winkie80 147 Posted May 23, 2013 Hi Everyone! I received my approval for Lap Band Surgery yesterday!!! I got teary eyed I was so excited and relieved! I am still waiting to hear from scheduling at the hospital for my date. I have Aetna insurance and my employer has the plan written with specific guidelines I had to follow. Aetna is typically a 6 month medically monitored weight loss requirement however my company was written at 3 months. There is also an RN that works directly with the Bariatric patients for my employer. She has been with me through this and great for answering questions. Thanks to her I knew of my approval before my surgical team heard LOL! She will also follow me for 6 months post op making sure I am following the recommended diet from my surgical program and my overall health after. Half way through my journey I had to switch surgical programs thanks to changes in my insurance plans from 2012 to 2013. I was happy in my old program and I'm equally as happy in the new program. I cannot wait to begin my journey. I have another dietitian class, a 10 day pre op diet and preop testing and then surgery. I'll keep you all posted when I receive my date! Wendy 1 dylanmiles23 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JULESDARLN 26 Posted May 23, 2013 Happy for you, Good Luck! 1 winkie80 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain_Morgan 3 Posted May 23, 2013 Congratulations, welcome to the cool kids club lol 1 winkie80 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nenny101 27 Posted May 24, 2013 That's amazing! Congrats on approval Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
