very disappointed

I just heard from Dr Roes office and I need to do the 6 month diet first, before I have surgery. Talking about being bummed. I had already started in dec. Just in case. I guess it will go by pretty fast. Any one else had to go through this? Bonnie

I have heard of some surgeons making this a requirement prior to surgery; if mine did, I would be looking for another surgeon. Thankfully, Dr. Lin did not have this requirement. At the time of my surgery, the only requirement was that you meet the BMI levels (BMI of 40, or 35 with comorbidities) and be willing to go thru a psych eval to be sure you had realistic expectations of what the surgery could do and the lifestyle changes you would have to implement post-op. I'm really sorry this road block has been thrown up in front of you.....I hope it goes fast for you OR you have good luck investigating other surgeons. Marilyn

No its not the surgeon its bc/bs. they started this in jul of 2006

Wow, I'm sorry about that. "Back in the day", when I had my surgery, all you needed was documentation of dieting attempts, not an immediately prior to surgery diet attempt. The advice of the others who posted here is good.....it will all work out in the end. Good luck, and I hope the time goes quickly for you. Marilyn

They wanted something supervised in the last 2 yrs, but I didnt diet on anything that was supervised.

Hi Bonnie I didnt have to go threw this but Cira did and she hung in there and just found out today she was approved and it only took 2 days( you can find her on the post omg omg omg a few down from here). I'm sure she can give you some insight on what she felt and stuff. Things happen for a reason and when it is your time it will happen. Keep our head up and I'll be sending prayers your way Hugs Kelly

Thank you so much for that info. I will try and check with her

Hi Bonnie Often times it's not the surgeon but the insurance company that dictates the 6 month supervised diet. The time will fly by and you will get grounded in good habits for your post op life. Best wishes as your WLS journey continues. Hugs, Mo

Thank you Maureen. And it is the insurance company that requires this now, plus the other thing, bmi and so on....

Bonnie, Yeah, it was probably the insurance company requesting this (like Mo said). I don't get it, first of all if we could diet properly for 6 months we wouldn't need surgery! Thankfully I didn't have to do any pre op diet. I had comorbidities and letters in support from all my doctors and they even specified that I had followed certain diets over the years and just failed at them.