Bandlam 0 Posted January 28, 2007 :faint: I'm new to this process and just to qualify is an ordeal. My insurance company requires that I diet for another 6 months under my doctors watchful eye. I've been dieting for 3 years now! Don't the insurance companies understand that diets alone don't work. Is anyone else out there having a difficult time with the qualification process? -Prebander Current weight 264lbs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcy 0 Posted January 28, 2007 Hi Prebander, I too am having a hard time getting my insurance approval for banding. I have been working on approval since oct o6. Keep in touch and I will help support you all the way. Marcy:clap2: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bandlam 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Thanks Marcy, I't feels great knowing that someone is embarking on this journey with me at the same time. Please let me know about your progress and I will do the same.:confused: -Prebander Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcy 0 Posted July 5, 2007 hi prebander, it has been a long time since i have posted a message to you. just wondering if you have got banded yet? I am still waiting. I started this process oct 2006. my insurance won't approve me yet. how about you? keep in touch! marcy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeanee 0 Posted July 5, 2007 Hey! I actually just went to my doc yesterday and she told me the same thing. I had gone in to her for a referral a year ago. She tells me that I have to be under the doctors care for 6 months and keeping a daily record for the 6 months! I told her that I had been on the program I am on for a year to the day. I had the daily records of exercise and meals ..... won't work .... because I was not under her "care" for that time period. Oh, this sucks! I have diabetes. I developed it when I was pregnant with my twins who are now 20 months old. She did say because of that, they would work with me at 3 months. I was really really hoping I could get this sooner! I agree with ya. Why make us do this for 6 months when most of us have been at it almost a lifetime! Good luck with your process! Jeanee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
babs0101 1 Posted July 5, 2007 I have to do a supervised diet for a year. I have no hope of being banded before May or June of 2008! But I'm gonna keep plugging away.......if I don't then I know next year I will be sitting here wishing I did it then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
just me 0 Posted July 5, 2007 Hey! I went through the same thing as you with Cigna. I did the monthly weigh-ins at my doctor's office from January-June, and I was approved for surgery after only 6 days waiting!! I couldn't believe it. I am set for surgery at the end of this month. Hang in there and do what they say, it will all be worth it. Good luck and take care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allwright 0 Posted July 5, 2007 I know what you are going through. But I was lucky as each time I had been to doctor for back, B/P, cold, allergies, etc. I was weighed and it was charted that we discussed how much better I could and would feel getting the weight off. It was documented that I was on 2 blood pressure meds and still had high readings. I went to neuro doctor for back pain and he too agreed that I would benefit from banding. I got him to write note to that effect. I showed where I had tried Jenny Craig, weighwatchers, Fen-Fen, Atkin's, Slim Fast, Healthy Heart diet, mayo diet, etc. Actually I called the insurance company in the beginning and ask exactly what they had to have to approve and they told me. I attended the seminar in Sept. and got surgery in March. Good luck with your approval. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
