Well, I was denied again with Kaiser.
I forwarded my information to the Department of Managed Health Care and filed a claim. It took DMHC 30 days to the day to overturn Kaiser's decision. I was contacted by Kaiser SSF and given dates for my orientation, surgeon, nutrition, another psych eval appt. It all happened on one day. I was told I had to lose 25-30 lbs. Dr. Umbach will be my surgeon. I am going to have the LAP surgery. My date is January 30, 2003.
I can't say that I have lost all the weight**** actually about half***oops!
I will check in after the surgery and give the low down on my experience.