Anyone else playing the waiting game?!?
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I wrote before about how frustrated I felt for waiting these past few years.
Well I have to say, I JUST GOT CALLED FOR MY PREOP! If everything goes as planed, we will set a date for the surgery to happen before the end of July!
Waiting is the worst, but finally I can see a light at the end of the tunnel!! I’m so happyyyy!
Big hug to all of you patient people 💪
Congratulations!
PantxaPetita reacted to this
Wow, I read your stories and realize even more how lucky my process was. I have BCBSTX, I got sleeved 10/17. From when I did my seminar In August of 17 to my surgery it was 2 months. My surgeons office is the best and always on top of things. He is also my general surgeon, so it was a no brainer to go with him when I did this. My pcp brought up gastric surgery in August 2016 but I was 220 and didn't think I was "fat enough" to do it. But I had several comos that qualified me. I'm a shit medical magnet though, I had reflux before this, and about month 8 it got super bad. Pcp added Zantac on top of the protonix. On top of that I was going through a bottle of alka seltzer chews like crazy, about a month before I call my surgeon I was up to 2 bottles a month. I called him, went in and he said I was at risk of aspirating in my sleep because I'm on several meds to sleep at night and I was vomiting up acid in my sleep and because of the meds I wasnt waking up. He ordered and EDG and found out I had severe inflammation due to the reflux, and a restriction where my esophagus and pouch was meeting, that day they submit to insurance to convert my sleeve to bypass, by the following Wednesday I was approved, that Friday I was preop and that Monday I was converted. I'm blessed my husband has amazing insurance. And they don't drag their feet. Once I meet my deductible my meds are covered at 100%. Never had ins do that before! We found that out after I had my sleeve! Too bad Vitamins aren't covered under ins! They should be!
I know the waiting game sucks! My sleeve was scheduled and it was literally a week and I still hadn't gotten an answer and the medical assistant in me called and demanded that I get an answer because I had a week, and I wasn't going to pay and preop and not have an approval, I had an answer in 24 hours! Don't be afraid to call your ins yourself! Be your own advocate! They can escalate to a higher rep and get you an answer in 24-48 hours in most cases. It's a rough journey. But it's worth it. The stalls, the medical nightmares, the pain, the aggravation, I'd go through it all again.
Krimsonbutterflies reacted to this
It took almost 3 weeks for a word. My heart just about dropped when I got the approval news lol.
I understand. It feels “real” now. I was waive Ring between excitement and fear when I scheduled my date.
TheJuice202 reacted to this
Did you get your date ?On 05/04/2019 at 12:49, PantxaPetita said:
I wrote before about how frustrated I felt for waiting these past few years.
Well I have to say, I JUST GOT CALLED FOR MY PREOP! If everything goes as planed, we will set a date for the surgery to happen before the end of July!
Waiting is the worst, but finally I can see a light at the end of the tunnel!! I’m so happyyyy!
Big hug to all of you patient people 💪
Well the insurance company wanted a letter from my doctor supporting the surgery. My family doctor was right on it and I got the approval today. May 9th is the day.
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