Surgery date was approved BUT...

[Ab1986 14]

They didn't call me to tell me they got approval!!!!!

So we submitted to insurance on 2/18. They came back on 2/20 and said they needed more info on the 6 months of diet via PCP. When I spoke to the office I told them I did not have 6 months of doc visits, that the insurance told me they could be Nutritionist or PCP visits. So the office told me that I would need to cancel the surgery and do two additional months of diet documentation via my PCP.

So I scheduled appointments with my primary care physician and I proceed to go on vacation and go off of my liquid diet.

I get a call yesterday stating that I need to come in for my preop appointment and preop bloodwork for my surgery on March 4. I told the office "no my surgery was canceled because I needed two additional months of diet documentation". So the Surgery Cordinator gets on the phone and says that she was able to get it approved and that I need to be here for surgery. I told her it's not possible because I have no sitter for my children while I'm up in Ocala because my sitter is going out of town on the 7th. And I will not have anyone to help me during recovery.

So I had to reschedule for April 22nd but....... I AM APPROVED!!! *happy dance*

It sucks that it is so far away but I have approval and they cannot take it away! I am sooooo happy.

I just wish she would have called me in the 21st to tell me I had been approved. Then I could have just kept everything the way it was!

She did say she would call me if they had any cancellations so my fingers are crossed for an earlier date!

[BBdoodle 483]

Cheers Recovery is so much faster when you have all your ducks in a row PRIOR to having surgery. Its best you waited ... good luck

[ElleG 394]

Congrats on the approval!!!!