Hoops and the puppies who jumped?

So that title may be a bit much but I must admit that at this current moment my insurance company is making me feel like a puppie in a circus. I guess to keep me on track I want to hear about other peoples ick moments and the dumb things they had to to apease the monster "Insurance" I'll start with mine. I have to have 6 consecutive visits with my PcP 30 days apart where we talk about a healthy life style and the things I am doing now to better myself... After the 6 months of visits and going to all the other Dr visits and being poked and proded like a cheap slab of beef they will then look over my file.   anyone else have to hop through hoops?  If so tell me your stories so I dont feel quite so alone.

I think we all had the 6 month hoop to go thru...I also had to see a cardiologist, pulmonologist, have 2 cardiac stress tests, an MRI, a CT scan, and not just one, but 4 psych visits with 3 tests, plus monthly phone "visits" with a nurse from the ins co, and the nut visits, and I think I'm forgetting something... It was really tedious, but I knew I was healthy enough for surgery and felt confident when I finally was able to have mine.  You will too.

I kind of worked the system on that one a bit....simply called up to the Records department at my Drs office and requested a copy of any notes from a visit to my Dr. Did your Dr ever tell you that you should consider losing weight? Trust me....it's documented in those records! So I got 2 or 3 years+ (can't recall now) and signed a release form so the records office would fax those documents to me. Faxed those suckers over to the insurance company and wham-o.....done deal on that part of the requirement. Easy!

Last June when I started pursuing surgery seriously, I got roadblocked right away as DH's insurance excludes WLS or any nutrition/dietician visits, etc. So I couldn't do anything to further the process along until January when I open enrolled in my employer's insurance. In January I started the 6 months of dietician appointments. I've had 4 psych visits & taken the MMPi. Hard to understand why the insurance company gets to decide if WLS is right for us or not, but all I can say from my experience is that I know I'm going to do better now than I would have had I had the surgery 6 months ago - because of all I've learned in the process of waiting it out. Hang in there!

Still in mid jump to be honest. My 6 month is up in a few days all my dr appts are done all my dietician appt done.  Crazy test done and ok'd .now the great review by the doctor and his team April 2. then I will find out what other hoops they need me to go through like if they want me to do other test. Then their is  the ok needed from insurance. It is a good wait because it has given me time to look into all options and make sure i am ready for this plus I have met some great people on this forum. Now All I need to do is hurry up and wait. LOL

Yep, six months for me too!