Moving forward with appts

 - had  my first of 4 apps of my medically supervised weight loss meetings. Liked the doc; very down to earth. She put me on a 1500 calorie diet. Seeing her again in about 4 weeks.
- had the fitness assessment. Liked her too. She wants me to do 150 minutes of cardio spread out over 7 days. She also gave me resistance bands and exercises to do 3 times per week. I meet her again 6 weeks.
- I am trying liked heck to do the psych eval but the doc won't call me back. I might have to choose another doc. I can't use the counselors at CMC because they aren't certified through Aetna (which seems weird since it is an Aetna center of excellence). Anyway, will try and check this off the list soon.
- meet with the dietician tomorrow morning...
- first group session Tuesday night...

Hopefully the 4 month mandatory period Aetna requires cruises by. I'll be so frustrated if after all of this I don't get approved. If they would just say no now, i would skip it all and just self pay bsed on my schedule. On their schedule, im looking at a February surgery....bad time for work. November would be the best for me. But, I need to go through the motions to submit the paperwork to find out if they'll pay for it. The guidelines for a BMI under 40 plus the listed comorbidities put me in a gray area as to whether they'll approve or not.  Blech!!   Of course, still working on my husband to be completely supportive but I think he'll get there. Itis all just a waiting game....

All of that sounds good, like you are moving right along.  I hope you will get approved.  I don't know about Atena so I can't help.  But we are here to support you through the process. 

Sounds like you have the ball rolling!!  Good luck and keep us posted.

Linda

I'm so excited for you!   Take this time to read and learn as much as you can about your type of WLS.

My DH didn't come around until I was about 2 years out and he still makes comments about me not eating enough etc. 

All the best for approval. Four months wll whizz by before you know it.