Pre op weight loss confusion

[newyorklady20 97]

On 2/1/2020 at 9:07 AM, avillemure93 said:

@karlee0206 I actually called them and they weren’t really helpful (shocking). They just said that it’s a case by case basis and that they look at all of the medical history. It’s so frustrating. I’m so happy that I’m losing weight and my labs are stable but then I feel like it puts everything I’ve been working for in jeopardy

Its so frustrating. I'm still waiting to go to a meeting with my surgery center to get the list of required appointments, etc, but from what I understand my insurance requires 6 months of weigh ins with no loss or gain.

I can understand how they might want this for continuity, to make sure that you are serious about the procedure and the process - but its becoming restrictive to maintain that weight! And if I'm out and active, I will come home and eat chinese food or something to balance out the calories so that I don't lose at all - how is that useful going into such a major procedure? It just seems counterproductive to the process.

[avillemure93 1]

@newyorklady20 that’s so frustrating. I just wish insurance would give me a straight answer. That’s my concern now though. I work out and such and now I feel like I need to eat more to balance the weight. I feel like the insurance companies should have one standard of basing it off starting weight and BMI and then consider the weight loss in the program as dedication