| I'm very sorry for your loss. I started my 6 month weight loss plan last May and my father passed away the next month. This June will be one year, and I will be having my surgery in July. I think I probably gained weight, too, although I really didn't pay much attention. It was all I could do to just attend the sessions. I wasn’t in the mindset put for any effort. I just attended the appointment and that's about it, especially the first few months after my dad died.
In fact, I kept going, but had decided not to have the surgery because my dad died unexpectedly from complications of open heart surgery, and I was very scared to go through surgery. He had his surgery at the same hospital where I will be having mine. I knew I might change my mind, so I kept going, and I did change my mind. That's why I'm having my surgery in July instead of June—a little superstitious.
I thought I was going to be denied, not because of the results. In fact, just to give you a little encouragement, I asked my insurance people at the surgeon’s office if you could be denied based on the results, and they said no. What happened to me was that my August session was around the 28th. My next appointment was on October 1, which was a Monday. When the insurance people at the surgeon's office received my paperwork, they told me I would have to do the entire 6 months over because September's appt. was missing. They said that it had to be 30 days and that is was just a game with insurance people to make people give up.
I was devastated. I don't work in the summer, so that is the perfect time for my surgery. I started my 6 month appts. over with a different doctor. My surgeon has a doctor that just does the weight loss programs. I called to find out if I would be able to complete the 6 months and get the paperwork in on time for a Dec. surgery and I spoke to a different insurance person in the office who told me she actually holding my approval letter in her hand!! She decided to send in my paperwork and see. The other person didn't want to because she said if you get a rejection, it's even harder to get it approved the next time.
So, except for the stress of it all, it worked out. I think as long as you meet all of the criteria, everything will be fine. (I have BCBSFL.)
Good luck with everything, and again, I am so sorry about your dad.
Alysa
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