http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/27/denied/ About types of surgeries available, dietary, family, work, emotional.. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:57:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/27/denied/#comment-3381 Calvin Ratliff Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:08:08 +0000 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/27/denied/#comment-3381 I want to thank everyone for all of their support and kind words of encouragement. I have contacted Walter Lindstrom. I will wait to see if he can help me. I haven't given up, although I am not holding much hope that anything can be done. We will just have to wait and see. But I really do appreciate everyone for their help. Thanks again! Pat I want to thank everyone for all of their support and kind words of
encouragement. I have contacted Walter Lindstrom. I will wait to see if he can
help me. I haven’t given up, although I am not holding much hope that anything
can be done. We will just have to wait and see. But I really do appreciate
everyone for their help.
Thanks again!
Pat

]]> http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/27/denied/#comment-3370 Geneva Delois Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:18:48 +0000 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/27/denied/#comment-3370 Hello Pat, Well, understatement of the day: This sucks! I can only encourage you to NOT GIVE UP EVER!!!! Don't write a note, write a letter. If ya want help putting words to it, I'll help. Contact everyone you possibly can, including the supervisor of the insurance company. Let them know that according to your booklet you still have appeals but are being told you don't have any left and want a straight answer from someone who hopefully knows what's going on there. Send them a picture of you so they can see just how disabling the weight is. Diets don't work, don't kid yourself. We've all been down that road too many times. Fight for what you want, get yourself the surgery. If it's possible switch insurance companies. Or beter yet, what is <!--more--> their reason for denying you??? Maybe someone here could help you jump over that hurdle with the same problem they had. In any case, keep your chin up, and DON'T EVER GIVE UP!!! NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP Jim in Florida ºoº Pre-op and fighting for SSI/Medicaid Appeal hearing w/ administrative law judge 10/29/03 in Tampa 5'8", 419 lbs. BMI 63.9 Hello Pat,
Well, understatement of the day: This sucks!
I can only encourage you to NOT GIVE UP EVER!!!!
Don’t write a note, write a letter. If ya want help putting
words to it, I’ll help. Contact everyone you possibly can,
including the supervisor of the insurance company. Let them
know that according to your booklet you still have appeals
but are being told you don’t have any left and want a
straight answer from someone who hopefully knows what’s
going on there. Send them a picture of you so they can see
just how disabling the weight is.
Diets don’t work, don’t kid yourself. We’ve all been down
that road too many times.
Fight for what you want, get yourself the surgery. If it’s
possible switch insurance companies. Or beter yet, what is

their reason for denying you??? Maybe someone here could
help you jump over that hurdle with the same problem they
had.
In any case, keep your chin up, and DON’T EVER GIVE UP!!!
NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP
Jim in Florida ºoº
Pre-op and fighting for SSI/Medicaid
Appeal hearing w/ administrative law judge 10/29/03 in
Tampa
5′8″, 419 lbs.
BMI 63.9

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