Now it is time to start the waiting game

[XBIGJIMX 0]

I got news back from my insurance company and found out what hoops I have to jump though. I have to do a 3 month supervised diet and a psyc eval which is not to bad. I really just want to get this done but, i realize this is the waiting game everyone talks about. I think as i start the process i will do pics and weights before the supervised diet though just to have a highest starting point

[annieM 2]

Three months actually isn't too bad; most require six.

Welcome to the wait though, it won't be long 'till you can start your new healthy lifestyle!

Good luck on your journey.

[XBIGJIMX 0]

Three months actually isn't too bad; most require six.

Welcome to the wait though, it won't be long 'till you can start your new healthy lifestyle!

Good luck on your journey.

I am hoping i can use the time when I was in radiation theropy as part of the supervised diet. I had to go in daily for weigh ins and had a diet i had to follow. I must admit it was the funniest diet ever...

Doctor: " do you like milkshakes?"

me: "Like diet shakes"

D: "no fully leaded icecream kind"

me: "Look at me of course i do"

D: " well i want you to drink as many as you want"

M: "ummm thats the first time i heard that in a diet"

D: " Trust me if you can get em down drink all youlike"

yeah i could not drink em after the 2nd week so i lived on ensure shakes ... damn the cruel irony

[bwhitty 1]

The waiting goes by faster then you'll imagine. It took me a lil under 2 months from the time of the seminar to actual surgery. Then after surgery I was like "wow, that went by so fast".

Enjoy!

[bwhitty 1]

The waiting goes by faster then you'll imagine. It took me a lil under 2 months from the time of the seminar to actual surgery. Then after surgery I was like "wow, that went by so fast".

Enjoy!

[sashields 0]

I got news back from my insurance company and found out what hoops I have to jump though. I have to do a 3 month supervised diet and a psyc eval which is not to bad. I really just want to get this done but, i realize this is the waiting game everyone talks about. I think as i start the process i will do pics and weights before the supervised diet though just to have a highest starting point

Wow, you got off easy with only 3 months and a phyc eval, I have had to do a 6 month diet with a doctor, a PT eval., ekg, blood work, lung tests, sleep appnea test, and I have to meet with a heart doctor next week, my last visit will be with a nutritionist. I am having a hard time keeping them all strait.

[Swan56 6]

My insurance company required last 5 years of weights, psych test, psych eval, and doctors letter recommending me as a candidate for surgery. I guess I got off easy too - waiting for approval now. I submittted everything on Nov. 22.

[XBIGJIMX 0]

Wow, you got off easy with only 3 months and a phyc eval, I have had to do a 6 month diet with a doctor, a PT eval., ekg, blood work, lung tests, sleep appnea test, and I have to meet with a heart doctor next week, my last visit will be with a nutritionist. I am having a hard time keeping them all strait.

They may or may not of wanted some of those for me a as well but I was already diagnosed with sleep Apnea and had high blood pressure so those were taken care of. You know I am curious what they look for in the supervised diet. Do they want to see if you can loose weight or that you can't thats why you need the lap band

[XBIGJIMX 0]

My insurance company required last 5 years of weights, psych test, psych eval, and doctors letter recommending me as a candidate for surgery. I guess I got off easy too - waiting for approval now. I submittted everything on Nov. 22.

That is pretty easy. I just wish i had to submit my weigh ins instead of the supervised diet. just cause i don't want to wait 3 months

[reverie 49]

The 3 months will fly by, most definitely! I didn't have to jump through any insurance hoops (thank god; was approved in a day) but time did fly from my first appt. with my surgeon to my surgery date. Before you know it 3 months will be gone and you'll be on the loser's bench.