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well, yesterday i finally faxed my bariatric clinic my new insurance card that will be effective 1/1/07....so i asked her what else i can do, and she said i just have to wait. isn't this my first shot at an approval? isn't this when i should be sending copies of my ww books, and all my other attempts at weight loss? i'm just worried that i'm not doing enough. i'm not the type to just sit back and wait...any suggestions?:)

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I tell you what I waited and waited and the lady at the drs office was very generous and very prepared they had all the papers for me ready to be filled out that I needed . Ok so first in july I had my seminar, then I met with one of their drs and got all my info ready for insurance well come to find out that dr wasn't in my network so I had to do it all over again with one of theire other drs, consultation that is. Ok so in august my paperwork was received by insurance and like oct. they requested more info which was a physch eval and a group sesion and I did both and resubmited all that to them and it was sent to review on nov. 6 well finaly today after calling and calling and worrying to death about it, I've been approved on 12/29/06. So I hope to have mine done in late Jan. Hope this helps u in some way please be patient I had almost given up by the time this finaly came?>

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Be ready for your consult.. that is what I'm doing.....

I already had my obgyn write a letter stating my long history with obesity, and the various drugs they have prescribed over the years, plus my battle with infertility and PCOS.. I got it in the mail yesterday.

I upped my flex spending account at work to cover my out of pocket max, I am taking a list of ALL my meds.. including my birth control with me....

I checked my companies Insurance SPD to make sure the surgery is covered and I also emailed my insurance company..........

My consult is January 8th, and I'm hoping that the drs office gets my info off to insurance asap, so that MAYBE I can be one of those lucky ones that gets approve in under 2 weeks......

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