kac84x 3 Posted January 9, 2018 Hello everyone I’m new here and just wanted to give my story to anyone who cares. I’ve been struggling with weight since 2009, actually all my life but more so now. I’ve tried all kinds of diets, phentermine pills, shots etc and although I must admit phentermine helped, it failed me once I gained all the weight back x2, yeah I know it wasn’t the pills it was me. I’m currently 140 lbs over my goal weight and I’ve had enough of trying. With all the money I’ve spent on diets, foods, clinical visits etc it probably is more than the surgery itself! I found my surgeon and made my first appointment in December. My insurance (Humana) has several hoops you need to go through (6 month clinical visits etc) before they can approve the surgery. Luckily, I had been going to a weight-loss clinic earlier last year. I went from January 2017-July 2017. So my surgeon suggested that we obtain medical records from the clinic in hopes we can bypass the 6 month clinical visit. During that time I went to the psychologist and he cleared me within 5 mins of talking to him. I then went to the nutritionist and although a lovely lady we talked for 4 hours! She did most of the talking and often times it was just about herself lol I’m ok with that now because she also cleared me. I also obtained a letter of medical necessity from my PCP and Chiropractor, although these were not required by my insurance. Long story short, last Friday the papers were submitted for approval and today (3 business days later) I received the approval!! Such an exciting time for me as I’m ready to turn my life around for the better and improve my overall health. Hope everyone is having a great day! 1 sunshinetinks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kac84x 3 Posted January 9, 2018 Forgot to mention surgery is scheduled for 1/30!!! Starting my pre-op diet on the 15th! 2 sunshinetinks and NJRangergirl reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshinetinks 258 Posted January 9, 2018 Forgot to mention surgery is scheduled for 1/30!!! Starting my pre-op diet on the 15th! Congratulations! Sent from my Nexus 5 using BariatricPal mobile app 1 kac84x reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Kate_ 2,224 Posted January 9, 2018 19 minutes ago, kac84x said: Hello everyone I’m new here and just wanted to give my story to anyone who cares. I’ve been struggling with weight since 2009, actually all my life but more so now. I’ve tried all kinds of diets, phentermine pills, shots etc and although I must admit phentermine helped, it failed me once I gained all the weight back x2, yeah I know it wasn’t the pills it was me. I’m currently 140 lbs over my goal weight and I’ve had enough of trying. With all the money I’ve spent on diets, foods, clinical visits etc it probably is more than the surgery itself! I found my surgeon and made my first appointment in December. My insurance (Humana) has several hoops you need to go through (6 month clinical visits etc) before they can approve the surgery. Luckily, I had been going to a weight-loss clinic earlier last year. I went from January 2017-July 2017. So my surgeon suggested that we obtain medical records from the clinic in hopes we can bypass the 6 month clinical visit. During that time I went to the psychologist and he cleared me within 5 mins of talking to him. I then went to the nutritionist and although a lovely lady we talked for 4 hours! She did most of the talking and often times it was just about herself lol I’m ok with that now because she also cleared me. I also obtained a letter of medical necessity from my PCP and Chiropractor, although these were not required by my insurance. Long story short, last Friday the papers were submitted for approval and today (3 business days later) I received the approval!! Such an exciting time for me as I’m ready to turn my life around for the better and improve my overall health. Hope everyone is having a great day! Whooop whooppp congrats 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamynow 136 Posted January 10, 2018 Good luck and focus on the positive. HW. 289SW. 284Height. 5’8 1 kac84x reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
