meanmom04

Mississippi here too....still fighting with insurance company but yeap total cost is over 27,000 and using Dr. Girod if insurance would hurry up and give me a approval

still NO!!! the surgery office said they submitted every over 3 weeks ago and insurance company is saying they did not get any paper work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! getting so tried of all of this...other ladies were I work got their approvals in just a matter of days after they submitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it has been 8 years since I have decided to have weight loss surgery and I can not believe it is almost here..But I am at the point now it is out of my control. I have done everything the insurance company has wanted and I have all my request for medical records done. Now I just have to wait till I can get that final approval.. I hate waiting it is killing me already. Think I am going to go ahead and start the pre-op diet so that way when it comes time I will already have a jump on it. it is better than me just worring and waiting. Oh God please let them get this approved fast. I would be such a great birthday present for me.. that would be a dream come true! My birthday is June 18 (2 weeks just enough time to get the pre-op diet done).. anyways have not been sleeping much just been to nervious, so need to get off here and get to bed have to work tomorrow.

Ok I have been dealing with this for over a year I am getting so tried of the bs..... over 2 weeks ago i was told by my surgerons office that everything was submitted and going good. but they did send a letter back to the surgery office asking for a list of all the diets i have tried over the last 10 years. Well I did that. well this weekend i got of waiting so i called my insurance company to find out if they need any more information... guess what they told me....Insurance company said that my doctor has not sent them anything and there was no record of them asking for any information on my weight.. that they had no record of my trying to get my pre-determ for the lapband surgery.. really feel like i am getting jerked around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join our Weight Loss Forum Community Today!

I have done a year of the diet with my main doctor, i got 10 years of medical history, i did the phys evel, I wrote the letter stating why and what all i have done to lose weight. i got the letter from the doctor saying it is medical ness. Surgery office said they sent them over 3 weeks ago...insurance co still saying they dont have them.. so going today to get copies of EVERYTHING and sending them to the insurance co myself.....

I fully understand! Last January I started my doctor diet, to find out in July that he had not noted the diet stuff right.. The insurance company made me redo another 6 months. As of right now I am still waiting to hear back from them. HANG IN THERE IT IS WORTH EVERYTHING THEY PUT US THROUGH.. Join our Weight Loss Forum Community Today!

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well we finally heard from the insurance company. I guess it is good news..they have not denied it. they wanted more information like what all I have I tried over the counter what was my biggest weight in the last 5 years and what is my current weight.. All they had to do is the read everything we sent them.....It was all in the packet that they got! Guess some insurance paper jockey miss placed things.

Ok have a question from a friend of mine... has anybody had to deal wit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alamaba?? If so how long does it normally take to get approval? and how tough are they on getting approved?

well, everything was going long fine, last week i went in for my last 6 month doctor diet visit. I was so happy! Well the surgerons office called me today and let me know that they recieved the notes from the regular doctor and guess what! He did not do the notes right!! He was only worried about the sugar and crap and for the first 4 months he did not put in the notes that I was there for weight loss program so I could get my surgery!! IF he is not willing to fix this I have to start over with another 4 months of visits.. He only documented May and June!! I can't stop crying, I have done everything I was suppose to do why did he not fill out the stupid notes right!:thumbup::scared2::scared2::incazzato:I jus feel like goin in the kitchen and pigging out but instead think I am going to take something for this headache then just go to bed....I just dont want to deal with this right now.

ok have an idea and was wondering if it would work..as of right now i am allowed one small soft meal a day until next week then it is to full liquids only.. so here is the idea if i put watermelon into a blender would that count as a liquid???? It is summer and I normally have watermelon EVERYDAY! (I know stupid question right)

OK I did well today. drank 32 oz of water, and 2 slim fast shakes.. But when I got home I was hungery but think i did good. just ate about 2 oz of smoked shredded turkey.. but now i am not feeling so good.

way to go!!!!

:thumbup:ok up date: Doctor is letting me eat a small dinner with soft foods only but nothing after 6. well, I did really good today, for my dinner tonight i had plain mashed beats with a 1/2 cup of sherpards pie.. it was so cool I acutally felt when i got full and STOPPED!!! I left over half of the small dinner on the plate!!! I have NEVER done that before. Even though I am allowed to eat a small soft meal this week it is back to nothing but liquids next week. So I have decided that if I can go a full day without the meal I am..practice for next week as I see it.

through the company they do...but you have to do the 6 month diet thing with the doctor and see a shrink

oh you are so lucky!!! I would love for them to move mine to June 18th that would be the best birthday present I could get ..But I will take what he gives me!:frown:

July 1 here! but hoping they can move it up to last week of June.. starting my liquid diet as of Monday.. have a long diet wants to be sure my liver is in the best shape possible. and he wants to make sure I would be ready just in case he can move it up a week.:frown:

any help would be nice I start my liquid diet on this coming Monday and I am dreading it.. but it helps to know that most of you did better by day 4...:frown: it is such a help to know others are able to do this..it gives me the support I know I am going to need! Hang in there.. IT IS WORTH IT!