mage54

I will be officially going in for surgery on November 13th I am from Ohio and going to Dr. Zografakis. I start my liquid diet Monday and have to do that for 6 weeks. I know I can pull it off, but I just have to stay focused. It will be tough.

I got the call today! I have to meet with a guy from scheduling for a final weigh in and do a seminar about pre surgery diet and post surgery diet but at the first appointment I should get my surgery date and the date I start 6 weeks of Optifast

Hey thanks! I was told today that they just started scheduling for November so I have a rough idea when it will be, but nothing exact yet.

546 when I first got weighed in, 508 today, still have to do 6 weeks of Optifast yet, but my doc told me he'd be more comfortable sleeving me than any other surgery because of the length of time on the table 2 - 2.5 hrs start to finish compared to longer surgeries.

After many phone calls I found out that everything was received by the managed care plan that I am going through, now I just wait... My last appointment was 8/8/13 I've been trying to get all the paperwork moved over one way or another for a month.

I feel like my surgeon's office is dragging their feet on getting my paperwork even submitted. I don't want to be the annoying guy that calls every single day, but at the same time I'm not sure that I shouldn't do whatever it takes to get things moving more quickly. I've done all the tests and everything why not push a little?

Good luck Alan! Look forward to seeing posts from you when you get back out.

Well I called back up there and was able to talk to her this time she told me that the information was submitted to them probably about 5 minutes before I called so now it's time to just sit back and wait. Thanks to each of you... I wanted to make sure I'm walking the fine line between being my own advocate, but not being too irritating about it.

I had thought maybe it was for a reason too, but I've lost almost 40 pounds since doing the diet and everything since January and she told me a week ago almost she was going to send it in. I called the insurance yesterday and nothing so I called her and left a message. I called the insurance again today and they still haven't even gotten the paperwork. It's really frustrating but I don't want to be burdensome to then either. I just want answers I mean this is a huge deal in my life.

Hey everyone. I am on Medicaid and my paperwork had been submitted by my surgeon to 'regular' Medicaid. Two days or so after the submission I was switched from 'regular Medicaid' to a managed care plan called Paramount. Has anyone here had to deal with Paramount and if so how did approval go?

My wait got extended longer... I was on regular Medicaid and all the paperwork was submitted and I was waiting for approval, I got a card in the mail that switched me from regular Medicaid to a managed care plan on Medicaid. I called my surgeons office, they had to cancel the paperwork that was already in and then refile with the new place. It's a new MCP one they said they haven't worked with yet so I am worried...

I actually live further south of Cleveland, but I'm currently going through the process in Akron with Dr. Zografakis at Summa. I started everything in the end of January and I'm waiting for insurance approval. Hopefully your process is going well.

I am waiting as well... My last appointment was early this month I am waiting for Medicaid approval and have no idea how long it will take, but following that I do know I will have six weeks of Optifast to 'look forward to' I'm over 500 pounds and I can't wait to start this journey.

So, I have been jumping through the insurance hoops since February and today I had my EGD. Things are getting closer and more real for me and I've been lurking on the boards for a while and wanted to thank all of you for the insights I have been getting from your posts. My name is Matt and I thank each of you for your informative posts. Assuming everything goes well it looks like my surgery date will be sometime in October.