First "delay" - Surgeon All Booked Up!

[LadyPol 3]

I met with my surgeon back in September, not long after I began my 14 week insurance required prep program. At that time, he told me that there should be no problem getting the surgery scheduled in December (which would be nice financially, as we have met our deductibles for the year). Fast forward to this week .. my 14th week of the program. Called the scheduling person to mention again that we were hoping for a December date and she informed us that Dr. is booked through to the end of January. I had been mentally preparing myself for an end of December date and now it looks like it will probably be in February or so....pending insurance approval.

Not a big delay or issue ... just a small disappointment and rearranging of the thought process. Continuing to read here on OH and learn everything I can!

Blessings!

[MDM0927 29]

Does your doctor have a cancelation list you could be put on? I only had to wait 2 weeks for my surgery because they had a cancelation instead of the 3 months I was originally told.

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[LadyPol 3]

I will ask about that when I go in for my final prep appt on Thursday! It's doubtful, though ... but it's a good idea! Thanks!

[ArcusX 216]

Sorry to hear, but as problems go, this isn't the biggest one you could have encountered. Keep your head up... don't let it discourage you. Keep doing everything you've been doing.

Good luck!

[Coykoi 45]

I had the same thing happen but I pressed in the nicest way I could. I have a second job January thru April so I said that it was December as led to believe or May. I also pointed out that it took over a month for the office to submit my request to insurance, if they had submitted right away I probably would have not had a problem. I then called another doctor who works out of another hospital and inquired about getting it done in December, giving my Dr's name. They called the next day with a December date.