Possible denial for lack of pre-op weight loss?

(deactivated member)
on 3/15/17 11:34 am
Valerie G.
on 3/15/17 3:58 pm - Northwest Mountains, GA

I found UHC to be very easy to work with when I had my DS. Hopefully your experience is the same. Nutritionists are useless, so once you fulfill whatever requirement your surgeon has of your use for them, fire the biotch.

Valerie
DS 2005

There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes

stormechaser
on 3/16/17 7:18 am
DS on 06/08/17

I did some digging and found this:

"The individual must also meet the following criteria:
*Documentation of a motivated attempt of weight loss through a structured diet program, prior to bariatric
surgery, whi*****ludes physician or other health care provider notes and/or diet or weight loss logs from a
structured weight loss program for a minimum of 6 months; and
*Psychosocial-behavioral to provide screening and identification of risk factors or potential postoperative
challenges that may contribute to a poor postoperative outcome."

That relieves a lot of my worry. I have a few gaps in nut appointments, but have continued to see other drs in the program. I'm still going to fight the good fight.

Thanks to everyone.

VSG TO DS Revision on June 8, 2017.

Surgeon: Dr. Philip Schauer at Cleveland Clinic
Current Weight: 280 lbs

Regained to: 312lbs
Lowest after VSG: 249lbs
Highest Weight ever: 330lbs

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