Dissapointed

Well I went to Dr.duncan's seminar on sat and after speaking with the office lady I found out that Peachstate just started requiring a 6mnth supervised diet, sucks it's like hello people if we could do it by our selves we wouldn't need the surgery now would we.........dayum insurance people...lol so I will continue my journey and do my phyc eval and nutr since they are good for a year and go start a supervised so called diet at my pcp..grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Sorry you have to go through this.  I totally understand what you're saying....if we could do this ourselves before....

Please take the time to get actively involved in support sessions if you're not already.  I went to support meetings 3x/month for seven months before my surgery and got involved in the Georgia OH Meet N Greets and it has been amazing!  I've met some fabulous friends here/there who I was able to talk to in my first weeks out when things were strange and they were incredibly helpful with some small things as well as a few big questions.  Two women also warned me right after surgery to not panic about the dreaded week 3 stall.  Then it happened to me and I wasn't so worried.  I think I'm probably a slow loser, and I really think the support I've gotten has kept me more focused and happier with my decision.

Best of luck to you!  Will you be at the Meet N Greet on Saturday?  Sounds like it'll be a lot of fun!

-- Laura

well most insurances have this requirement, so with medicaid trying to function like an hmo, i geuss they are following suit. I believe this has been a requirement all along.


have you been on a supervised diet in the past? maybe they can use those records?


otherwise, use this time to get all your pre-op testing. meet some friends for support, and make the best of the situation

Amerigroup under Medicaid was doing it  and Peachstate wasn't  they just started it, I am continueing with all my stuff but you can only do so much liek phyc eval and nutrionist you can do because those are good for a year but liek blodd work and cariac clearences you cant they will run out. yeah I was dissapointed but as long as I get there I will be happy!!

what are the requirements for wellcare?   open enrollment is coming soon, maybe you can switch