May 2nd Surgery

[io0oi 6]

Anyone else having surgery on Monday 5/2? I just had my pre-op telephone interview and I go in this Monday to meet with the anesthesiologist and to do my final blood work. It's getting so real! I am excited and nervous, but mostly excited! I've been re-reading all of my material the hospital gave me, scouring the forums, and reading up on healing from surgery. I feel like I am studying for my finals!

[SusanB55 89]

That's my husband's surgery date too! Very exciting! He has completed all of his appts with the last one today, the upper endoscopy. He is ready! Maybe they will be able to move up his surgery date, which would be even better. I will have completed my 3 months of jumping through ins/dr hoops tomorrow so my case will be submitted to insurance. My case is a bit different from my hubbies tho. He has many co-morbodities so I knew he'd be approved. I have sleep apnea and BMI of 37, but I also have a band that I want removed and then sleeved, hopefully all at once. I've read sooooooooo many revision stories on here and I would estimate about 50% are denied. I am not feeling very hopeful

[io0oi 6]

That's good news for your husband!

I am sorry that you are going through all this. Would you be denied from your surgeon or insurance? I thought it was pretty common these days to have the revision.

I started at 40 bmi (back in August) and was so nervous I was going to drop below and get denied - that I unintentionally gained more weight over the course of 9 months. My process was a bit longer than most, because I was on anti-depressants, but not seeing a therapist. They wanted me to do 12 weeks of therapy. When that was completed, I was weighed in and was told I needed to lose 15lbs to before I was even allowed to meet with my surgeon. It never dawned on me that sleep apnea (I had just been diagnosed) would be considered a co-morbidity, until my nurse confirmed it. Extra anxiety over nothing. You should contact your insurance/surgeon and ask, just in case.

Keep me posted on how you both are doing!

[SusanB55 89]

That's good news for your husband!

I am sorry that you are going through all this. Would you be denied from your surgeon or insurance? I thought it was pretty common these days to have the revision.

I started at 40 bmi (back in August) and was so nervous I was going to drop below and get denied - that I unintentionally gained more weight over the course of 9 months. My process was a bit longer than most, because I was on anti-depressants, but not seeing a therapist. They wanted me to do 12 weeks of therapy. When that was completed, I was weighed in and was told I needed to lose 15lbs to before I was even allowed to meet with my surgeon. It never dawned on me that sleep apnea (I had just been diagnosed) would be considered a co-morbidity, until my nurse confirmed it. Extra anxiety over nothing. You should contact your insurance/surgeon and ask, just in case.

Keep me posted on how you both are doing!

Oh no, my surgeon is on board. He wants to do the revision. It's all about the insurance and whether they will approve it. I've seen several posts on here that said their insurance said the revision wasn't medically necessary. That would be a nightmare! All of these appts, time and money just to be heartbroken.

Best of luck to you and my hubby on May 2!!!

[mzguthrie 0]

I just had surgery April 21st

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