INSURANCE QUESTION!!!!

WELL I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW AND IM GETTING MAD BECAUSE THEY KEEP ON SAYING THEY NEED MORE INFO.. THEY ARE MAKING ME GO TO A PSYCOLOGIST AND A NUTRITIONIST. IM NERVOUS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DENY ME.. I HAVE COLITIS AND ON AETNA'S POLICY IT SAYS IF U HAVE COLITIS IT COULD BE MEDICALLY NECCESSRY TO HAVE THE LAP BAND DONE..CAN ANYONE HELP ME? HAS ANYONE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH AETNA..I HAVE AETNA PPO..THANKS.. BRE

All the major insurance companies require a nutritional evaluation and psychological evaluation as part of the approval process. No need to be nervous over this. The diet history is much more of a deal breaker. With Ulcerative Collitis, a RNY is definitely contraindicated, so Lap Band is your only choice. If you have active collitis, you may want to rethink the who WLS thing anyway. Have you discussed this with your Gastroenterologist? Fight the good fight! Roberta