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Hi, I am looking to do a revision also, how is your weight loss going? I am wondering because I heard some don't lose and some lose well.
Hi,would you mind me asking what was needed to get it approved. My insurance company requested more information before approval.
They are obligated to follow a legal turnaround time. I am with Cigna and I knew they have 30 days to respond but they responded with 5 business days. I was denied, had a peer to peer, resubmitted, and approved all within a month's time.
It took over a month for my approval for my RNY. The company had a board that met once a month to approve surgeries. My request happened to get submitted the day after they met for that month. Call the number on your insurance card and ask for a status update.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I had my RNY gastric bypass in 2005. I lost 120 pounds and kept most of it off until about 6 years ago...started creeping up and up. Tried all the diets and have decided to go for a revision. I visited my same surguery group, New York Bariatric Group, and went through all of my testing over the summer. Now waiting on approval & surgery date. Been waiting for a MONTH. I have NYSHIP. Any thoughts?
Erin
That is wonderful. Thanks for the update.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Major Update!
Sooooooo..... shortly after I posted about my band slipping, I got a surgery date of 7/13/20 for lapband to gasric bypass revision and as of today I have lost 56 lbs!!! I am so glad I got the surgery. The insurance approved one surgery to do for all and I only spent one night in the hospital.
I would love to hear how you're doing... I had gastric bypass with a surgeon from Dr. Garber's practice back in 2007. Lost 123 .... kept most of it off for several years but it crept back on and as of now I've gained a little over half back. I went through the whole process to get approved for band over bypass and was denied by insurance, even after all of the appeals, so I gave up. To hear there is another possible revision is exciting... please let me know if you got the revision and how you are doing.
Awww, anytime! I hope your day gets even better. Cheer up hun, you're going to feel wonderful again once you can establish a real routine again. The first few weeks always suck so bad and can feel lonely. That's why I came back on O.H. :)
