Yes! Got Registered For My Seminar With The Surgeon I Wanted That Takes My Insurance Today!

[michmcpher31 42]

I'm so excited! November 14th I go to the seminar for the Lap-Band for the surgeon I had been wanting! He takes my Medi-Cal Blue Cross insurance and they WILL NOT make me do the 6 month diet and because it's the *** there is no copay! I can't wait! This is the beginning to something wonderful!!!!

[thinkt2013 74]

Woohoo!! That is so exciting! Bcbs is great! I went to my seminar the last week of august, had surgeon consult on sept 19th and getting banded nov 6! CongrAts!!

[michmcpher31 42]

Wow girl so it went fast for you! I can't wait, I hope to be banded by January! Do you know if they approve easier and faster if they see you have sleep apnea? I am going to have my newer different PCP set me up for a sleep study in case they need it, last year when I hurt my back and went to the ER every time I fell asleep my oxygen would dip down and make the sensors go off, so I've been sleeping stacked up on pillows all year and sleeping very lightly. So I was just wondering about that.

[michmcpher31 42]

Lol, why did they censor the initials H. M. O. ? I didn't realize my type of insurance was a dirty word! LOL!

[Maddysgram 6,159]

Lol' date=' why did they censor the initials H. M. O. ? I didn't realize my type of insurance was a dirty word! LOL![/quote']

LMAO!!!

[thinkt2013 74]

Wow girl so it went fast for you! I can't wait, I hope to be banded by January! Do you know if they approve easier and faster if they see you have sleep apnea? I am going to have my newer different PCP set me up for a sleep study in case they need it, last year when I hurt my back and went to the ER every time I fell asleep my oxygen would dip down and make the sensors go off, so I've been sleeping stacked up on pillows all year and sleeping very lightly. So I was just wondering about that.

If your bmi is over 35 or 40, it doesn't matter, but if it is below then yes, i think there needs to be something like sleep apnea to cover. They should cover it. You can even call BCBS to give you the benefits, and they are very helpful. I have bcbs of Illinois, and they told me that it was covered and I read the guidelines. I hope it goes fast for you too!

One more thing, I do know if you have sleep apnea, they want to see that it is managed, at least through my doctor. You have to get a pulmonary clearance before therapy. If you are currently using a cpap, and have already had a sleep study, then you don't have to do that.

[michmcpher31 42]

Yes, my BMI is over 40, which is of coarse a huge reason I'm doing this, and no I was supposed to have a sleep study done like twice this year but the old clinic I used to go to kept messing it up and it never got scheduled (a big reason why I'm changing PCP), No big deal, I will let the doctor know I need it done at the appointment and get it out of the way and get a cpap if I have to, it will help both I and my husband sleep better, he says sometimes I snore like a chainsaw and he ends up going to the couch! LOL!

[Mommy2OwenJulia 12]

Yes' date=' my BMI is over 40, which is of coarse a huge reason I'm doing this, and no I was supposed to have a sleep study done like twice this year but the old clinic I used to go to kept messing it up and it never got scheduled (a big reason why I'm changing PCP), No big deal, I will let the doctor know I need it done at the appointment and get it out of the way and get a cpap if I have to, it will help both I and my husband sleep better, he says sometimes I snore like a chainsaw and he ends up going to the couch! LOL![/quote']

A lot of insurance co cover bariatric surgery if your BMI is over 40 without comorbidities. That you have one should only help your case.

[michmcpher31 42]

Thank you my dear for the info! That's what I thought.