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All the steps are now completed and I am waiting on approval from BCBS - Mountain State. Has anyone on this board had any experience with their approval process.

I suppose I am getting discouraged because of all the hoops I have had to jump through, starting with my PCP losing the paperwork, not filling it out, filling it out incorrectly and finally after 8 months finally getting it right so that everything could be submitted to the insurance company by the surgeon's office.

I hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel because I want to get this party started!!!:cool2:

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How long have you been waiting? It feels like forever for me. But it has only been a week. Which surgeon is doing your surgery? I have Dr. Nease in Huntington, WV. Feel free to email me if you wish. I could use all the support I can get these days.

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I am going through Dr. Kaplan out of Camdem Clark Memorial hospital. I have been waiting for 2 and a half weeks and I called and they said it was pending going over review.

Go over to this section and check it out you can see other people in WV

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f69/

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I read somewhere that it only took seven to ten working days. I guess no news is good news. As you read before, it took my PCP forever to complete his part of the process. That was the big hold-up in everything. The surgeon's office moved quickly and got their part completed in what I think was record time.

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