Approved!!!!!!!

Feb 14, 2012

Yeppers, buddy, I am on my way! The last time I called the insurance company they said that my case was scheduled for review for today so I waited until about 2:30 today and gave them a call. I was authorized for surgery as of February 9! Woohoo! I called the insurance person at the doc's office to see what the next step was and she seemed put out that I had called the insurance company. She claims to have left me a message on Feb 9th telling me that I was approved, but I didn't get a message and I find it difficult to believe that I somehow missed it. But, whatever, it wasn't like I was mad or anything. So she directed me to the scheduler who is back logged but hopes to call me with a surgery date later this week. She thinks it'll be mid-April. I feel all kinds of excited and scared and even a little let down! I've been so anxious about it and waiting for it for so long, I feel like it was all a little anti-climatic! Which is ridiculous, but hey, can't help how we feel, right? Mostly, I'm excited and can't wait to have the surgery date! Middle of April would be around my birthday, which would be cool with me, especially since the kids don't have school that week. Eh, we'll see what happens. The important thing is that I'm APPROVED!!

I see the psychologist again tomorrow so I figure I'll have a lot of stuff to discuss with her. Even though neither insurance nor my doctor require it, I think that continuing to followup with the psychologist has been one of the more beneficial things I've done. It helps that she's the kind of person that I could be friends with.

Well, I'm off to celebrate Valentine's Day and Approval Day! Trying to convince the husband that a new Coach bag is the way to go. We'll see how that goes!!

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