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07-29-2010, 10:44 PM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OKC, OK
Posts: 440
Weight Statistics 1/1/2009 Start Date:
9/27/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
245 lb Start Weight:
143 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.6326530612 % % Lost:
7/20/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.5397153352 BMI Start:
23.0782828283 BMI Current:
20.9802571166 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I am waiting....waiting...waiting. Have done everything the insurance required and then some... Waiting waiting waiting.... I have researched to my hearts content and then some... 
I am ready to just schedule my surgery already!!! I don't care if it is 2 months from now...I just kinda need to...ok want to know!
Sighhh...thanks for listening to me vent I geuss! I have Aetna EPO just switched to them in Feb after a job transfer, prior to that I had Blueshield Bluecross which required 6 month supervised diet which I did over a year. Aetna requires only 3 month supervised diet, passing pscyh eval, and the DR consult. I have Diabetes Type II, Gerds, Hypertension, and joint pain...oh and I'm fat  I want to smile again after stepping off a scale!
Love to you all for listening to me and being there for my questions and all that! This is really the greatest site and the greatest group of people!  Kayti
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07-29-2010, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,729
Weight Statistics 1/1/2010 Start Date:
August 3, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
208 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
84 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.7671232877 % % Lost:
December 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.1248852158 BMI Start:
33.5684113866 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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The time will come, but patience is hard to come by when you are waiting. It was over 6 weeks before I got my approval and then when I didn't get the confirmation letter I was told I wasn't approved yet. But, after a very long weekend, the surgeons office got it straightened out. When I called to ask the status, the insurance company told me it normally only took 15 days but couldn't tell me why mine was taking so much longer. But it was definitely an exercise in patience. Once you get your approval, you may get in right away or there may be a wait, when I got my approval, the surgeons office was backlogged so it was another couple of months, now I am wondering where all the time went over the past year when I started this. But tomorrow is my last work day and that feels really strange.
I hope that you have a quick approval process, you could check with your surgeons office and see if they routinely check status or if you should.
Good luck and soon we will see you on the loser's bench.
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I'm doing this for me, so I can be healthy and live the life that God intended me to live.
23 pounds lost prior to surgery.
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07-30-2010, 07:35 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 24,792
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07-30-2010, 08:58 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OKC, OK
Posts: 440
Weight Statistics 1/1/2009 Start Date:
9/27/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
245 lb Start Weight:
143 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.6326530612 % % Lost:
7/20/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.5397153352 BMI Start:
23.0782828283 BMI Current:
20.9802571166 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks!! 6 WEEEEEEKS!!! LOL The lady working my insurance case at the Surgeons office is going to call early next week to check if we haven't heard anything. She is confident that mine is an easy approval...but you know how that goes!
Thanks again you guys r awesome!  Kayti
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07-30-2010, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Indiana, Burbs of Indianapolis
Posts: 877
Weight Statistics Most of my life Start Date:
October 8 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
342 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
164 lb Goal Weight:
174 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
50.8771929825 % % Lost:
Whenever my body gets there. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.9952422145 BMI Start:
25.5415224913 BMI Current:
24.9333910035 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hang in there it will happen....
I know, I know, it is easy for me to say 
Good things come to those that wait....
There is room here on the loser's bench for ya...
We never run out of room we just keep make more room by shrinking are buns
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07-30-2010, 10:04 AM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Missouri
Posts: 83
Weight Statistics July 27 2010 Start Date:
Oct. 29 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
217 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
43 lb Weight Loss:
37 lb Lb Left to Lose:
16.5384615385 % % Lost:
july of 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.5285467128 BMI Start:
32.991133218 BMI Current:
27.365916955 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Are you going to Dr. Gorospe in Owasso OK. He is the one that I choose to do my surgery. I live in Missouri, around Joplin. I have just started my journey, just had my First visit with my family Dr. I go to the seminar on the 7 of Aug. in Muskkogee OK. I have my 2nd family visit in four week, and the 3nd in middle of Sept.. I have already talked with our insurance company, and know what they need to ok the surgery. And my family Dr. knows what tests I need to do so he is having me start them already I go nutrition counseling next month. and my sleep study in Aug too.
So I am hoping that I can get my surgery sometime in last Sept or the month of Oct.
My friend with the insurance com is working with me to get approved with in 2 days after she gets the paper work from the Dr's office. She gave me a list of things that I needed to have done before approval.
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07-30-2010, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North East Coast, England
Posts: 37
Weight Statistics 19/5/2011 Start Date:
25/5/2012 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
556 lb Start Weight:
487 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
69 lb Weight Loss:
297 lb Lb Left to Lose:
12.4100719424 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index95.4267578125 BMI Start:
83.5842285156 BMI Current:
32.6098632812 BMI Goal:
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Its really hard waiting i know, i am in england and so my surgery will be done through the nhs, i had my seminar oct 2009, been seeing a psychologist since may 2010 and i see the surgeon in oct 2010 but the psychologist wants me to have a balloon fitted 1st so again its just a waiting game  0
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07-30-2010, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho
Posts: 3,952
Weight Statistics Jan 2009 Start Date:
Dec. 22, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
317 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.8012618297 % % Lost:
May 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1595500459 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Mine went thru real fast, call your office and bug them, call your insurance and bug them , tell the office what your insurance is saying, perhaps its bugging them or it getting assertive and showing them you are ready..good luck hun
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07-30-2010, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2009 Location: Murrieta, Ca
Posts: 94
Weight Statistics 04/2012 Start Date:
5' 1"
Height:
236 lb Start Weight:
231 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
5 lb Weight Loss:
116 lb Lb Left to Lose:
2.1186440678 % % Lost:
when i lose it Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.5869389949 BMI Start:
43.6423004569 BMI Current:
21.7266863746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodOther
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I totally know how you feel! It took my insurance company 2 1/2 weeks for them to approve! I was going INSANE with waiting and called a couple of times but after the last time, my surgical coordinator called saying they had approved it! I was so relieved to finally hear and then i got the approval letter in the mail, it was pure excitement! Sending lots of prayers your way that you hear real soon about your approval!
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07-30-2010, 06:38 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OKC, OK
Posts: 440
Weight Statistics 1/1/2009 Start Date:
9/27/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
245 lb Start Weight:
143 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.6326530612 % % Lost:
7/20/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.5397153352 BMI Start:
23.0782828283 BMI Current:
20.9802571166 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I am going through a Center of Excellence in Norman, OK, DR Keith. Here is the website: OKlahoma WEIGHT LOSS OPtions
Thank you all for the kind words. I know I have done what they asked, so I will just sit back relax and enjoy the weekend. I know as soon as I forget about it they will call.  Kayti
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