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[Big Damo 0]

hey Guys & Girls

was filling out all my relevant paperwork today for my application to APRA to release my funds from SUPER to help pay for my banding

was thinking " what if they knock it back" as in the application ?

has anyone had an APRA application refused for any reason. ????

i understand that if you have been refused it may most likely be for a personal private reason but am thinking that i am now sooooooooooo committed & looking forward to this turn in my life that if i am refused for any reason that it will be crushing !!!!!

any reason for concern ???

even with a truthful application i'm still concerned

????

[Sunwyse 1]

Have not applied but I've heard they do knock some back. It needs to be worded exactly right for some crazy reason. They should have given you a letter explaining the wording. Just get your GP and surgeon to write the letter, using APRA's wording and it should go OK.

[Big Damo 0]

thanks Sunwyse

yeah ive heard so many different stories i think thats whats got me concerned. I do already have the 2 letters etc so i am just about ready to stick it in the mail and prey. lol my surgeon did say that they that they have done quite a few letters for Apra so lets hope they got it right lol

im sure it will be ok but soooooo looking forward to getting banded i couldnt handle getting knocked back. im so ready for this to happen, so need it to be done

anyway i heard that if Apra approve it the actual super fund pretty much never knock it back. I spoke to my super fund yesterday and they didnt agree but then they werent going to say either way either. just trying to stay positive.

anyway ill keep ya posted as to how i go.

thanks everyone for reading

thanks Sunwyse for the reply

[Sunwyse 1]

Damo,

you will be fine and you ARE going to be banded. If for some reason, APRA do knock back your first application, don't let it upset you. Many people have been knocked back on the first application because of silly things like a word out of place. Just contact them to find out why (if they don't explain it) and then go about getting it all re-done. At worst it will mean a delay, not an end to the process.

If the surgeon has written many of these, then you have no problems. Any mistakes they might have made the first few times, would have been all fixed by the time they come to write your letter. After all, they don't want to waste their time re-writing these things! Ask your surgeon, he probably has a template on his computer and just fills in the relative details of each patient when needed! lol.

Its gonna happen mate, now its just a matter of time.

[Big Damo 0]

hello

thanks for your kind supportive words

i have sent off the application and see how we go

you are most likely correct about the template thing. seemed like a standard kind of letter to me. lol

ill keep you posted as to how we go

cheers again

Damo

[Fanny Adams 7]

I'd cross my fingers for you, Damo, but you don't need luck coz it's GOING to happen!

[Big Damo 0]

I'd cross my fingers for you, Damo, but you don't need luck coz it's GOING to happen!

lol xxxx Now ya talking

thanks for the support

12th Sept is the date ill know

xxx cheers

[Big Damo 0]

Well some AWESOME news guys

APRA has been swamped apparently with applications but after an extra 6 working days than orriginally planned , they called yesterday to tell me that all i have to do is get my GP to re-write his letter to the Specialist ( as they dont like the wording - go figure !!), once i get that back to them they will approve my claim......YIPPPPEEEEE

so im scheduled for surgery on 30 Oct so still a fair bit to organise BUT the ugliest part of the process is all but complete ( getting approval from APRA )

so HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEe we go

cheers

Damo

[Fanny Adams 7]

YAY Damo! Not long to go now, and you will be joining us in saying "This is the best thing I've ever done for myself!" :thumbup:

[Sunwyse 1]

This is excellent news!!! Strange how they can be so picky on the wording, even just one word out...but still, you are getting approved and that's what counts.

Have fun enjoying the count down!! lol

[Big Damo 0]

lol thanks

i feel so angry right now..........called APRA to let them know that I sent the new GP letter by fax and they informed me that , thats great and now the new approval date will take another 18 days !!!!!!!!!!! so the new approval date is 15th Oct. then 12 days for Superfund to release $$$ and all this and im due in Surgery on 30th.

not leaving much time is it ??? theres bound to be something else hold up the process and BANG. itll be too late to get the Dr's all paid up before flying to Brissy to be done.

flights all booked & so is hotel

when I explained all this to the lovely girl at APRA she simply responded. " thats Government for ya, its now another 18 working days sorry"

everything including my short & curlies are crossed in hope of making the dates

cheers for all ya support

cheers

Damo

[Fanny Adams 7]

Crossing all crossable bits for ya, Damo! Hope it all works out - good luck!

[anniedub 0]

Good luck Damo!

Which doc are you going with in Brisbane?

[Big Damo 0]

hi

thanks for your reply

i am getting done by Dr John Copp @ Greenslopes

looking forward to it too

COME ON APRA lolol dont let the team down

cheers

Damo

[ozscot1 0]

Hi Big Damo,

I will keep my fingers crossed for you too. Good choice I got banded by Dr. Copp's on the 4th September and was also at Greenslopes Hospital you will be looked after. My husband John was banded by Dr. Blair Bowden at the Wesley. Dr. Blair Bowden was lovely but the Wesley was not as nice as Greenslopes according to John I was spoiled.

Sam