CIGNA -- Down for the Count!

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone!

I am an avid reader of this list but rarely a poster. I did post

about my initial denial from CIGNA POS in Florida about a month ago

however and I vowed to fight them. Well, I did and I won on my first

appeal! I just got the letter in the mail today. I spent about 24

hours down in the dumps after my denial and then spent the next 24

hours gathering info, organizing, tabulating and composing a lengthy,

detailed, well-supported letter with attached exhibits. So, for

those of you still fighting, don't give up.

FYI, in the interim, my husband and I scratched and borrowed every

dollar we could, and self payed for the surgery, which I had done on

June 7. I was in and out of the hospital in 24 hours and have had no

complications. I am eating small (did I say small?) portions of

whatever appeals to me and having no problems with it at all. By the

way, unlike others I have read about, my tastes have not changed

postop. What tasted good before surgery still tastes really good now

but I only eat about 10-20% of the amount I used to. I'm down 22#

since surgery which seems pretty good to me.

Best of luck to all the preops and everyone else researching,

fighting insurance and trying to make the right decision.

Kris