I hate to wait!!!!

Well I found out my current insurance dosent cover gastric bypass its totally excluded!! ok luckily in november i will switch to a different insurance plan that DOES COVER IT!!!!!! WHOO HOOO.. so im going to take these months up until that time to go through all of the blood work.. the psych evals everything that i need to do.. i can sorta see a light at the end of the tunnel and i feel like im working towards my goal.... after I switch to the new plan.. and it does cover already made sure with the company i work for... if the doctor office like 2 weeks after it switches.. do you think they would approve it that fast? anyways im excited and sorta ticket off all in one!

Is there any way you can contact your future insurance company and see what their requirements are for Bariatric surgery?  For example, do they require a doctor supervised diet for a specific number of months, do they require so many years of morbid obesity?  etc. etc. etc. If you can contact them and get something in writing you can use this time as you mentioned, to accomplish all their requirements so that as soon as they are your official insurance company you can begin the authorization process. Good Luck!

a lady i work with is getting ready to have the procedure also.. and luckily for her shes already on the insurance that covers it.. funny thing is i was so excited when i learned that it does cover it i never asked if I needed to do anything before hand other than the doc visits lol.. I will call them monday and ask what they need and so forth.. but i am so excited i have big my entire life and the thought of being able to take my girls to a amuzement park would be worth it... i really have a wonderful family and my husband is just absolutly wonderful.. I just feel they deserve to have someone healthier ... and I deserve for myself to be healthy anyways shew thanks!!!!!!!

Just a quick comment for you, you didn't mention if your new insurance was also with a new job?  You might want to make sure your employer is ok with you submitting for the WLS that soon after enrollment.  I had insurance nitemares also, my first insurance had exclusions in the plan.  I got a second job at a place that I knew had the insurance that would cover the WLS, however I waited until my 90 probabtion period was over before even trying to have the surgery request submitted.  Just a thought for you, I would hate for you to get totally denied because you submitted too early!!! Good luck to you... Caroline