Surgical Weight Loss

my doctor wants me to get the Lap Band for surgical weight loss?
its not as drastic a a gastrinal bypass. Anyone ever have the lap band or gastrinal bypass done, and how has it changed your life?

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Can you sue a health insurance company for denying medical coverage?
My doctor has referred me to have the gastric by-pass surgery. I've spent the last 4 months and countless money (of my own) getting all the things the done the insurance company has asked for. This includes psych evaluation, sleep study, nutrition counseling, physicals and documentation to include I have tried at least 2 non-surgical weight loss programs for over a year with no long term success. Finally after submitting everything, they denied me for "no recent active participation in a non-surgical weight reduction program". My last weight loss attempt was a year ago. I am about to lose my job because I cannot literally stand up on my feet anymore. This is something I have to get, not something I just want. It would seem if both my primary physician and the specialist both agree this is medically necessary, then the insurance companies couldn't deny someone their health.

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will my car insurance pay for surgical weight loss surgery?
i live in michigan and have no fault benefits. i was involved in a car accident 2 years ago and lost my leg resulting in weight gain and need to stabilize my weight to wear prostheis. my doctor wants me to get the surgery and has scheduled an appointment with the weight loss clinic.

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Surgical Weight Loss Good or Bad ?
Im at the point where I want to try the surgical weigh loss using the stomach band, more of a non evasive alternaticve to reconstructing my stomach to a small pouch. I need to know if anyone out there has had this procedure and what I can expect. I have heard good things like the weight loss, and bad things like being sick, having to take expensive suppliments, hunger, being on liquids only for a time, and diarreah, vomiting and having to take a long period off work for aftercare. What was your experience, would you reccommend it, how soon can I go back to work (desk job). Tell me the worst thing I can expect, other than death. I need to hear it from somebody who has actually done this, and yes I have visited the web sites, but want to hear real life real people experience. I am 48 and need to lose about 140 pounds. What was it like ? Was it really bad, or was it not as bad as some would say ? Were you starving having to eat so little ? How long to adjust to the eating pattern ? Also, what exactly were you allowed to eat and how much, did u still have to eat like on a regular diet ? I scares me to think I can only eat a teaspoon of food every couple of hours, or is that a myth ? Give me the low down in simple language i can understand. Might I also add that I have arthritis and fibromyalgia, so exercise is not always possible, often painful, but I do walk my doggie and stretch.

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My weight is over 400lbs, and i am in serious need of some help?
I have gone on every kind of diet known to mankind to no avail. I am 43 years old and the mother of 7 children ages 22-10; I am also on a fixed income. I did however, go to one of those meetings about Surgical weight loss but they want $300 dollars for the first consultaion fee, and then my insurance company wants me to be on a 9mo. Dr. supervised diet before they will agree to pay at this rate I will be dead before I will lose a pound. And on top of all this I have uncontrollable high blood preassure as well as Muscular Sclerosis. What can I do nowjust give up and do what I do best gain more weight till I am dead? Someone please give me some advise, and please NO FAT JOKES!!! I really don't think I could handle that today.

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