WLS w/ PEIA

Well, I have now been diagnosed with high blood pressure.  I am also having problems with my joints and what an orthopedist described as a significant amount of arthritis in my lower back.  So far my blood sugar is behaving.  I am fairly certain I could be diagnosed with sleep apnea.  When I had an upper respiratory infection last month, I actually choked and wake up gasping for air.  I just feel really disgusted that PEIA makes it so hard to get approved.  I mean, I will be thirty five this year and have been dealing with obesity since I was five years old.  I actually remember crying in the pediatrician's office when I weighed over a hundred pounds in the third grade - I weighed more than my mother.  So do I start with a family doctor or do I seek out one of the surgeons who does the surgery and allow him to document everything?

does peia have a specific diet to follow for the 12 months medically supervised diet?  also, Do you have to wait a certain amount of time after you get the insurance before u can use it for wls?

I know from a coworkers experience that PEIA is very difficult to work with...they told her that she had to maintain her weight for a yr without gain or loss....