Stuck in Limbo... Waiting

Jan 11, 2017

Have officially gotten a referral from my PCP for a VSG surgery and have filled out the paperwork from the center.... about a month ago...  and haven't heard anything back from them since, despite two phone calls to inquire what happens next.  So very frustrating.  I'm deeply concerned about qualifying with insurance.  Right now, my BMI sits right on a 40.8 and i have none of the first level comorbidities.  So while I'd love to continue on my quest to be healthy and peck away at the 120+lb I have no hope of losing completely on my own, I can't really, because then I'll fall below 40 and be disqualified.  On top of that, what happens if I drop below during the 6 month diet?  I've tried to talk to both the center as well as my insurance about this question and they keep referring me back to the other one like some sadistic game of tennis.  The one lady at the center told me "if you lose weight on the diet and disqualify, it's a good thing, you'll be able to carry on with that".  i wanted to jump through the phone and slap her.  You all know as well as i do that we can get extreme and lose 20-30lb here and there, but it's never something that's sustainable and I know that I'll never achieve the long-term results of losing 120+lb on diet alone.  I feel like i'd be hung out to dry if that happened.  I've read on here that you basically have to "play the game" and more or less stay heavy if you're on the cusp just to get the surgery.  That's such a frustrating and bleak outlook to me right now.  I don't even know how long i'd have to keep that up, especially when i can't even seem to get somebody at the surgery center to call me back.  I'm ready for all this.  Raring to go with high protein, exercise... all the bells and whistles, but I dont even see a true starting line for myself yet since i dont want to fall below 40.  Pretty dark and grumpy month for me right now.  Hopefully i'll hear something back and these wheels can slowly grind into motion.

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