Starting the process...

Heifzilla · 11-08-2006, 05:19 PM

Hello. I wanted to introduce myself. I am a 36 year old female, SAHM with two kids and I have decided I would like to get the Lap Band.

Today was my first consultation with the surgeon I have chosen to do my Lap Band. It will be at least next June before I can be scheduled for my surgery, however, as my insurance (Humana Motorola PPO) has a 6 month physician supervised diet as one of the requirements. Though I have done WW and Medifast in the past few years, both times have not been under a doctor's care so they don't count towards the requirement. The other requirements are that I need to be 150% of my ideal body weight (I am) and that the surgery is medically required (my PCP says it is as I have terrible family history of heart issues in all of my relatives).

I am scheduled for a psych eval and a nutritional eval on the 30th and then the clock starts ticking towards that 6 month requirement. I am sure that during this 6 month period I will lose some weight as I assume I will be on some sort of diet?

Anyway, the process has been started :)

***Susan*** · 11-08-2006, 05:35 PM

Hi and welcome to LBT! I was self-pay, so I didn't have to do all the hoop jumping. Insurance companies make me so mad, they do that in the hopes that you will not get the band and they won't have to pay the money. Don't they realize we wouldn't be considering the Lap Band if we hadn't already tried every diet known to mankind.

Ok, I'll stop the rant now. Sorry. :faint: I just get so aggrivated with insurance.

Anyways, we are glad to have you here with us and I hope all goes smoothly for you.