Guy in New York

JasonSWrench · 07-04-2008, 12:43 AM

Hello Everyone!!!

I'm hoping to get banded if everything goes as planned some time this fall. Unfortunately, my surgeon thinks my insurance company may throw a few road blocks in my way before I can get approval.

Here's the basic deal. I have a BMI of 38.2, but I have high blood pressure. My surgeon doesn't think the single co-morbidity will be enough to get the surgery. I know I don't have diabetes, so my best hope is that I undergo a sleep study and find out that I have sleep apnea. I can honestly say that this is the first time in my life that I'm hoping to have something wrong with my body. Sadly, with my luck, I won't have the sleep apnea and my insurance company won't cover me at that point.

Hopefully, everything will work itself out fairly quickly.

Jason

sally123 · 07-04-2008, 04:58 AM

Some people who are close to 40bmi gain some weight so they can meet the insurances requirements.

ReeRee · 07-04-2008, 07:03 AM

My family history of heart and joint disease helped me qualify.

Spiffytif21 · 07-04-2008, 09:52 AM

Do you have GERD (heartburn), acid reflux, or anything that is sometimes intense while/after eating? Do you get winded fairly easily? Does your body ache by days end because of all the excess weight you are carrying around?
Just some daily fatigue issues that your doctor may consider adding to you chart for insurance reasons.
Best of Luck! :)

boxerlover7 · 07-04-2008, 12:52 PM

Insurance companies are a real pain. It took me 2 years to get my insurance company to approve it and my BMI is somewhere around 53. So I wish you the best of luck and keep trying....don't let them weasel their way out of it!