North Central Illinois- Illinois Valley

[blueyz80 29]

No, I haven't been to a support group, but as soon as they call me and let me know my insurance approved the surgery I'm going to go.

[Debbiebydesign 93]

The next one is April 9 at IVCH, 7 p.m. It helps with insurance approval if you go, and PSG wants you to go monthly prior to surgery. It's a nice group right now.

You wont get approval until after your psych eval. Oh, wait, you mean they are checking to see if you have coverage, it's not the actual surgery approval, right? That should go fast.

Word of advice though, PSG forgot to call for me, so if it goes beyond a week, call them. They should be calling you to schedule your first meeting with the doctor after they find out if your insurance covers WLS. I waited 3 weeks, and found out from my insurance company they didn't call until AFTER I called them to ask where they were with that and they called me the next day to set up an appointment. It cost me nearly a month because I didn't remind them!

That was something that was helpful at the group, they can give you hints to help you progress smoothly to a surgery date!

[blueyz80 29]

Oh wow Debbie thank you so much for all that info. Looks like I'll be going to that meeting April 9th! I thought they had to approve me before I went to a support group. So glad I found out before I waited forever. I'll definitely call tomorrow because I returned my paperwork about 2 weeks ago.

[Debbiebydesign 93]

Oh wow Debbie thank you so much for all that info. Looks like I'll be going to that meeting April 9th! I thought they had to approve me before I went to a support group. So glad I found out before I waited forever. I'll definitely call tomorrow because I returned my paperwork about 2 weeks ago.

No, the group is open to pre and post ops, support people, etc.. Its free. Even though it's OSF's groups, we even had a few post ops from other bariatric programs there. Contact me if you have questions!

[blueyz80 29]

No' date=' the group is open to pre and post ops, support people, etc.. Its free. Even though it's OSF's groups, we even had a few post ops from other bariatric programs there. Contact me if you have questions![/quote']

I will, thanks so much for all the info!