BMI

[Mrs Q 1]

My BMI is 36.3 however I don’t have any other health issues. My height is 5’6 my weight is 225. Do you think they will allow me to have surgery? I have my seminar next week.

[Briswife15 890]

Are you looking for insurance to cover it, or will you be self-pay? Most, but not all insurance carriers require a BMI of 40 with no comorbidities or a BMI of 35 with 2 comorbidities. All carriers are different though. Can you call insurance and ask??

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[LearningToLoveMeAgain 42]

Are you certain you don't have any co-morbidities? If you snore, you could have sleep apnea. How's your blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar? Do you have joint pain such as arthritis? Decreased mobility? There are a lof of co-morbidities. I don't think there is any insurance company in the US that will pay for WLS unless you have

1. BMI greater than 40 without any co-morbidity OR
2. BMI greater than 35 with at least 1 co-morbidity related to obesity, some require multiple co-morbids.

If you are self-pay, you MAY be able to find a surgeon in the US who will do it, I know mine will NOT do WLS unless you meet one of the two above criteria.

I do know of people who have gone to MX to have WLS done who didn't meet insurance or surgeon criteria here.

Good luck!

[Frustr8 7,886]

And wherever it finally is, have a wonderful smooth surgery! That's. what I wish for each of US.