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ok i am having surgery in 18 days, i ws told to loose 17lbs and have only lost 8, my doctor did not put me on any liquid diet, just eat healthy. If i do not loose he will not do surgery. any ideas on what you guys are doing or have done.?

i just wondering, how much of your max out of pocket did you pay the day of surgery?

wow that is great, so what are you doing? shakes, clear liquid? i need help, i have like 10 lbs to go!

so i need ideas, can you give me an example of what you had for liquid diet. i am sick of Protein shakes, i have surgery one month from tomorrow and i am worried that i wont loose the weight

wow we have the same date, good luck with everything!

I am scheduled for Oct 1, i am so nervous, not about the surgery but i am nervous not to loose the weight, i have 17lbs to loose so hopefully everything will fine.

hello everyone, i am kind in the same boat, i need to loose 17lbs by oct1, i am scared that i won't, so i have started today, i dont even know what to eat, i have protein shakes ans jello but i need some ideas, ans also how much did you guys loose on you pre-op diet and how long did it take?

hello, i am new to the forum, i got aproved by insurance already and i am scheduled for surgery oct 1, i am having a little hard time starting on diet, i have to loose 17 pounds:w00t:

congrats cajunmama, i got aproved couple of weeks ago too by uhc but my surgery is not unti sep 24, it seems like a long ways but it getting here and i am servous because i have to loose 17 pound and i am afraid not do it. good luck

I think it just depends on what plan you have, i just got aproved 1 week ago and I did have 5 yeears of medical history but they only requested 1 so that is all that i send in , and i was aproved in 2 days, the only thing i had to do was 8 weeks of a programs that its called healthy roads, so i am just waiting to set a date for surgery.

:ohmy:I have been working on getting aproved with uhc, i started my process in april, submitted to the insurance in tuesday on got aproved today, i am like in shock because i have so many mixed feelings about the whole thing, but i have to stay possitive and be ready for this.:thumbup:

I am in the process of being aproved for surgery, i am a little confused because my max upt of pocket is $4000 with $750 deductible, however the doctors office tells me i just need to pay my deductible before surgery but then they changed it and told me i need to pay $2000, but the insurance tells me i only pay deductable and i have to wait to be billed after surgery, any advice?

no they just told me that they needed 2k before surgery but insurance tell me not too, so i am so confused

Insurance told me that i need to do a program called healthy roads wich i only need one more week to complete but the dr's office told me that i the insurance requires me to do a 6 month supervised diet by my regular dr, i called insurance and they told me i dont nee to do that and dr keeps on telling me something different, what do i do?

Thank you for your reply, i also have uhc choice plus and i had to do a program called Healthy Roads for 8 weeks, so as far as I know that is the only requirement the insurance has.

did any of you guys have to do the healthy road program? they told me i have to do 6 month program before even submitting my paperwork.

hello, i am new to the forum but i am running into the same problem, I have UHC also, i had my first consultation yesterday and i was told that everything looked good and that my insurance did not require a 6 month diet, well today i go in to talk to the nutritionist and the insurance lady told me that i have to have a 6 month diet before even submitting and that uhc emailed her saying that as of May 1 they were requiring this, so i am kind of bummed,

congrats valjay, i also have united health care and have my first app with my doctor in 2 weeks, so tell me a little more about your process, how long did it take you and what did you have to do.