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April 28th Surgery Date! Houston, TX

Husky2Healthy

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Husky2Healthy    1

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I am very, very lucky to covered at 100% for surgery, with no mandatory diet/waiting period. I just got my surgery date for May 5, 2011 (just moved from 4-28-11) in Houston Texas with Dr. Erik Wilson from UT Physicians. They could have taken me as early as April 11th, but getting my Mother down here and Spring Break and other stuff just proved too difficult.

Plus I want to have my surgery on a Thursday, get out by the weekend, rest all week and another weekend before I return to work. I can only take off 1 week from work, so working the weekend before surgery buys me the 2 days I take off that week. So it will be 11 days from surgery to working again. Not ideal, but it is what my schedule allows.

So here we go, 61 days and counting…

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2sweetnsugarland    9

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I am very, very lucky to covered at 100% for surgery, with no mandatory diet/waiting period. I just got my surgery date for May 5, 2011 (just moved from 4-28-11) in Houston Texas with Dr. Erik Wilson from UT Physicians. They could have taken me as early as April 11th, but getting my Mother down here and Spring Break and other stuff just proved too difficult.

Plus I want to have my surgery on a Thursday, get out by the weekend, rest all week and another weekend before I return to work. I can only take off 1 week from work, so working the weekend before surgery buys me the 2 days I take off that week. So it will be 11 days from surgery to working again. Not ideal, but it is what my schedule allows.

So here we go, 61 days and counting…

Congrats on your surgery date. I live in Sugar Land. Would it be okay for you to tell me who your insurance carrier is??? You can e-mail me at gbgray118@yahoo.com The reason why I'm asking is my sister and I are going to a seminar tomorrow 3-8-11 and we were just wondering how long the wait would be before we were approved and things like that. I think you know how it is when you make up your mind about something you want to go ahead and do it NOW! We have United Healthcare Ins. if that helps any. Thanks in advance for any information you can give me. Take care! :)

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Congrats on your surgery date. I live in Sugar Land. Would it be okay for you to tell me who your insurance carrier is??? You can e-mail me at gbgray118@yahoo.com The reason why I'm asking is my sister and I are going to a seminar tomorrow 3-8-11 and we were just wondering how long the wait would be before we were approved and things like that. I think you know how it is when you make up your mind about something you want to go ahead and do it NOW! We have United Healthcare Ins. if that helps any. Thanks in advance for any information you can give me. Take care! :)

No problem. After I got all my Preliminary Tests (sleep Apnea, Blood Work, Nutritionist visit, Therapist visit, Cardio testing, and letter from Primary Care Doc saying it is a Medical Necessity due to High Blood Pressure, Pre-diabetic, High Cholesterol & Triglycerides ) of the way, it took just over 2 weeks to get approval with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of California (the company I work for is based out of California). Then I wanted a specific date for surgery, but it would have been about a month until the first open surgery date. Hope this helps.

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No problem. After I got all my Preliminary Tests (Sleep Apnea, Blood Work, Nutritionist visit, Therapist visit, Cardio testing, and letter from Primary Care Doc saying it is a Medical Necessity due to High Blood Pressure, Pre-diabetic, High Cholesterol & Triglycerides ) of the way, it took just over 2 weeks to get approval with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of California (the company I work for is based out of California). Then I wanted a specific date for surgery, but it would have been about a month until the first open surgery date. Hope this helps.

Yes it does help. Thanks again and good luck!

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