25 March 2010

Mar 25, 2010

OK - lots to report since my last post...OK - well, just a little progression.  I called Dr. Rabkin's office is San Francisco and I got a live person (Ernesto) who was incredibly helpful.  Within a few hours I received, filled out, and returned my medical questionairre.  I also sent him my surgical reports from my 1997 RNY, my insurance information (including the rejection letter they sent to Dr. Overcash last year).  It seems that I will still have to lay out $10K to Dr. Rabkin in order to get the surgery scheduled (even if my insurance sends pre-approval) - but I'm OK with that.  Hey, I guess if you're one of the best in the county then you can make up your own prices and rules, right?  LOL.  Ernesto emailed me back to day to let me know that they were going to get started with it.  I had my annual gyne exam yesterday and told my doc about the surgery.  She was the one who tried to convince me that it may be better to have the surgery in the US and try to let the insurance company pay for it.  Nonetheless, I asked if she could order a CBC and Lipid Panel for me so that I could submit it to the bariatric surgeon.  I figured that if she ordered it, my insurance would cover it.  She also is sending me for another mammogram (I guess it's par for the course when you're 40) - and she wants a thyroid test done.  The other good news is that my husband said that he would escort me to San Francisco for the surgery, if that is where I end up going.  He never offered that when I was considering having it done in Mexico.  So we will probably take the girl too - I'll have to check to see when she gets out of school for the year.  Now I just have to get my blood drawn and get the results up to them and get the medical records from last year's EGD up to them.  Then I play the waiting game, I guess.

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