The Day has Come!!

[Momoof4 0]

Ok just got the call. Insurance approved my surgery!YEAH!:wub: I am scheduled for May 5th. TT,lipo and arms. so excited!!:tongue2:

[Sue Magoo 71]

Congratulations!

Sue

[chocolate_snaps 3]

Congrats indeed!

[nurse niki 0]

WOW! That is wonderful news! Congrats!

[Good4me1313 54]

That is WONDERFUL!! :frown: Congratulations!! I am starting to think about what I want to have done, had surgery February 5, 2009 and am down 118 pounds. I am curious to know how you got your insurance to cover it. Hope I am not too nosey, but I am hoping that my insurance would at least cover some of my surgery!

Thanks so much, and again, congratulations on getting your date!! I know you must be very excited!! =)

[haywardsmom 0]

how are you all getting elective plastic surgery paid for by your insurance company??

[Laura Lane 0]

that's great news!!! wish you the best of luck, please keep us posted........enjoy your new body!!!!:frown:

[wannabthinagain 0]

WOW! That's amazing your ins. co. will cover those things.

Congrats!

how tall are you?

our stats sounds about the same, although i could NOT set me goal down to 105 without being bones. I was in gymnastics for a long time and have a very athletic build.

can't wait to hear about it and see pics!

[Momoof4 0]

wannabthinagain, I am 4'7. I got REALLY lucky with my insurance. They are only paying for it because they paid for the lapband. If i wasn't banded they wouldn't pay. I chose 105 because i want my BMI to be in the NORMAL weight range.

[Momoof4 0]

My insurance co is paying because they paid fot the band. If i was't banded the wouldn't be paying!

[wannabthinagain 0]

WOWZERS! i THOUGHT i was short! heehee

that is AWESOME! the ONLY way my insurance pays for plastics is if it is a birth defect (i'm pretty sure that's the way i read it).

they gave me NO problems paying for the band. no pre -op kinda stuff at all, but absolutely NO plastics.

All i can say is thank goodness for TAXES! LOL

hubby claims 0 on his checks through the year, and when we do taxes at the end of the year, because we have 4 kids and are married, we get a TON back. we usually put it back into our house, but a few years ago, he got a boat. i said the next year was MINE...yeah, that didn't work. so, i got the band, and this year it IS mine and i cannot wait!!

for my BMI to be normal, i have to be 124 (that's the very highest number, 92, i think is the lowest! LOL) The PS told me at my consult that even at 124 i didn't not need to lose anymore that what he would take off would give me the results i am looking for. He said what was left wouldn't come off with losing more because i can't PICK where i will lose it from.

i have actually gone back up to 129-130 and my body seems to like that place. I think if i ate strict ALL THE TIME, it wouldn't be a struggle to get it back off, but then, i feel like i want to bindge at times, and i said i'm NOT dieting.... i'm eating like a normal person eats!

maybe after the PS, i will feel the need to work harder to get a few more pounds off, but if i don't, i'm still THRILLED to be the size i am!!!

good luck with your surgery! can't wait to hear about it!

[Good4me1313 54]

Interesting, think I will check my insurance as well....they paid for my band surgery. Worth looking into, however, I do have a hernia that needs to be fixed, so I was thinking that while they are in there...may as welll do a Tummy Tuck and my bat wings! I am started to get excited about having that done! Hope you all enjoy this beautiful weekend!!

[SpecialK 22]

I checked Aetna and they will pay for my panniculectomy but not abdominoplasty - Tummy Tuck - and so if I want the better surgery, I will have to pay the difference between the two and I definitely plan to do that.

They absolutely rule out arm lift and thigh lift as cosmetic and cover nothing.