Medical Neccessity?
I was just wondering if anyone out there could help me with this. I have had three back surgerys in a 10 month span. I think this last surgery took pretty well. I have been over weight my entire adult life. Yo-Yoed up and down. Was able to excersize ok before my back problems but since the back problems my weight has ballooned. The weight is creating more back pain. So now the pain is being managed with meds. I dont want to depend on meds my entire life. I know if my weight was down my pain would be gone. Do you think they would consider this a neccessity? My primary doctor aggrees and has stated so in a letter.
Thanks
Linda
I do not know anything for sure but, it sounds like it would not be a medical necessity. If you could not have the 3 surgeries due to your weight and had to have the WLS in order to have the back surgery , that would probably be a medical necessity but, you have already done the surgeries and the pain is managed with drugs so, I don't think so.