My daughter decided she wants the lap band surgery

You know, I'm not sure. I would think it does though. Find out if your insurance company has a website. You should be able to find out that way what it covers for you. That's how mine is, but mine is Blue Cross. If I can find out anything I will let you know.

Some state insurances do cover this surgery. Mine was Medicare/Medicaid. Try obesityhelp.com they might be able to answer that question better.

Thanks for the info & help. I have the same insurance you do, so I'm gonna talk to my DR. Thank you so much for your help...Lori

You can bet I will be posting updates. I've lost 49 lbs as of today. I haven't measured myself for a while, but I know I've lost a lot of inches too, because I can now fit comfortably into a pair of my jeans that I couldn't even button about a week and a half ago. Yaaaayyyyyy! Hugs to you sweetie.

WooHoo!!!

We're both hoping that this will help with the pain in her knees and ankles. So I guess she IS doing because it's necessary....at least to us anyway. Love you too hon.

Yep, it sure will. Now she will HAVE to take the walks with me. LOL!

Yeah, but I bet He's loving it that we are calling on Him all of the time instead of trying to do things ourselves. I'd jump for you, but I think I would hurt myself. I do my cheering from the easy chair instead....safer that way. LOL! I've lost 49 lbs so far, as of this morning! Wooohooooo! Skinny jeans, here I come....eventually. Hugs!

You can jump right from your chair. Just recline back with your legs straight out. Then pull them toward you and back down again. See? Jumping horizonally. -giggling- WOW!! You are losing the weight.....wooooooooohooooooooooooooooo You go girl!!! hmmmmmmmm........wait a min here..should I be getting jealous now? After all, your losing weight and I'm not.

Oh wow Katlady, you lost 49 pounds already,...that's fantastic!

Oh--just thought of something! Yes with all the prayers we deluge God about...just think of all the prayer request fellow MyLotters have asked for...ever see the movie Bruce Almighty where he becomes God...he decides to have prayer requests stored on his computer and I think the computer had a near breakdown or something from all the prayes..hehe

Haven't seen that movie yet but my daughter wants to rent it so may surprise her with it some time in the near future.

You'd love that movie! It's hilarious. Better have the Depends on though. LOL!

Call me strange, but I just didn't feel comfortable with the device being inside my body. Yet I was comfortable with them rearranging my insides all over the place. Go figure! LOL

That is so true. I'm so excited about it I can't stand myself. Hahahaha! Hugs to you hon.

That's what the lap band and the gastric bypass are for...for those who are at least 100 lbs over weight. And believe me, for both the patients go through rigorous tests, including a psychiatric evaluation to make sure that they are ready for it. For most of us, it's a last resort when nothing else has helped with the weight loss.

She definitely caught me off guard when she said she wanted it. I think she will do pretty well with it. Thanks hon. Hugs PPP!

Thank you so much hon. That's so strange that they allow for one surgery but not the other. Sometimes the politics of the insurance companies are so confusing! Hugs!