It's Finally Over!!

[karook54 0]

I'm so glad my last 6 mo dr appt is tomorrow. I talked to my surgeon's asst. and she said I should have an approval within a week! I can't believe how fast the 6 mos went by.

Good Luck Everyone!!!

[skatkat 0]

Whoooo......hooo.....!!!! I'm happy for ya sister! I too had to do the six month thing. (crazy insurance company! lol)

This is an exciting time! Hang in there, enjoy that last cheeseburger, psyche yourself out in all the positive ways you can, and get ready to throw out all your clothes and have fun at the mall over the next couple of years!

[karook54 0]

Thanks for the boost!! I'm excited and ready to start my new life.

[2b-banded 0]

Ok, so my last appointment for the 6 mo diet is Wednesday, It was supposed to be last week, but we had major windstorm 8 days ago, and MD office with no electricity = rescheduled appointment! But hey 2 more days til that's over, appointment with my surgeon a week from today, hopefully I can be bitching about my pre-op diet by Halloween! Or even better, the POST OP diet! Woo Hoo!

Sorry to steal some of your thunder, But I'm right there with you, and so Damn excited I could kiss someone! Feels like my 6 month diet took 12, how about yours?

[karook54 0]

Ok, so my last appointment for the 6 mo diet is Wednesday, It was supposed to be last week, but we had major windstorm 8 days ago, and MD office with no electricity = rescheduled appointment! But hey 2 more days til that's over, appointment with my surgeon a week from today, hopefully I can be bitching about my pre-op diet by Halloween! Or even better, the POST OP diet! Woo Hoo!

Sorry to steal some of your thunder, But I'm right there with you, and so Damn excited I could kiss someone! Feels like my 6 month diet took 12, how about yours?

Glad you are right with me! It feels like it went by faster that I expected but I tried to keep my mind from constantly thinking about it like I did in the beginning. I couldn't believe it was finally over! All those months of dr. visits that I thought would never end finally did. Now I'm waiting for ins. approval. I have to see the dietician and surgeon one more time then I should be given the ok for surgery. I wish they would go ahead and give me a date so I can plan around work, kid's activities,etc. But I won't complain too much because I'm just glad to finally be within reach of my surgery! Hope everything goes good with you. Keep me posted.

[2b-banded 0]

Glad you are right with me! It feels like it went by faster that I expected but I tried to keep my mind from constantly thinking about it like I did in the beginning. I couldn't believe it was finally over! All those months of dr. visits that I thought would never end finally did. Now I'm waiting for ins. approval. I have to see the dietician and surgeon one more time then I should be given the ok for surgery. I wish they would go ahead and give me a date so I can plan around work, kid's activities,etc. But I won't complain too much because I'm just glad to finally be within reach of my surgery! Hope everything goes good with you. Keep me posted.

Wow, wish I could say the same. I had so many frustrations I almost decided to just pay for it myself, and to heck with the insurance crap. Which, in my saner moments, I figured was the entire point! Because of my husband's insurance, I have to use the program run by the company he works for, or pay 60% out of pocket. But the program is a massive pain in the keister! No one wants to return a call, and they seem more interested in making sure I bring the required cash, and less interested in do I know what the lap band is and what is required. It took me 5 months to get my apointment with the bariatric program, which you have to have before your first surgical appointment, and even then I had had to get my husband to email the VP of surgery at the company he works for.

My first apointment with the surgeon is next Monday, and so I can't even be submitted for insurance consideration until next week! ARRGGHH! The surgeon's office is much easier to work with, luckily. I just hope they don't require a thousand more clearances before they submit me. I already had the psych consult, dietitian, sleep study, 6 mo diet, and primary MD recomendation. No history of cardiac issues.

[karook54 0]

I hate you have had such a hard time. I will be thinking of you.

[Froggi 4]

My 6 month diet will finally be over on October 3rd. Everything will be sent to insurance on the 6th. Sooooo excited!

[sil 0]

hi my 6 months is up sept 3. i have one more test to do, that app, is wednesday 15, for a pulminary clearance hope i pass,then the nurse said i will come in for a session with the doctor, keeping my fingers cross. congrats on your surgery.

[lapbandgirl4life 0]

Congrats to all. I still have a few months to go. In the meantime, I'll live vicariously through you guys!