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"You have to take some chances, you have got to risk it all. You need to close your eyes and leap because it may be worth the fall." - author unknown
You must be soooooooooooooo excited! I think that's awesome! I am only a few months into the whole "satisfying the insurance company" process, and am probably looking at October at the earliest. Before you know it, May 26th will be here. Good Luck, and I'll be thinking of you! Try to stay strong when it comes to camping....I know how tempting that can all be.
Carol B
My LBL surgery went without a hitch. I will add you as a friend if you want to see my preop and postop skin pics... be warned they are graphic. But to me its best to learn to see it in its full glory. Thanks for the compliments. Tell Dr G I said hello!!!
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6166c1bf498224d5a8b93e&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
RNY- 12/04/06 with Dr. Matt Glasock
LBL - 4/28/09 with Dr. Rene Recinos
Those are really good points and I had not thought of the form for my Dr to fill out. My insurance will change as I will be on my fiances insurance policy which is BCBS of IL. Once that is all set I will start the process with them and call and ask questions to make sure his employer doesn't have any restrictions. For right now though because of the 6months supervised I am doing Atkins to get my carbs down and my protien up. This way it wont be such a shock to my body when things change and I will be well on my way to becoming healthy!
Michelle 
Welcome to the board!! Dr jamal's gal maybe already provided these tidbits to you but here is what I did, I am not sure whom your insurance company is and I am presuming it will remain the same policy once you move to Illinois I would go to their website and find their medical policy and print it off. At the same time even though you find the information on the website make sure you call them and specifically ask them if your employer has any exclusions. In my initial journey I got some misinformation so it took me longer to get started because I did not switch insurance choices. On your 6 month supervised diet, I would make sure you make up or get some type of form to have your dr fill out; my dr office had one that had your vitals, wght, bmi, type of exercise you worked on that month etc so it was not just your weigh in notes, it shows you are communicating with your dr. and he is truly monitoring you. I have also heard of people that missed a month and even though their policy didn't say consecutive they had to start all over just because they missed an appt. I have BCBS of Texas and I got mine approved the first time around, I was given a case manager so I think that helped since I was able to build somewhat of a repore so I wasn't just another claim. It took me longer than I anticipated but by the time I had some testing/visits done I had a stronger medical record of dieting the past year and found I had a co-morbidity I didn't know I had that helps in your case. The time will go by much faster than you imagine and during that time read all you can so that when the time comes you will be ready. I haven't had surgery yet, have my pre-op testing Tuesday, once those results are completed they will give me a date. Good luck on your journey!!!
Hi! My name is Jenn I am a single mother, career woman, and full time student and I have struggled my whole life with my weight. I don’t know what its like to be a normal healthy weight. I do not know what its like to feel full of energy. I don’t know what it’s like to buy clothes off the rack and have them fit well. A story I am sure you have heard a million times over.
Those and many other things are why I have started on this journey. Today marked the first day of a new beginning for me. I had my first appointment today with Dr. Jamal and his team, Debi, Amy, and Lynn. All wonderful people and very helpful to make sure I understood what was being given to me and answered all my questions.
I now realize that this could and possibly will be a long process. I am however completely committed to seeing this through right down to the very last pound and inch. I now know that my insurance company requires that I have six months of documented weight loss supervised by a physician and I need to have a psych evaluation. This gives me a new time line to get all of my ducks in a row and get things organized so that when I do submit my letter to my insurance company it won’t come back denied. I am shooting for a surgery date somewhere between February and April of 2010.
I also made sure that because I am moving to IL in July that I could come back to Dr. Jamal to have the surgery done. I asked Debi and Lynn the same thing and was told all three times that I could. As it is less than a 4 hour drive I would have no problem coming back for the follow up appointments.
I am from Sioux City and I am in the process of getting my surery hopefully very soon, before kids get out of school. And yes you can get this with title 19. I am getting mine done with title 19. I will pm you with more nformantion.
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