alexandraaa14

Wow this is great news...thank you so much!

Hi everyone. I've been having problems with the scheduling at my surgeon's office and am disconcerted by their behavior. In a previous post here, I mentioned that there was an oddly long wait to get a date. I waited the entire time frame (plus a few days) that the scheduler gave me for her to call, and she did not call. I contacted her today and she said I should expect a call in the next TWO weeks from today (well over a month from my approval). This is making me sick to my stomach as I am up against a deadline here to get the surgery. I mentioned this and it seemed to be brushed off. Backstory aside, is there any way to contact my insurance company and try to see if they'll switch my approval/pre-authorization to another hospital? Does anyone know if this has been done before? Thank you!

It surprised me too! I had to be the first one to reach out to even know that I was on their radar and that left a bad taste in my mouth to begin with. Thanks for the advice!

Thank you for confirming what I was thinking! No one I know personally has had the surgery so I didn't want to think this was strange and then have it be normal.

Hi everyone! My insurance officially approved my VSG on 5/26. When I didn't hear anything from my surgeon's coordinator, I emailed her and asked when I should be expecting to discuss a date. She told me that she would contact me early next week (6/19) at the earliest. This was incredibly discouraging to me as I will start law school in mid-August and want a few days to recover before going (I'm 22 and don't expect and prolonged recovery). I was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience or if this is quite odd. Thank you!