Van_canucks

to make a long story short i have been over wieght all my life but im bigbone and carry my weight well, 2 years ago i was diagnosed with type 2 diabettes im 5"10" 280 i was wondering if lap band is covered by medical? i work for the provincial goverment so my medical(blue cross) isnt to bad. and my other question is how long is the wait list? my cousin is getting the other surgery i believe where the staple your stomach and she has been waiting 2 years already and this is the one in victoria doctor... am planning on talking to my doctor in three months when i get my regular blood work done.... any help would be appreciated to tell me what to expect and maybe the steps to follow.... i have high blood pressure along with diabettes and alittle depression so i dont know how they score u for the surgery thanks for your time Van_canucks

is it me our do everyone feels that our goverment is just plain stupid? in wich i mean thatthey do not support the lap band so they rather have obese/overweight people get to type2 diabetes and high blood pressure so we just flood the doc with visit instead of dealing with our problems and paying for these medical procedures? US as CANADIANS need to all get on the smae page and start writing our msp and our goverment to ask WHY? my 2 cents i am sure there is a million topics about this

gilbert if u have msn u can add me love to chat instead of messages on a forum Muck_muk@hotmail.com and anybody else who wants to chat please feel free to add me thanx

is there any type of weight loss surgery that is covered through medical?

thnaks gilbert for responding....i thought i heard on the news about the rise of obesity that msp was going to start to cover this?

well i have been big as far as i can remember, currently 280 about 5"10" big i am very big bone, went to a liver specialist told me to come back when i weigh 160 HAHAHAHH when i was 19 i was weighed in Water and bone,muscle, water i weigh 200 now that i have a lil guy i want to be around for him so i want to get this surgery done so i was wondering if anybody got this procedure done in bc at all.. im up north in prince george any help would be greatful van_canucks