Possible insurance problem?

I've been considering surgery for quite some time now. I have Anthem Blue Preferred (HMO) insurance. The problem is....I got a copy of my medical records from my previous doctor a few days ago, so I could begin the process. He did NOT put anywhere in the chart that I had started weight watchers (doing it on my own with borrowed books). The second problem that I ran into.....the doctor has now closed up his practice and moved OUT of the COUNTRY! I have no idea where. I was extremely lucky to get the copies that I got. I've been seeing my current doctor for about 4 months and she has been documenting everything so far. My insurance requires 18 months of medically supervised weight loss attempts. Nothing that I did on my own....weight watchers, Curves, low-calorie diets, etc....counts! The insurance company doesn't care that I've been trying, with very little success, to lose the weight on my own. I've now been diagonosed with diabetes, hypothyroidism....not to mention all the pain my joints are in from carrying all this excess weight around for more than 15 years. I guess to make a long story short....Am I going to have to basically start all over with the documentation? (except for the 4 months that I already have)

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