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Nat0526

By Nat0526, in Insurance & Financing

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Nat0526    0

Nat0526
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My surgeon's office is submitting my paperwork for approval today. I'm cautiously optimistic and very excited all at the same time. I'm hoping I have no issues since I've been told that the appeal process takes 6mths and I don't know that I could keep this momentum going that long when I just want my surgery like last year (lol)!!!

Just wanted to put it out there and get some prayers going for me to be approved quickly!

Hope springs eternal... :girl_hug:

Nat

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Hey -- me too I just had my surgeon appt. and I am waiting to hear from insurance. My ins. is 100% and my BMI is 40.4 so I HOPE HOPE HOPE it will be soon. Good luck!!!

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Hi Nat! Good luck to you! My paperwork was submitted 09/15 and I am still waiting .....but I called the insurance company today and they said generally they take the whole 30 days to review it :girl_hug: I had never heard that an appeal takes that long....yikes! I wish I would have done better on my 6-month supervised diet, all in all I lost 2 pounds total...but fluctuated from gaining and losing all six months - I didn't do the best I could have unfortunately. Hopefully we will here something soon! I am really looking into all the great recipes for Protein Shakes while I am waiting! This site is wonderful!!!!

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Hey -- me too I just had my surgeon appt. and I am waiting to hear from insurance. My ins. is 100% and my BMI is 40.4 so I HOPE HOPE HOPE it will be soon. Good luck!!!

Good luck Stacy and thanks for the well wishes! My insurance covers the procedure 100% too, so I'm really hoping I have no issues with approval.

We'll see. Be sure to let me know when you hear something back, ok!

Nat

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Hi Nat! Good luck to you! My paperwork was submitted 09/15 and I am still waiting .....but I called the insurance company today and they said generally they take the whole 30 days to review it :girl_hug: I had never heard that an appeal takes that long....yikes! I wish I would have done better on my 6-month supervised diet, all in all I lost 2 pounds total...but fluctuated from gaining and losing all six months - I didn't do the best I could have unfortunately. Hopefully we will here something soon! I am really looking into all the great recipes for Protein shakes while I am waiting! This site is wonderful!!!!

Thanks!!! I've heard a few people on the site say that they've had to wait up to 30 days for their approval, which is just insurance bureaucracy at it's best. My surgeon's scheduler, who was submitting my paperwork, said that she has received approvals as fast as one day, but to expect anything up to 2wks. I can be patient enough to wait for 2wks, but 30 days is pushing it.

In regard to losing weight during the monitored diet, last year, I lost 35lbs, but I was getting B-12 shots and taking an appetite suppressant. I also had the added incentive that I was going to Europe for my birthday (London & Paris, had a ball), but then gained it all back by the end of the year. This time around, I lost 10lbs. If it were easy to lose weight, we wouldn't need this procedure, right?

My fingers are crossed for us both!!

Nat

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