Well, I haven't blogged in a while - things have been crazy. I am down 47 lbs! WOOHOO. But I am having problems with my gallbladder. Friday I met with a surgeon, he scheduled surgery for today - I went in on Saturday to my LapBand Dr. for an un-fill for surgery and he said HE wanted to do the surgery, he didn't want another Dr. doing it and it would give him a chance to look at my port.

So, Saturday I called the Hospital I was scheduled with and canceled the surgery, along with calling the surgeon and letting him know.

Dr. Spiegel scheduled surgery for tomorrow (Tuesday). I had to call first thing this morning to get a new referral to see him for the gallbaldder problem and call the Hospital and get my blood work trasnfered.

Wow, this is where my world gets really upside down. I get a call that Dr. S is not in network - (mind you, he did my LB in Feb). They tell me, he is in Network as a General Sugeron with a specialty in Bariatrics, but it won't be covered unless he does something with my band during the surgery.

I freak out, call his office, they say the insurance is crazy they are in-network.

So I have been playing advocate, calling everyone, trying to get any inforamtion I can. So far I haven't even been successful in getting the freakin (please substitue the actual word here:-) blood work faxed over!

On top of that, my nerves are shot - so my band was too tight to eat yesterday - I couldn't get 2 bites down and I am fasting today for the surgery tomorrow (that, lets face it, isn't going to happen)

I am pissed, I feel like I want to puke and I need a valium, which I can't take in CASE I have the allusive surgery tomorrow.

I hate insurance.

I'm sorry this has become such an ordeal...I hope it all works out for you TODAY so that you can have your gall bladder surgery tomorrow.

You are looking so good.

Thank you. I am on hold right now trying to find out something - anything. I hate being in limbo.

W

I finally got the call at 5:30 tonight that Tricare had approved Dr. Spiegel to do the surgery in the morning - I am pretty sure that his office had to fudge on the orders to get it done - cuz my insurance wasn't budging at all.

They still didn't get my blood work faxed over - lol, can you believe that? Crazy, the girl at the Hospital that called said that it shouldn't be a problem - thats part of the reason they have you come so stinkin early - is in case something like that happens. I will have to have more blood-work done in the morning. Ugh, one more needle poke oh and the IV, damn, I almost forgot about that stupid IV. I hate those.

Surgery (barring any more incidents), should take place at 9:00AM. We have to be there at 6 and it is down town - so we will be leaving here at 445 and hope it is early enough for no traffic. I have a sick feeling when I get there - something will go wrong and I won't be able to have it. I guess I am just thinking negative now.

I am hoping to come home same day - we will see. My insurance likes to make you stay overnight.

Well, it has been a long, long day. Thanks for all the sweet comments and thoughts and prayers, please remember me tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

I was banded on Nov 7th. On Nov 23 I started having severe pain. Called the lapband surgeon. They told me to go to the hospital. Turns out it was stones in the gallbladder. I had surgery the next day. A general surgeon removed the gall bladder. They didn't do the surgery until about 6 p.m. I stayed the night in the hospital. Recovery has been a lot slower than the lap band. I stayed home from work for six days. I am sure it will all work out. Wishing you the best.

Good Luck to you! Hope all goes well.

Holy cow woman. 47 pounds, that is awesome. That is wild. I went to the hospital early one morning with pain in my left side. After a CT with contrast, they just said it was an intestinal infection. It hurt like hell though. I was in for 2 nights NPO uuggggghhh. I demanded to leave the third night and they gave me take home antibiotics and pain meds. I for sure thought something was going to come out. They said I was too young for diverticulitis/diverticulosis.

Good Luck with your surgery! Hope your recovery goes smooth. When you get a chance, let me know what symptoms you were having. I still think my issues aren't over.