Consult results... now I wait argh!

[duckydoom 128]

I had my consult yesterday with my surgeon - he thinks that I'm a good candidate for the sleeve, and remembered that I had wanted it instead of the band, but since it wasn't covered at the time we went with the band vs RNY. For those of you who've read my other posts, sorry for repeating, but I had the band removed 2 years later because I couldn't keep food down and kept sliming, even with the band empty.

With the band out, I've had no restriction and no issues. However, he wants to make sure that they do the motility study to show that it was the band itself vs a physiological issue with my esophagus. The worry is if it's physiological, if we give me a sleeve it might cause the same exact issues, but this time it's not reversible. It will also be helpful when we submit the auth request to my insurance to have that in there, because there is a chance that they might deny on the basis of a previously "failed" surgery.

Since I was only authorized the one visit for a consultation, I'm also requesting additional visits, and I emailed my PCP for that. They said they submitted it this morning, and I've already seen that it's been approved, so woohoo. One less hurdle to worry about lol. I should be able to schedule the psych eval pretty easily as well, but I'm waiting for a call back from the coordinator to see if I should do that now or wait.

Being neurotic and having insider knowledge as to how my insurance company works is so frustrating sometimes LOL.

I have been asked to go to the informational session again since it's been about 4 years since I last went to one - kind of a lame formality, but hey, I'll do it. My appointment for that is July 7th, and then my next appointment with Dr Rawlins is on July 21st. I'm guessing we will submit the auth request then, and those can take up to 30 days to process through our system. I'm guessing if I'm approved surgery will be September, possibly late August.

Now I have to sit on my hands and try not to be overly neurotic about preparing, argh!

Anyway, after all of that - has anyone had a motility study? I know it's gonna suck, but how much?

Thanks for reading

[Christinamo7 4,042]

I have not had that study - but I am looking forward to seeing your progress!

[duckydoom 128]

@@Christinamo7 Thank you I can't wait til all is said and done! I am actually going to get in a bit sooner - July 13th for my followup. I realized that I was already going to be out of town on July 21st to see Peter Gabriel