HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!

Ok, so here is my dilemma.  I have Cigna and they state that you must have 6 months of supervised weight loss.  I went to the doctor in March to begin weight loss and then I started looking into WLS.  I began to go to the doctor monthly in the beginning of July, August, September, October, November, and I have an appt. Dec.3^rd. That is 6 months.  I have an appt. with the Bariatric clearance guy in the hospital Nov. 7^th and then I meet with my surgeon on Dec. 4^th for my date and to send everything out to insurance.  Now here is the big problem:  The receptionist at my doctor’s office has had WLS herself and is like the coordinator for WLS there.  She says since my appt. with the Bariatric clearance doctor is Nov. 7^th that she can push up my appt. with the surgeon for sooner.  But how can I get an appt. sooner if my 6 month appt. with my PCP is Dec. 3^rd?  I think she is trying to ru**** and she says they deal with this all of the time and that it will be fine.  By the time they send out everything to insurance I will have had the 6 month diet.  What does everyone think of this?  Did anyone else’s surgeon’s office seem to be in a rush to get you in sooner?  I know it is a nice gesture but I do not want to be denied.  

p.s….this is  a very good surgeon and the girl is wonderful so I am not bad mouthing in any way just a little worried that maybe they do not deal with Cigna too much?  I don’t know, just nervous is all.

I have Cigna and got approval for the RNY promptly with a sketchy 6 months weight loss documentation ( some of my PCP visits spread between 5-6 weeks), But I believe the quick yes was mostly due to my high BMI . I’m now trying to get approval for Duodenal Switch WLS. (Not so easy.)

 I feel you can start knocking out some of the grunt work simultaneous with your last few weeks of the 6 months period without any problems but agree you need to stay proactive with every detail because nobody will care about your success like you do.

P.S. One tip I also would give is to write a very personal letter why you need/would benefit from WLS.  Wishing you  the best of health.