I have Aetna.  WLS was not a written exclusion when I first started the process, but they have since revised some of there policies (including mine) to deny all WLS requests outright.

Hi there, my name is Peggy Blazer and I also have Kaiser.  It took me exactly 18 months to get from orientation to surgery.  I had my surgery on August 22, 2006 I started out at 527 lbs, the 1st time I talked to my Dr, she put me on xenical which is a medication  blocks fat absorbtion. I lost over 100 lbs before surgery by changing my diet and exercise. I am down 270 lbs right now,  I go in every 6 months to have bariatric labs done, my most recent visit my dr told me that my diabetes is in "remission" which is good my a1c is 5.4.

Who may i ask is your primary care physician?  Is it thru Sunnybrook/?  I'm just curious.  Do not get discouraged, it does take time, I thought my appt would never come, now that it is over, I would do it again if i had the chance.  I have basically hit the brick wall on loosing, but i am doing what i can to keep on loosing.  Feel free to write to me anytime , my e-mail address is [email protected].

Good luck on your journey

Help, I was just denied for a breast reduction. I have been dealing with back pain for years. I have slept in a recliner for 8  years, have done physcial therapy, had injections in my back and now that I have lost weight the pain still isn't gone. So I finally decided I would try a breast reduction and my insurance said, I don't have enough history of issues. Can someone help figure out what I need to write in my appeal to the insurance company to make them see that it is more cost effective for them to help me now.  I am just so frustrated that I am in tears.

Thanks so much for the support group info. I need to sign up for the mailing list.

I was planning to go to the support group tonight. Even programmed it into the GPS so I could find it. But, I've come down with a killer cold the past couple of days and didn't have the energy to venture out. Hope to be there next month.

Happy for you. Took me 3 appeals , I just found out last week.  So happy for you