Approved!!!!!!!!!

I am SO, SO happy! This has been a long road for me - I was denied initally because my insurance co (BCBSIL) changed their diet requirements from 3 months to 6 months.  But I submitted for approval before the change took place and they still denied me.  So I tried an appeal - and I lost.   I was devastated, but I conitnued on for the next 3 mopnths with the diet and I was approved this morning.

Now I just need to call the doctor and schedule the surgery.  Woohoo!   I'm jumping for joy now!

Yea..... I am excited for you...keep u posted

Congrats!!!!    Persistence does pay off if you want it bad enough 

Congrats!  You will be shocked how things will jump into fast forward now! 

I hope it starts moving faster now.  My husband is going to be my next hurdle.  He is against the surgery.  He thinks it's too dr5astic, too risky, that I can lose on my own if I *REALLY* wanted to, that I have a lack of willpower, etc.  He's not trying to hold me back and he definitely wants me to lose weight but he's scared.  I get it.  I just wish that he would be supportive.  I told him about the approval this morning and he ignored me.  I think he's going to hide his head in the sand for the next few days, then try to talk me out of it again, then he'll get onboard when he realizes that he can't change my mind.

My poor hubby - I really DO feel bad for him.  He's just really scared that he'll be left alone with 2 little girls to care for.  I know his heart is in the right place.  But for me, I know that this is the only chance that I have of making a lifelong change for my health.