*sigh* I guess I need to do some whinning.

[Susan Charmain 0]

I "forced" my PCP to let me get the lapband only to have the lapband surgeon decide against it at the last minute due to having had a stroke the previous year. I ended up having a hysterectomy 6 weeks after my cancelled lapband. At my post-op visit and after reading the surgeons report, seemed to me if I could handle a hysterectomy, what's a little ol' lapband going to harm? My OB/GYN told me to bring the surgery report from the hysterectomy to my lapband doctor and lo and behold, he ended up approving it. He sent the report to my PCP; I'll get my PCP's reaction on the 28th. My PCP wasn't sad at the time that the lapband surgeon refused to do it. *grin*

[Susan Charmain 0]

My friend had that same issue. She ended up with the insurance advocate that is provided when they won't pay for it. It took a couple of months, but the advocate came through and she had it done.