Disapointed but hopeful???

[Bemabound 11]

Hi all,

Well, my insurance policy (which the insurance lady walked me through) says two different things so it appears as though my surgery is stalled for awhile. I thought I was going to get it in Jan and now it looks like anywhere from March to June!!!!!! So very bummed...will this ever happen? Now I have alot more hoops I have to go through (and my husband too)! Boo hoo!!!!! Tracy

[Telisaswan 1]

That's too bad, sorry to hear it. Keep your chin up and keep after those insurance hacks... it is their job to make it a pain in the butt. You never know what will happen. Good luck.

[Becca 108]

The insurance companies are not your friend...but WE are. Hang in there!

[M2G 1,836]

It is sooooo hard waiting! I feel for you. Once you decide you are going to have surgery most of us want it "right now" but the insurance companies have much different plans for us.

I was sleeved almost 2 months ago and my husbands file is currently with our insurance. The race is on to have it before the end of the year or it will cost us another $5K out of pocket, but we are prepared that it might not happen in 2010 and go into 2011. But that still won't keep us from being disappointed.

Good luck to you, hopefully by this time next year you will be 6-9 months post-op and rocking that sleeve!

[Bemabound 11]

Thanks guys....It's very hard to get remotivated....suppossed to go do months of Dr. approved weight loss.....my question...if you do well, do they not give you the surgery? And if you do badly...do they deny you? AAARRRGGGG...I just want the surgery and be better by summer!!!!! Tracy

[hopeandfaith 6]

Tracy I had to do three months of weight loss managment too! I did it for a year but not EVERY FOUR WEEKS so it didn't count. NOW I went in Oct, Nov, Dec but they want me to weigh in ONE MORE TIME in January! I also had to get my last 5 YEARS from my doctor to PROVE I've been over weight! NOW I WAIT to see if they will approve me! I went in Aug, Oct, Nov, and Dec so I'm HOPING this will SATISFY THEM!! I honestly think they just want to WAIT for the new year and I have to meet my deductable again!!! GRRRR

Anyway, to answer one of your questions I was told by my Doctors office that my insurance doesn't care if I lose weight or not. I have BCBS of OKLA. I have read where if you get under a certain BMI then they won't approve you but I have a HIGH BMI!

Hope this HELPS! There are SEVERAL of us on the WAITING TRAIN....HOPING to get to ONEDERLAND!!!