[balger]

Ok, so, I went to the weigh in yesterday for what I thought I would only have one more left.... needless to say I was dead wrong. I'm down 3 more pounds. As soon as I got off the scales the nurse was like uh oh... I'm like what. She said that I might have lost too much weight for ins to cover my surgery. So, the nutritionist comes in said the same thing. She left to go check for me about the weight I've lost. I'm sitting there oh crap what do I do now. Now get this.... she said you need to gain some weight back in order to have ins to pay for your surgery. I was totally floored. I didn't know what to say. She preceeded to say you need to eat some potatoes, sugar stuff...etc... I was like uhm hell no I'm not doing that. Oh an the ins company added a month to this diet thing so now instead of 6 months it's 7. Which will be completed in July. Another thing I dont have any other major health problems so my bmi is a 38 now an I started out around 41.

I guess what I'm trying to get at is... Has anyone had this kind of problem and what did you do?

And by the way I'm not going to try and gain the weight back. I'm just gonna keep on doing what I'm doing. Hopefully it will work out in the long run...

[Perfesser]

Do you have any co-morbidities? They could drop your BMI requirement to 35.

CT

[balger]

no i don't. right now my weight is just the issue. My blood pressure was starting to creep up an so was my cholesterol. Now that i've been on this diet things seem to be getting back within the normal range.

[lizatkrm]

have u been tested for sleep apnea? which is a co-morbidity

[judst]

I keep worrying about the same thing and my surgeon and the insurance coordinator keep telling me they usually go by your beginning BMI. I sure hope they are right. Keep us posted on what happens and hugs.

[balger]

I have gone and taken the sleep study test. I passed don't know how tho. I'm trying to stay positive about all this.