Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 --- In duodenalswitch@y..., > Hello Ogretta, Why did you have your procedure in 2 steps? Could you have had them done at the same time? Also, did you have to get 2 seperate approvals from your insurance? And lastly, who is your insurance? Congrats on your sucess!!!!!! Take care, Roxnne > If you have other questions about the 2 part or anything that I have > said, please feel free to email me privately or on list. > > Ogretta > part 1 may 4, 2001 > part 2 august 21, 2001 > dr inabnet, mt sinai > start bmi 64 now 45 > 399.6 now 264 > 135lbs lost in 5 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 I had my surgery in 2parts due to my high bmi & other co- morbidities=i.e.high blood pressure, sleep apnea, congesive heart failure, recent strokes--well, you get the picture. Let me say, though, life is so different, since surgery. Yes, I did have to have insurance approval for both surgeries. In fact, what I found out when I was declined for insurance coverage on part 2, was that my insurance, Aetna USHealthcare Managed Choice realized that they had made a mistake when they approved my part 1 & would have declined it also. However, fortunately, I have a very relentless surgeon, Dr Inabnet...he fought very hard for my part 2 & won without any appeals!!! There was no delay in my scheduled part 2 & he wasn't going to let their error in may be a detriment me...so, yes here I sit with my total bpd/ds & quite happy with it. I am currently working on drafting a letter to Aetna that I will post telling them how much better life is post bpd/ds. (I am doing this at the request of my surgeon--in hopes that it will help others that follow me in their quest for bpd/ds that are insured with Aetna). I do have secondary insurance, BC/BS, they were never approached..so I do not know what their response would have been. I hope this helps. ogretta -- In duodenalswitch@y..., " Roxanne " <RoxOnly@a...> wrote: > --- In duodenalswitch@y..., > > > > Hello Ogretta, Why did you have your procedure in 2 steps? Could > you have had them done at the same time? Also, did you have to get 2 > seperate approvals from your insurance? And lastly, who is your > insurance? Congrats on your sucess!!!!!! > Take care, Roxnne > > > > If you have other questions about the 2 part or anything that I > have > > said, please feel free to email me privately or on list. > > > > Ogretta > > part 1 may 4, 2001 > > part 2 august 21, 2001 > > dr inabnet, mt sinai > > start bmi 64 now 45 > > 399.6 now 264 > > 135lbs lost in 5 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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