Loosing heart...need advice!

I feel like such a crybaby but I have to get this off my chest. I had been told about a month and half ago by an operator at BCBS that they no longer had written guidelines for a supervised weight lose plan in order to approve gastric bypass. In other words, no 3 months, no 6 months wait. I called today on a completely different subject and decided to double check. Whamo! They do have a 6 month requirement. So....all my dreams are smashed for the time being. I know 6 months doesn't sound like a lot, but when you weigh 450 pounds and summer is coming on it's 6 months too much. I don't know what to do. Any suggestions are welcome. Kelle

Now I really feel like an idiot....I called back to speak to a supervisor and was told that they made a mistake earlier and they really DON'T have written guidelines anymore, that the supervisor earlier was incorrect. ARRGGHHHH!!!!!! So please ignore my whining.... thanks! Kelle

Kelle plz get what you heard in writing. Get names # and extentions. Document time and day of calls. I had my calls dictated at first when my open enrollement came through. I wasn't gonna let them get me like they did last year. Time to play cat and mouse. And I am the cat!!!! So good luck to you and don't let them get away with it anylonger. NAT

Lucky You, I have Cigna HMO and they require 2 / 26 weeks (6 months) diets. Yes, I said two 2. It has been 8 months of diets attempts so that I can get this surgery. I know exactally how you feel. I don't think anyone has accomplished this yet, I may be the first. Spring break is coming up and we are going to Destin, guess who wont be wearing a bathing suit ? I don't even want to go, but I can't deny my daughter because of my obesity. Diane