higgikd1

Congratulations!!! I am hoping to post a similar thread when I am approved by Cigna. Notice I said "when" versus "if."

Hi, all! Not to beat a dead horse...But I, too, am awaiting approval from Cigna. I just want to continue to be optimistic, although I really do expect quite a fight from them. They have some kind of weird, discriminatory clause (here in Arizona) that won't let CHN employees or their spouses (?) get this surgery. Unfair! I wrote an email to a physician and he invited me in for a consult. Now I am referred to the nutritionist and the psychologist, but we will see. Good luck to all of you who are waiting.

Tracey - I live in AZ too and it is almost TOO HOT to even think, much less go outside and paint the house! You give me new hope...

07/16/2010 Well, today I went to the bariatric surgeon after fighting with my different insurances for about 2 years. The epitome of "hurry up and wait." I had emailed the surgeon at our University Hospital to express my concern and desire for the LAP-BAND®, and got an immediate response from the scheduler. Wow! Seems as if everything went well. I can prove that I have tried tons of different weight loss efforts over the last 5 years (actually, 30+ years) as well as a BMI over (gulp!) 40. Blogging speaks to my need to write when I have a lot going on in my mind, so will try to use this almost as "journal therapy" as I wade through all this bureacratic (sp?) red tape, waiting to get this much-needed, much-desired bariatric surgery. More later...