Starting bmi?

[eyezchu22 6]

I was just wandering if people with a high bmi and no co morbidities had a hard time getting approved for surgery? I really dont have any...but I am borderlin with some. My bmi is 44.1

[Boss Lady 0]

My BMI is 40.8. I do not have any co-morbidities, but was able to obtain insurance approval after submitting a 5 year diet history (tried and failed) and submitting to a psychological exam.

[Sarah.R 2]

Mine was 45.5, one of the highest I've seen on here but a woman did tell me hers was 47. I do have co-morbidities but I also didn't go thru an insurance company so even if I didn't have them I would have had surgery. Good luck =)

[RestlessMonkey 7]

High starting BMI , older, no comorbs (really!) and got approved in under 48 hours.

In case you don't find it on my ticker, my starting BMI was 67.4. And no, my surgeon never once tried to push me

to get bypass.

[AlaskaGirl77 0]

My starting BMI was 60 and I had zero cormorbidities. My surgeon let me know that i would have faster results with the GB,but supported me in what I wanted. I don't want fast...i just want it gone! lol

[Who'sThere 331]

My BMI is 50, and I have no co-morbids. I still don't have an approval yet (will be sent off early this week), but I will be shouting it from the rooftops when I do. The scheduler at my surgeon's office said my ins. co. usually gets them in quickly.

[steveden 0]

My BMI is 44 and I am borderline on comorbidities too. But insurance ok'd it. They didn't require ithis, but I did have documentation of trying to lose weight - weight watchers, hypnosis, my local hospital's eating disorder program. Maybe that helped, I'm not sure, but the hospital called me on Weds. to tell me I was approved!

[eyezchu22 6]

Thanks for all of your input I feel reasured that my insurance will hopefully approve me without necessarily having any co morbidities :thumbup: Will keep my fingers crossed when all the paperwork is finally submitted.

[chu 0]

my insurance rep said that a bmi of 40 qualifies. If you ar3 35 - 40 you need a co morbidiity.