so my dr's office hasnt been of any help. impretty sure i might have sleep apnea so i want to get a sleep study done cause i want o get the surgery and loose the wieght and look great for next summer but i cant get the ball rolling until my insurence aproves it. sleep apnea runs in my family big time and i have problems sleeping so im going to get it checked out. i didnt want to do this but i will i have to (one) cause i cant sleep and i feel super tired all the time and (two) cause i want lapband!!!!!...

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so i had my assesment and they wanted me to come pick up the letter and mail it to my health insurance company. my health insurance company will only take it if it is directly from the Drs office. the IC wont give the the fax number so i have to give the DR office the phone number to call and get the fax number. the Drs office said that they dont do that stuff becuase they are too busy. i begged and she said that she will try to do it monday. im going to call back on monday and see if it went down...

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i had my approval appointment and the only thing she told me was that i will probably get turned down unless i have sleep apnia. i told her that it sucked i had to pay for her to tell me that. she agreed. my aunt, dad and grandma had sleep apnia and i have some of the symptoms so I'm not SUPER worried about it but i am a little. they typed me a letter to send to the insurance company saying that i have a BMI of 41 but i dont know if it will work or not. i dont want to do the sleep study but i will...

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so i was brushing my teeth last night and looking in the mirror and all of a sudden it just hit me, "i could be having surgery ..." and i got so scared. i have been ok with the idea for about a week or so but last night it just felt like i have been repressing the reality. but now this morning I'm in between about it. yea its surgery and I'm scared but it doesn't stop at the surgery. the surgery is my first step to many awesome things so like everything else life changing...

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first step was call the insurance company. did it!

second: the insurance company requires documentation from my DR saying that i can have the surgery. called the DR MADE THE APPOINTMENT!!!! whoot for me. i have guts...yay. ok so next I'm going to a seminar on the 6th which is 3 days after my Dr's appointment.

i feel pretty confident that my Dr will help me out. I'm right on the line for my BMI but he is funny about weight. i went in for a spider bite once and he never...

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