Supervised physician diet

[duckie913 5]

Has anyone been successful in getting their insurance to waive the 3-6 supervised diet requirement?

[TheRealMeIsHere! 863]

Surgery is safer if you do the supervised pre-surgery diet. It will reduce the size of your liver, thereby reducing the chance of it getting nicked. Possibly, if you have serious comorbidities they would consider a shorter time. Why do you want to forego that step?

[duckie913 5]

I'm talking about the 6 months not the 2 week pre-op diet. I have intercranial hypertension. I have tried unsuccessfully for the last year to loose weight. Unfortunately I was not being weighed in every month only every 3 months. The headaches, nausea and vision changes have just become intolerable. It wasn't until my doctor and I talked about weight loss surgery that I became aware if the every month weigh in.

[duckie913 5]

Well actually I've tried unsuccessfully to loose weight my entire life. Not just the last year.

[ebonisekim 1,713]

I just finish the 6month and I think it's great but long as we are impatient to start are new journey but it helps you get bad habits out your life and get new habits try to think of it as a chance to prepare your self learn how to don't eat w meals and chew chew your food slow I stop smoking it's been 9 months .. I don't dring sodas I started drinking more Water and oh I lost alittle wieght during this time 20 pounds I think the supervised diet is better than most cus you have to answer to someone about your weight gain or loss and this person has his future in his hands of telling the insurance company your being compliant I think you'll loss some weight w that being in place but on another I kno some ppl doctors who didn't make them work has hard ..

[TheRealMeIsHere! 863]

I'm talking about the 6 months not the 2 week pre-op diet. I have intercranial hypertension. I have tried unsuccessfully for the last year to loose weight. Unfortunately I was not being weighed in every month only every 3 months. The headaches, nausea and vision changes have just become intolerable. It wasn't until my doctor and I talked about weight loss surgery that I became aware if the every month weigh in.

Can you doctor use the intercranial hypertension as a reason to make the process faster??