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Nice...go home relax ...focus on getting better and how great you will look and feel after losing weight from lband :-) keep me posted on how things go....best wishes and blessings

Yes....get excited! Call Aetna and confirm....insurance companies usually send you a confirmation.

You still have some time until surgery. Focus on getting better. Positive and happy thoughts only :-) Im sure you will be okay for surgery.

Good luck..blessings!

GOODLUCK!!! You both will be fine. May God bless you both and watch over your :-) Keep us posted!

Congratulations!! Im hoping to join you as an August Bandster... I can relate to you in terms of people "getting around" to things. The diffrence for me is that its my surgeons office holding things up! My insurance co. has been nothing but caring, helpful and super professional. My surgeons office keeps on giving me the run around. I finished all the necessary paperwork only to here from surgeons office..."we sent info to bcbs, the person who works with insurance is on vacation and will not be back until August 9th, the other person is in the hospital and the one thats in the office now is overwhelmed, if you call insurance co on Tuesday they will show the claim, im missing numbers that they need, we arent used to your ins co.". Excuse after excuse...you guys are all lucky to have such wonderful office staff for you surgeon. Like you I was steaming and could feel the smoke coming out my ears....lately I have been thinking of either staying this way (fat, pleasantly plump, morbidly obese...) or try a different surgeon. Good luck on your surgery. Keep us posted. Hopefully I will join your soon

Nice....keep it up

I started the lap band process in June. I took care of all the things needed for surgery and insurance about 2-3 weeks ago. I called the insurance co. last week and they did NOT have a claim on file for me. So...I called my doctors office and they investigated and figured out that I need to sign 2 forms before calling it into the insurance...I signed both documents on Tuesday morning. I was told that they will call it into the insurance co. I called insurance co. today just to see if they show my claim...nope...nothings been called in yet. The insurance co. said that as soon as the docs office calls it will show up in their records immediately. I then called the doctors office and they told me that it takes 5days for insurance co. to see it on their computer...so I told Janice at the doctors office that I was just on the phone with the ins co. and they told me that my claim would show up right away. The lady I was working with and sent everything to (Janice) told me that she doesn't know and that now BethAnne is working on it and that I would have reach her tomorrow... I'm tired of getting the run around! Don't they want my business?? Do they not realize that waiting for approval is a big deal! It's a life changing experience and I feel as though they do not care! I'm doing all the leg work and staying on top of them. I'm too scared to say too much or to continue checking up on them for fear of being portrayed as a b***h or a pain in the ass! Sorry for talking your ear off and venting. Thank you for listening...I'm trying to stay positive but I am starting to get frustrated and increasingly angry. I wish I could take my business somewhere else but I do not have the strength to start this process all over again :-(

A little update... I couldn't wait till Monday and so I called the office and asked for Bethanne on Friday...I was told (by Janice) that Bethanne is on vacation and will not be back until August 9th??? Janice told me that if I have any questions or problems I would have to wait for Bethanne to come back from vacation!! I told Janice that I needed to speak to the doctor immediately...she said that he was going to be in surgeries all day and he would not be able to speak with him. I told Janice that he can call me today (friday) after surgeries or over the weekend but that it is important that I speak to him soon. We hung up the phone and I felt good! Less then an hour later my phone rings and its Janice...she didn't want me to have to wait the entire weekend w/out talking to the doctor (hmmmm) so she decided to talk to him on my behalf?? Janice said that if I speak to the insurance company on Tuesday that she is sure they would have my claim on file. She said the doctor gave her permission to re-submit my claim again?? I told her that I appreciate it...that I still want to speak to the doctor and that I will call insurance co. and look forward to the good news on Tuesday! YEAH baby! Soooooo...the doctor lit some fire under their butts, lol...thanks again for all the support and suggestions...so happy.

I love this forum! The support is wonderful...thank you for your advice...I will give it till Monday, if nothing has been done I will ask to speak with the doctor himself. You are right NJ Girl ... the worst is almost over :-* TG

Hi Tori...welcome! I am in the same boat as you...waiting for approval :-* Keep us posted as soon as you get your date.

Hello...great information....wanted to do a search for the thread you sugested "samples, samples, samples" but I couldn't find the search bar here on the lap band site. If you can, will you give me more information so that I can find it please :-* I fear the Protein shakes and would like to find one I really like. Thank you...

Congratulations! Like DRCS, I'm still waiting for the call. Every one who I have spoken to feels much better after day 3... A week is probably okay as long as when you go back to work you take it easy. The week you return, call out Wednesday...you work 2days...take wed off to rest/relax then work 2 more days . Good luck! Blessings

I started this process at the beginning of June...finally all my things are together...from the doctor's visits to support group and all the necessary letters. Now, its wait time...and I am super anxious! I called my insurance company (Bluecross Blue Shield PPO) during this process and they told me that they do cover the entire surgery. I'm sure that doesn't mean I am approved. I keep having dreams that they did not approve my surgery....so anxious. Well please keep you fingers and toes crossed for me!

Thank you so much Fressie :-*

I can't wait either...although I do not have a date for surgery yet...I'm still waiting on the insurance part of it. I'm trying to stay optimistic . Good luck...let us know how you are doing after the surgery.

Thanks Cindy...cannot wait....but still waiting