They might deny me!!

[Mrsace13 0]

I messured my height and I'm 5' 3.5", not 5' 4" and that doesn't sound like a lot but when it comes to a boarderline BMI it means everything, lol.

I can't do the appeal stress with the holiday stress so I'm trying not to think about any of this until after the holiday but then I will be 1,000% back to fighting them until I win.

Thank you for your words and thoughts

[Mrsace13 0]

Teresa, you are on the right track with an appeal! I was denied for BMI 35.1. By the time I assembled my appeal package it was 36.7. I wrote 2 letters from me, one medical and one emotional, then I went to all my doctors, GYN, Podiatrist, Gastrointerologisty, PCP, and asked each of them to write me a letter of support, then forwarded that to my bariatric doc who wrote his own letter and sent the package forward and it was approved. The higher BMI helped and the letter inspired the reviewer to call and tell me personally.

I have said this many times on this forum and so far as I know we're batting 1,000, if anyone wants to borrow my letters to use as a template I'm more than happy to share. Just PM me your email address and I'll shoot it right out to you!

Hang in there, you'll get it!

Suzanne,

Thank you so much for sending me your appeal letters. I feel they are going to be very helpful with my appeal. I just received my appeal package and everything they told me to put in the letter, you already had. So it was great to use your two letters as a shell letter. I need to see my PCP to record updated information and then I should be ready to send it off.

Wish me luck.

If they do not already have a place here or a site, they should make one where people like you can send in approved appeal letters that others like me can use as a shell letter.

Thanks again and I will let you know what happens.:tt2:

[SuzanneG 1]

Teresa,

Best of luck to you! I've got my fingers crossed!