No weight documentation

My insurance, Aetna premium PPO, requires a documentation proving morbid obesity for at least five years. The doctor that I had in 1998 and 1999 did not record any my weight at any time. I have one weight recorded in the fall of 1997 but it is 226 lbs., seven pounds to little to be considered morbidly obese. The only other weight I have on record is in March of 2001 at 245 lbs. If I go off of that I would have to wait till March of 2006 to have my surgery. Two years away! When I called Aetna for advice, I was told to submit what I had and see what happens. Real helpful. I first reached the morbidly obese stage in the spring of 1998. On my medical records at that time there is a notation that says something to the effect of: "patient is complaining of fatique and joint aches due to weight gain." If I submitted the weight record of 226 lbs. taken in the fall of 1997 along with the notation mentioned above, and if I included a letter explaining that in the spring of 1998 I had reached a weight of 235 lbs., I wonder if that would do the trick. Any advice?

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