...

Hi i'm from the johnstown area and excited to be going for my first apt on the 16th hoping everything goes quickly this is such a huge step let me know how you did!!! oh ya if you ever need a massage you can email me lol i own a place in jtown.....

Hi my names chrisie i'm considering the same dr how did you do? can you tell me how it was? my email is thecepeks@yahoo.com i'm from johnstown