Need help with medical history

Like others, I have tried many WL products and support centers and chains to know avail. The problem is, some of them didn't keep my records, and I don't want to go through the expense of going through these things again in order to show my 12 months of WL attempts. Does any one have any examples of what kind of documentation BCBS is looking for? At 400 lbs I have been denied 3 times because I was "too healthy" and had insuffecient documentation. I am desperate to have this surgery. Some PLEASE HELP! Tia 313-592-9075

You have NOTHING wrong with you at all due to your weight? Have you been tested for Sleep Apnea? Do your knees/back hurt? You need to find a good PCP who will back you 100%. You must fallow your Insurance Companies guide lines. If they say 6 months of supervised dieting in the passed two years then you MUST do it. 6 months, even a year seems like a long time but it really goes by fast. I had to do a year and am still waiting. What you need is to write down every diet you have tried. This is how I did it. I put down Physician deceased for 72/74 as I don't know where his records went as I was a child then and has passed. Example: 1972, Low fat diet, 14 months, 55lbs lost. Supervised Physician. 1974, Low fat diet, 8 months, 20lbs lost. Supervised Physician. 2003/2004 Merdia, 6 months, gained weight, Supervised Physician. 1996, Phen Fen diet, 6 months, 45lbs lost, Supervised Physician. 1998, Slim Fast diet, 8 months, 10lbs lost.

My surgeon's office gave me a form that I had to fill out documenting any weight loss attempts, whether they were medically documented or not. I know it's not always easy to remember the exact dates and all the exact details, but just do your best to reconstruct all your attempts. Mine was very similar to the one posted above. ex: 2/97-9/97 Nutri-System Lost 35 lbs (regained after program completed) 11/98-1/98 Scarsdale Diet lost 12 lbs (regained after program completed) 3/99-6/99 Atkins lost 10 lbs (regained after program completed) 1/00-7/00 Phen Fen Lost 35 lbs (regained after program plus 10 lbs) 10/00-12/00 Slim Fast Lost 5 lbs 1/01-3/01 Atkins.......... 5/01-9/01 Phen Fen (AGAIN...I liked throwing my $$$ away) and on and on. Ask them how long of a history they want. I sent in a five year history only to find out they only needed two years. I would be amazed if there's a diet out there that I haven't tried. Well, maybe the cabbage diet...yuk. Sandi (AL)