I spent yesterday cleaning my house, doing laundry and doing more research about this surgery on-line. One of the things I discovered was that my insurance requires six months of doctor supervised dieting before they will pay for the procedure. As far as I could tell, they would not consider 2 1/2 YEARS of struggling with Weight Watchers as trying to diet.
I'm really willing to do this if it is something that will help - maybe it would even work so I could avoid the surgery. My concern is that if it works for a while (like everything else I have tried), then doesn't work, they would still deny the claim. I don't have trouble committing to a diet and losing 20 or 30 or even 40 pounds - my struggle is following through until I'm at a reasonable weight! It really seems like this surgery would be the answer for me but I hate the idea of six months of dieting BEFORE I could be considered for the surgery and ONLY being "rewarded" with the surgery if I don't try my best on the diet...
I keep reading all these blogs from people who look at the six month doctor supervised diet as a chance to pig out! That seems wrong but I do understand the feeling. I guess I have to wait until I see Dr. Shayani before I can even make a reasoned decision. Sigh.
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