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Greg S.
on 4/27/12 12:40 am - Ypsilanti, MI

RNY on 05/08/12

Topic: RE: BCN MI waiting

Congrats, my surgery is coming fast on may 8. so I'm really exicited and nervous !!

havanhavnot
on 4/26/12 11:37 am - MI

RNY on 06/12/12

Topic: RE: BCN MI waiting

I recieved my phone call from Dr. Robert's office this afternoon. I have been approved for my gastric bypass. I will go in on Monday to set everything up....very excited...but a little scared too!

littlekaty
on 4/22/12 12:06 pm - Tacoma, WA

VSG on 06/03/19

Topic: 2 year weight requirement

I'm confused reading my employer's policy regarding weight loss surgery. I was thinking that starting the 6 month supervised diet was what I still had to do and I'm going in to my pcp on May 2 to start that but I am really confused on the weight history of 2 years. I have documented weight with a bmi of over 40 for 2009, 2010 and will have it for 2012. I had a visit in July of 2009 where I went to my doctor as a self pay patient to get an antidepressant filled and I have a recorded weight I can get from this time with a BMI of 45.8. I got pregnant shortly after and was on medicaid because I was unemployed. I have a post partum weight from May 2010 with a bmi of 44.2. Right now I have a BMI of 50.6

But I had no insurance and no money for a doctor visit in 2011. I weight myself plenty at home and went on every diet in creation and kept gaining but I had to be at my current job for a year to get health insurance.

Now I'm worried I will have to wait until 2014 for surgery and keep gaining weight becuase of no recorded weight in 2011. ugh.

Greg S.
on 4/21/12 7:04 pm - Ypsilanti, MI

RNY on 05/08/12

Topic: RE: BCN MI waiting

I called bcn myself although they called my surgeons office the same day. I'm a 55 y/o grandpa myself...... GS

havanhavnot
on 4/21/12 1:39 pm - MI

RNY on 06/12/12

Topic: RE: BCN MI waiting

So glad you are no longer waiting but looking forward to the next step in your journey... I will try to be patient, I know my approval will come eventually...did your Dr. call to let you know or did BCN call you directly? I thank you for being so quick to answer my questions. I am a 59 year old grandma who has been married 40 years to my high school sweetheart..looking forward to feeling young again !

Greg S.
on 4/21/12 3:55 am - Ypsilanti, MI

RNY on 05/08/12

Topic: RE: BCN MI waiting

No, It took 19 days for bcn to approve but I have my date of may 8th... I called everyday.. Don;t think it changees anything....Have faith I know I drove myself crazy with worry.

havanhavnot
on 4/21/12 2:29 am - MI

RNY on 06/12/12

Topic: RE: BCN MI waiting

Are you still waiting? My paperwork was sent to Blue Care Network on 4/19/12 and I am wondering how quickly it will come back?

Chrislove
on 4/18/12 11:15 am

Topic: RE: BCBSNJ....PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME...TIME IS SHORT !!!

How are you since surgery? Are you able to be up and about in a few days? I am wondering about people who went from lapband to vsg a year later. Do you know if they have to do the diet?

Lisa S.
on 4/18/12 1:45 am - NV

VSG on 07/09/12

Topic: Need some assistance with my appeal...please!!

Hi all. I am getting my appeal ready. But I am hoping to gather some info first. If you don't mind sharing, I am needing, specifically, what insurance you have and how long was your medically supervised weight loss requirement. For example: Amerigroup (Nevada Medicaid), 3 yrs.
I am finding that most insurance copies require 6 months. Mine is 3 years. Yikes. So I wanted to include that data along with all the other info I have. Thank you so much...I greatly appreciate it.