hello everyone , I'am so frustrated , why you may ask well first off i am extremely sensitive and i was going about making all the appointments i needed to make for the LAP-BAND® and i been trying to find a psychologist that takes my insurance cause i would have to pay out of pocket for for nutritionist and psychologist and it would be 500 all together im trying to just pay out of pocket for the nutritionist so anyway i made 2 appointments already one for the cardiologist and one for the pulmonary doctor but i need a referal from my primary doctor cause its required by my insurance , i called trying to get them and my doctor got on the phone and was like "what's going on?" and im like im trying to get referals and hes like " what for ? who wants them ? " with this attitude and im like wtf! so i told him to remind him im having the LAP-BAND® done by dr geiss and hes like " who is that?" and im like he's up the island so then he says well i need you to have him fax over everything you need done cause i dont know whats going on then he hangs up on me
so i start crying and then call my surgeons office and try to explain to her what a cock my primary doctor is and how he wants me to have dr geiss fax info over and shes giving me a attitude saying "what are you talking about" and im like "are you serious ???? " so she says just go to his office and show him the papers so now i need to go to my primary doctors tomorrow which is 30 min away to show him everything im having done on a piece of paper lets hope he accepts that , man in just sick of people with attitudes how can i do this when no one is wanting to help me im soo frustrated
ok so yesterday was my consultation with Dr, Geiss he is so sweet and nice i really liked him , i picked him cause he has done over 3000 surgery's for the lapband
when i got there i first met with the nurse practiciner who went over what i could consume and cannot consume and how the lapband works , then she went over and got me weighed and i had a heavy sweater jacket on with sneakers so it read 253 pounds ! yikes ! so then dr geiss greeted me and i went into his office with my husband he asked me how long i been dieting and why do i want to have the lapband surgery , i told him how i am depressed and tired of being fat .
He told me how great my insurance is and said he never has a problem with it , he also said they usually approve everyone he thinks is a good candidate and he said i am a great candidate and i will do great. also a huge plus is my insurance doesnt require a 6month diet with your doctor prior to surgery so i was happy about that , he says they are also so fast to approve they will approve within a week so i could get this surgery by the end of next month whooohoo.
so then i asked dr geiss about the realize band and he told me he doesnt like that band that the lapband is more reliable and better so i took his word
he then gave me all the tests i need to complete which is the following
blood work
to see a psycologist
a nutritionist which will be out of pocket 250 dollars but my insurance covers everything eles =)
cardiologist / ekg, echo, stress test
pulmonary consult for pulmonary function test if he thinks i need sleep apnea test then i will go for it
upper GI test
my weight history documented
and then 2 weeks prior to surgery i need to take a education class
then i get a surgery date if im approved which he has no doubt
so before i went i said to myself id this something i really want ? will this help me ? i asked my self a series of questions and came to the conclusion that i do need this surgery so i can be healthy and be me again!
if i dont i will just continue to do my bad habits and gain weight and be depressed forever
i want nothing more then to be healthy happy and skinny
