Three more steps to the top of the pre-op staircase!

[DylanRae 71]

So, yeah this has been a headache and a half. So many steps to get to surgery, I have lost track. But I know that now, I am to far up to be denied!

All I have left is my psych eval, my pre-op class which is combined with my first nutritional appointment, then my actual pre-op appointment that will be one on one with my doctor!

Literally 3 steps away from surgery! Unfortunately since they all are appointments... I do not have complete control over when they all happen. My pre-op class for example is scheduled for 7-11.... Gahhhh!!!!!!! So far away!!!!! My psych eval is sometime in May. And I won't get my pre op appt with my doc until a date has been chosen, which won't be chosen until after the class! Grrrrr

"So close yet so far" has never ran so true to me then now! I have been working on this for 3 years!! I'm so ready to have surgery it's not even funny!!! and I know I'm annoying the hell out of my doctors and staff because I keep asking if there is any way then can set me up sooner! I know they are doing their best.. But I still wanna trip someone so I can get to my surgery sooner!

And I'm totally not a mean person. I'm just so ready! Grr.

[GoalInProgress 10]

I can empathize. I started last October. I completed my psych evaluation in November & didn't hear from the coordinator, until December. She kept giving me the run-around saying that my insurance wouldn't approve it, but by late December, I had found out that she was trying to get an approval by an insurance company that I wasn't with. Then she told me that I would need to wait until after the holidays before we could continue the process. My insurance immediately approved but the doctors office wouldn't accept the pre-op process. Then my coordinator re-scheduled with another surgeon (less experienced). Now my date is in June with this less experienced doctor. I feel like I've been given the shaft originally caused by their mistakes. I don't know what to do. Who would be fine with a less experienced doctor after having gone through so long delay & run-around? I'm frustrated to no end.

[tiredmama 138]

I'm also nearing the end of the pre-op steps but not quite there yet. Still waiting on sleep study, insurance approval and surgery date!