Upper GI today...then Sleep Apnea test..ARG!

[CherBee 1]

So today I go for an upper GI and in August go to sleep center to be tested for apnea. All this to try to go from banded to sleeve. It is like I am back at square 1. My BMI is under 40 as it was 5 years ago but insurance companies (I have Berkshire Health) have gotten pickier about non-morbid obese patients. I could gain 20 pounds and qualify as a morbidle obese patient...no I don't think so. I thought maybe if they consider the band to not have worked that would be enough to get the sleeve. I am so bummed about this. it also means all the other tests, including the psych, would have to be repeated. It's as if i never did anything.