jadedjunk

I had many obstacles along the way to approval. Find out all the requirments from the Insurance and start to mark them off the list one at a time. I started this process in Feb of 2008. I had to have a 5 year history as to my weight during that time. I had only tried weightloss on my own and not really through the Dr , but he had advised me a few times about I needed to lose weight. I had 4 surgeries on my feet and that Dr had done the same. So I went to each of my Drs and got weight history and letters of reccomendation from each. Followed the nutritionist program for 6 months required by my WLS Dr and on Sept 23 had my Band. If you have an underlying conditions, sleep apnea diabetes foot or knee problems and so on High blood pressure. All these things need to be put in the letters and how the surgery would greatly reduce your overall medical costs and complications in the future and save the ins company money in the longrun. You have to get specific to get the approval. Just my experience. Thanks Jill

I was banded Sept 23, 2008 I have lost 53 lbs :smile: and have about 72 to go. I'm on my 4th fill at 6.8 in a 10cc band. Don't go back on solids til tomorrow. So not really sure how much I will be able to eat. Mornings are slow for me, can't have much more than my coffee and vitamins. Lunch and afternoon are pretty okay and dinner is good too, night is usually a no no as I need to have room for my evening vitamins and meds. I work at getting in the right calories and protien in for each day. I do slip sometimes and thats okay cuz now I'm able to get right back up and go again. I usually try to trick my body my eating different amounts different days of the week so my body doesn't go into starvation mode. Some foods just don't agree with me now, like lunch meat, cake, most breads, tortillias, Its okay though because those were my down fall before the surgery. Thanks for listening. LOVE LIGHT and LAUGHTER JILL