Possibly some good news...

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I had my initial nutrition consultation with my surgeon's nurse and coordinator today, and she thinks that my insurance SHOULD approve me for a revision/conversion from lap-band to RNY with only a letter of medical necessity from my PCP, a psych eval, and the nutrition consult, instead of having to jump through all the hoops again for approval. Now whether the insurance will agree with her, we'll just have to wait and see, lol. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. If everything gets approved, hopefully I'll be having surgery around the beginning of June. If not, it could be several more months, since I'd have to do 90 days of dietitian appointments.

So now, I've got my psych eval on Saturday, and I've got to continue nagging my new PCP to cough up the letter. Hopefully, we can get everything submitted around the beginning of next week, and then it's just a matter of waiting.

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More good news! My PCP finally sent the letter of medical necessity to the surgeon's office, and I just finished the psych eval over the phone. The psychologist said that she should have everything to the surgeon's office by Wednesday. Hopefully, that means that everything can be submitted to insurance by the end of the week or beginning of next week! And then the wait begins, lol.

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woohooo congratulations your almost there fingers crossed for you:)