Guest guest Posted May 25, 2000 Report Share Posted May 25, 2000 Hi, I am in the process of filling out my patient info form. I have two questions: 1. Did anyone contact their insurance company before they started anything to find out if this is covered in your policy? If they said no, did you still continue with all your paperwork, etc.? 2. The patient letter is expected to be about 5 pages long. What are the things you wrote about including the post-op exercise plan that took up 5 pages? Does this include what your life has been obese? Thanks in advance for any help. You guys are great! Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2000 Report Share Posted May 25, 2000 > Hi, > I am in the process of filling out my patient info form. I have two > questions: > 1. Did anyone contact their insurance company before they started > anything to find out if this is covered in your policy? > If they said no, did you still continue with all your paperwork, > etc.? > > 2. The patient letter is expected to be about 5 pages long. What are > the things you wrote about including the post-op exercise plan that took > up 5 pages? Does this include what your life has been obese? > > Thanks in advance for any help. You guys are great! > > Jean >Hi Jean, My name is Marie and my surgery date is 6/2. Go by the sample patient letter and change it around to suit your situation and add your own comments. Don't forget to write it in the third party. I looked in my insurance book to make sure I didn't have an exclusion in it about weight loss surgery. You can also call most companies and they will tell you if have an exclusion!!! If it's an exclusion you can always appeal. Good Luck & hope this helps!! Marie in Va. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 hi gals, i know i am repeating what a few have said about the weight gain/ weight lose issue ... but thought id throw a few cents in myself. i was about 6 to 7 weeks post op when i found out that i was pregnant and i am 5 months pregnant now with a heathly baby and pregnancy and have lost a lil over 110lbs i am still FAT though i weigh about 290 lbs so my docs arent so worried they say the baby takes whatever it needs whenever it wants it so as long as i keep food and drinks and vititams down( that and my tests results are great)i am ok i am also a diabetic pre pregnancy and everything is great i am my MFM OB GYN 3rd wls patient and the closest to surgery he had before me was 5 months post op and she delivered a health baby and good pregnancy ... he is watching me closer because of my weight loss and is trying to double and triple my calories which is not working but he did stop all exercise because i was losing 5 to 10 lbs a week now we are down to losing about 5 lbs every 2 weeks and hes ok with that for now i know it is different for everyone because of how far post op you are but i am sure that as long as you keep your foods etc. down and you feel healthy and your tests are ok you will be too ... good luck courtney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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