My 2 sons are approved by Aetna & have a surgery date!!!!!

I just wanted to share the news that both my sons have been approved by Aetna and today I received a call scheduling them for surgery - December 13th!!!!  Both of them are in college so we have to wait for their break in  between terms but I am so very excited for them!!  On Dec 13th one will have surgery at 8:30 am and the other at 10:30 am!!!

My daughter had surgery in May of this year and has lost 90+ pounds so far.  I can't wait for my boys to experience this great journey!!

Anyone with Aetna needing help/advice on the requirements, myself, my daughter and both of my sons have all been approved so I'd be glad to help anyone with questions about Aetna approval.. 

Nan

 

This is great news- congrats!  I just got scheduled for 12-21!  Congrats to both of them and thank you for your help and encouragement!

Hi! I am in Ohio and have Aetna Open Access. I had RNY in 2003 and have had problems with ulcers requiring scopes twice a year since 2006. I'm getting ready to be scoped again on Friday and am going to start looking into a revision to a DS because I am afraid I have ulcers in the part that is closed off where the Dr can't see. I'm worried that Aetna won't cover it -- although my BMI is still 39 -- I started off at 299 lbs and never got below 230 -- now am back at 250 because the only foods that don't hurt are the soft foods that you aren't supposed to eat.

My original surgery wasn't with Aetna -- how was the approval process? Did you have a lot of requirements and did they deny you up front?

Thank you!
Traci