DOCTOR'S SUPERVISED DIET

I meet all the requirements for the R & Y surgery and both my doctor and the surgeon have seen me and are ready to set a date for surgery, but my insurance now has told me that I need to have been on a medically supervised diet before I can qualify. My doctor sent me to a nutritionist a couple of years ago and she told me to cut down on my intake of calories. How do you use that as a qualifacation? I'm desperate to get this weight off. I can barely walk anymore and have a difficult with breathing whenever I try to do anything. My insurance is Blue Sheild through calpers and Alta Bates. Is there any hope for me?

I'm going through the same thing with my insurance company which is Aetna, all i heard about them was that they were great to approve and fast..well all they have done so far is lose my paper work two years of my weight history which I had all together. Now they say I dont have a DR Sup Diet...well what exactly do they mean?? My pcp isnt all up on the insurance ways and is all for me having the surgery and supportive..now all the time we talked about me dieting and I went to a Dietian for my Diabetes 2 years ago...and because I didnt come in every month for 6 mo for a weigh in..then its not supervised?? well I'll be finding out what I can do tommorrow at my pcp appt about this..and if all as fails...1200 low cal and curves here I come for 6 mo of wastingb my time and money again! i still say...its all whos in a good mood the day our packet is in review with them.

I'M VERY DEPRESS AND ALSO I CAN'T WALK TOO MUCH I'M SICK AND SAD ALL THE TIME, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH MY HUSBAND ANY MORE, I HAD EVERYTHING READY FOR MY SURGERY JUNE 9 AND MY INSURANCE DONT WANT TO PAY FR IT, SO THE EXCUSE WAS BECAUSE MY DOCTOR ONLY SENT A LETTER SAYING I DID MANY DIETS AND NOT WORK AND I HAVE LETTER FROM MY CARDIOLOGY AND MY ORTHOPEDIC, AND EVEN THAT CAN'T GOT MY APROVAL, BECAUSE A DONT GAVEN ANY RECORDS OR PROGRESS NOTES FROM MY PRIMARY DOCTOR. I CHANGED MY PRIMARY DOCTOR AND I HAVE TO START AGAIN WITH ALL THINGS, AND MAKE SURE THIS TIME MY DOCTOR TAKING RECORDS FOR MY WEIGHT AND WHAT EVER THEY WILL NEDD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WILL BE THE EXCUSE NEXT TIME. I'M 49 YEARS OLD 252 POUNDS 5'2 AND HAVE A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, THE ONLY I CAN TELL YOU KEEP GOING AND DONT GAVE UP, MY EMAIL [email protected] IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT I'M HERE FOR YOU.