My First dr. Appointment Nov. 17th

[Raymia 565]

Yes!!! I'm on my way and to excited... I need my insurance to clear me ( NJ Direct PPO Horizon BCBS) so if any of you beautiful ppl worked with this insurance please let me know your experience. I know they say you have to be a certain bmi Welll you know I'm 5'5 and 281 pounds so yes I think I'm fat enough... lol please don't take me to serious I'm just silly but seriously what should I expect out of this appointment. Okay of course since I'm soooo anxious I registered for 3 post classes yes before the dr. appointment! lol needless to say they were cancelled but okay that's fine it's on after I leave the doctors office....

[Butterflywarrior 241]

I have blue shield ppo... had to do six months of nutrition counseling and get a paycheck as well as other medical clearance but it went by fast. Every insurance us different and weight clinic vary so who knows..

[cyndi990 31]

I just started my weight loss journey. I weigh 260 pounds.

I have Fed BCBS PPO they require me to have BMI ^ 40 , and 2yrs history of obesity and 3mo supervised classes with NUT , phyc therapy, nutrition classes

PCP approval ECT.

Best of luck.

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[danithomas 75]

I have BCBS PPO of Michigan. I went to the intro class that was very informative. My insurance required me to have 6 months of meeting with my PCP and her discussing the surgery with me (she really just gave her opinion but she agreed to submit a letter on my behalf of the surgery) I have been her patient for 14 years so she's seen my struggle of the Yoyo dieting and the aches and pains I deal with. I'm 5'5 240 lbs but I also have sleep apnea, fibromyalgia, high blood pressure and PCOS....but the insurance company only cared about the sleep apnea, the BMI (they wanted 40 but I was at 39.5 but the sleep apnea diagnoses gave me .5 Lol) and my doctors consent and a psych eval.

Call your insurance company and they will tell you what all is covered and what is required and copay amounts before you start. That's what I did. I have my psych Eval next weekend and I'm ready.

Best of wishes to you lady!!

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