I am not in the medical field but am a lap Bander and I think maybe the reason BC/BS does't want you to gain weight is that they may feel you are not going to do the work necessary to lose weight after WLS.  If you are gaining during the 6 month pre-surg. then you will probably not follow diet and instructions after surgery.  NOT my thoughts but pretty sure it is the reason.

Have either of you had surgery yet?

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HI Stacy,  A friend had wls a few months ago and highly recommends Sparrow. Im not quite sure if they take only medicaid as she has medicaid and medicare. It might be worth checking into. She said they have excellent care and support. 

When I had my wls, I had to have approval from a psychiatrist for the insurance co.. He asked the questions to find out how serious I was and gave a letter of recommendation to them for the surgery. The other documents you should submit is any Drs. visits for diets, diet information, weight loss help. Or and names of diet programs you have tried.  I hope this information will help you. ~ Lori

If so, where were they on your body and how were they affected by the surgery?

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