NEED REVISION......NEED ADVICE

Hello, I didn't lose nearly enough weight from my initial surgery and now I need to have revision surgery to lose the rest of my weight. Is there anyone out there who was denied approval by ghi/bcbs for their revision surgery? If so, what did you do to get approved? I have submitted everything required for ghi, but I'm still afraid that I will be denied approval for the revision surgery and if I am I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? Please let me know. Thanks! Yvette

Boy!! It's been forever since I've been on this board..... How much weight did you loose the first time. I really thought that I would just melt off the weight I wanted. Boy was I wrong! I weighed 271 and after the surgery I lost 100 pounds really quickly,which I am SOOOO happy with... Then it really slowed down and I lost another 50....which is good..... But lately I've gained like 12 pounds and I'm panicking, I NEVER want to get back to where I was... So this week I'm really back on track. who knows for how long, cause I can eat whatever I want except a lot of dairy. Sorry so much about me...... I 'm sure they will approve you for your revision.... With that do they have to do everything they did in the beginning? Hope everything works out for you.... ((((hugs)))) Judy

Hi judy, thanks for getting back to me. I lost 70 pounds and thats it I'm so disappointed and truly discouraged. I was 370 pounds before my surgery and for some reason for the last six months I keep gaining and losing the same 3 pounds. Congratulations on your weight loss. If I don't get approved by ghi/bcbs I really don't know what I'm going to do. I still need to get off another 70-80 pounds to get to my goal weight. I'm 6'0 and I think that I can carry 220-230 comfortably. Yes, I have to do everything I did in the beginning. I had to do the psych eval again and the 6 months of weigh ins. Well, I'll keep you posted and again congratuations on your loss! Yvette

Hi Yvette, I will keep you in my prayers that you are approved for your revision surgery. I am so sorry the first one didn't take for you. Please keep us updated!! Kathy

Hello kathy, thanks you! I need all the prayers I can get. I'm so disappointed, but I'm hoping and praying that everything will go through. I will keep you updated. Thanks again. Y.

I'm sorry you did not lose as much as you wanted You have not been denied yet have you? You might be worried about nothing. May I ask what your surgeon is going to do or what happened that they must do a revision? Donna

Hello Donna, I have not been denied yet, but I certainly hope that I'm worried about nothing. Ever since I had the initial surgery I had problems with my pouch. It would hurt all the time so I had to have an endoscopy to see what was wrong. Well, in a matter of 6 months I had three of them and I think that with each endoscopy it stretch the opening to my pouch and now the pouch is bigger. The doctor feels that I need to have the revision surgery so that I can lose the rest of my weight. Hopefully, everything will go through and I will get the approval for the revision so that I can lose the rest of my weight. If it doesn't then I don't know what I'm going to do. I will keep you updated and thanks! Y.

I'll keep you in my prayers and big I'm not sure why but I'm not getting the emails sent to my personal email address anymore. Donna

Thank you donna I need all the prayers I can get. I'll be in touch. Y.

BIG Donna