Documentary

We are about to start working with a Sundance award winning filmaker as a consultant on WLS. If anyone has a story they want told, good bad or ugly, please email your interest to us, and we will keep you in our file and contact you if we want to use it. It will not be used without your consent.

Gary

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GARY, PLEASE USE MY FILE/STORY, IF YOU WANT TO.  I'VE VERY PROUND TO BE PART OF YOUR CIRCLE.

 

DEB WILLIAMS

Gary you want me to tell you my history everyone has one..mine is being a love hate relation ship with this rny surgery!!! u can count with me...good and bad, I am in Broward county ..going thru more issues...now claudia

YES email me

my problem is a bit different. my insurer is HIP-prime, and has been since i started to pursue WLS in november 2007. i had a heart attack 4/07, then a tiaa 8/07  i have been out of work since 8/9/08 for those two issues, as well as for my other co-morbs, type II diabetes, htm and extremely high cholesterol.  i was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.  HIP has paid for ALL related treatment and testing thus far, so that is not the issue. since 4/07, i have had 4 cardiac stents placed, and each of my treating doctors agreed that i needed wls to help stave off 'clotting out' my stents. they also recommended that i remain out of work pending outcome of the surgery. the first set of docs had me set for surgery 4/9/08, but it didn't go off.  i finally DID have my surgery 6/3/08. here is my problem. back in 3/08, when the first cardiologist cleared me for surgery, MetLife, the db carrier, determined that despite being recommended to stay out of work pending surgery, i was able to return to work, effective 3/19, the day they denied further payments.  i am in appeal, but now there's another problem. as i said, i finally had surgery 6/3.  i reported it to metlife 6/2 - in good faith.  however, i have just received a letter stating that they denied me because i didn't file the report within 8 days after the db started. huh?  are you getting this? the main gist of my problem is that i have NOT been paid by my db carrier since 3/19/08. i thought they would pick up pmts after the surgery, but they have refused, because i filed the claim the day BEFORE the actual surgery. can you help me, or at least direct me to someone who can?? i am at my wit's end! denise howell [email protected]