Moquarius

My date is July 26th and I am beyond excited!!

So my orginial date was 8/12 but once I got approved on June 25th, I have been calling my surgical coordinator every few weeks to see if there were sooner dates, so far no luck...UNTIL TODAY! I called to ask a question about something else and she assumed it was my weekly check in and told me that she had good news, my date will be July 26 and now its time to rush and get pre-op testing done, etc. I am so freaking nervous but excited that my journey is going to start sooner than I thought!

lol@pickles123- I should have thought to buy a lottery ticket!

Great job so far ladies!

I can completely understand how the waiting can make you sick! I was a nervous wreck throughout my approval process and stalked everyone from the insruance company to the doctors office. Don't worry, the good news will come soon!

Although I hand delivered all of my clinicals and information to my surgeon's office over a week ago, I spent all last week playing phone tag with the insurance speacialist regarding her submitting the paperwork. We spoke Friday at 5:30pm and the bottom line is that she STILL had not submitted the paperwork. The issue is that I need a 6 month supervised diet and I had 5 visits over a 6 month period and so we are not sure if the insurance company with approve the surgery. I finally submitted the paperwork myself to the insurance company this morning because I need closure...I need to know if I am approved or not so that I can plan my summer, figure out if I need to "re-do" the diet and just move ahead. So now I wait and hope that I hear good news.... This waiting is killing me.:thumbup:

The nutritionist basically just walked me through the first few stages of diet after the surgery. She explained what Vitamins and Protein Shakes I will need to take/drink and that was that. The psychologist gave me a weight loss survey and basically asked a lot of questions about my history of being obese and why I wanted the surgery. The psychologist basically just wants to determine that you are choosing to have the surgery for the right reasons and that you don't have any underlying psychological issues that would interfere with the surgery. Good luck!

@Elky, I am glad that you found the tool that will work best for you and good luck on your upcoming surgery!

It can't hurt to journal if that helps you and worst case scernio, you just don't give it to the doctors office.

Thanks Jamie! Have you checked on the status of your approval? (fingers crossed)

Elky, I feel like you..."allergic" to carbs. I too realize that if I strictly limit my carbs then I can lose weight but nothing else has ever worked and the few pounds I lose come back. Do you plan to get banded?

APPROVED 6/25@ 10AM!!! God is so good and I feel soooooooo relieved now and ready to get my "band on"...lol. Thanks for all the supporters that helped to keep me calm.

I am glad that you are starting to see progress now that you got another fill. I too have PCOS and can relate to always being heavy. 53 pounds is a big feat even if its not where you'd hope to be by now. Keep looking forward and working toward the new you...GL!

I just wanted to say congrats on your approval and good luck with your upcoming surgery!

Update: I havent gotten the final word, however the case worker at the insurance company told me that she recommeded approval for my case and because of the type of plan that I have it has to also be reviewed by the medical director but he has yet to disagree with her ruling. so she she says "don't pop the bottle but you can go buy it!" Still waiting but feeling good about it now!

That does sound like a long rough road but you made it and thats exciting to hear! Good luck!

damn...nothing to eat or drink all day?!? I am sure alittle hunger will be worth it! Good luck!

@MDX, I did catch up on your post and I am glad everything eventually worked out! BTW- I have had 2 additional visits with my doctor after the supervised diet and I included those notes as well so hopefully they will count even though they are not consecutive. My case is actually interesting because the insurance company has been extremely helpful but its the doctors office that is dragging ass.