Complications & How weird is this??

. My case is even more complicated than you might imagine...  My PCP went on maternity leave last month and at the same time sent everyone a letter saying she was moving out of state and that we will have to get a new PCP :o(  Really hacks me off because I really liked her! Anyway, after getting my denial today, I decided to make an appointment with another doctor in the group and switch my PCP to him...  I now have an appointment for 9:50 on April 3.  My original thought was that I wanted to talk to him about WLS and see if he can give me ANOTHER referral letter since Dr. W is no longer available...  One of the technicalities I've read about is if your PCP puts Obese on your letter instead of MORBIDLY Obese, insurance companies can deny you based on that.  I'm pretty sure that is what she put on there :o(  So, while I'm seeing this new doctor, I'm going to ask him to revise my letter to read MORBIDLY Obese... I also thought that if they are going to require a supervised diet, I might as well get that started now... Then, I thought of a letter I got in the mail a couple of weeks ago...  It was a letter from my insurance company that says: "You have been identified as possibly having one or more chronic condition that requires a follow up with your physician.  Good care of your condition requires that you obtain the following: CAD * An annual lipid or cholesterol test for coronary artery disease.  One test per year is recommended." NOW...  How weird is it that they send me this letter one week and then deny me my surgery the next week?  So, I think I'll go into my appointment fasting so I can have me a cholesterol test! UGH!!!  "INSURANCE COMPANIES SUCK!"  quoted from Diana :o)

bless your heart keep your chin up it will work out

With all my encouraging and positive prose online and my first official quote is "INSURANCE COMPANIES SUCK!"  Mom would be so proud! he he he

Insurance companies do suck I agree. Your insurance company did not have a exclusion for WLS there is still hope just a few more hoops to jump thru. You can do it.