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10-30-2007, 11:23 AM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Utah
Posts: 349
Weight Statistics 10/2/2007 Start Date:
10/5/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 287 lb Start Weight:
150 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
47.7351916376 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.7540828402 BMI Start:
24.9585798817 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  Post Op Complications & Health Insurance What has been your experience with your health insurance covering your post op complications like strictures, ulcers, etc, if they would not cover your WLS? I paid for the WLS myself, but now I am broke and worried if I do have a complication, I may need to get a 2nd or 3rd job to cover the bills.
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10-30-2007, 11:29 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    | (((HUG))) sorry my insurance paid for the surgery. and paid when i developed a ulcer so i cant be of much help good luck
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10-30-2007, 01:25 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,133
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
148 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
132 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.1428571429 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
22.5008650519 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I self paid and LUCKILY (knock on wood) have had ZERO complications...I will have insurance next month, but I still worry that they would consider anything that surfaced associated to this as pre-existing. I just don't know yet! |
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10-30-2007, 01:35 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 1,986
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
9/28/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 279 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.4659498208 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 45.0268595041 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
| Sorry, I can't help in this area. My insurance paid for my surgery. I was blessed. I wish you the best of luck.
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10-30-2007, 02:19 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 3,603
Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 287 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
115 lb Weight Loss:
32 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.0696864111 % % Lost:
January 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.4872528616 BMI Start:
31.4557752341 BMI Current:
25.6035379813 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I would think that they would pay for it regadless of whether you were self pay or not...give thema call sometime. |
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10-30-2007, 02:23 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 2,211
Weight Statistics April 11th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 267 lb Start Weight:
153 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
114 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.6966292135 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 45.8254394531 BMI Start:
26.2595214844 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | sorry but knock on wood I havent had any problems. I would think that they would cover it I would hope. Good luck.
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10-30-2007, 05:05 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 3,500
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 363 lb Start Weight:
221 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.1184573003 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.0793877551 BMI Start:
31.7067346939 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | If its necessary such as a stricture or ucler or somthing that could be life threating they should pay for it. They wont be looking at it as a complication to surgery. They will just see the code such as a gastric stricture and go from there. That is the way it should be anyways. You have acutally rasied a very good question. Mabye someone else who has had this done self pay and went through this can be of more help but i dont see why they would deny payment. |
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