Long time since the last update!

Dec 12, 2012

Blaahh. Well a lot has happened since my last update. My appt with the surgeon didn't go AT ALL how I thought it would. Before I saw him, I met with Kristen and we were basically talking about scheduling for October and setting up a date that same day. I was so excited. Then after seeing her, I met with him and he basically steamrolled my entire excitement by saying he was worried about my psych report since I had been reporting drinking a lot the beginning of the year. (Which I haven't even been hardly drinking at ALL anymore lately. ugh). He said he wanted me to be alcohol free for ONE YEAR before going through with surgery. I bawled so hard. You have no idea. I think I surprised him a little because he kinda relented and said, "Ok. Let's do this. Let me see you go alcohol free for six months. We'll meet again in three months, around December, and see how you're doing." He also wanted me to lose 15 lbs and quit smoking. OK. LIttle better. I was still SO heart broken. That just threw me for a loop. I hadn't been expecting that at all, and I don't think Kristen was either, because she called me later that day (I was STILL crying BTW -_-) and she talked to me about the DRs decision. :/ 

Fast forward to last week, and I've done pretty much everything the surgeon has asked for. Weighed in at 255 (-10 lbs!), had stopped smoking in November, and although I messed up with the drinking end of September, I'm definitely in control of it! I was so nervous going in to see Dr. Ikramuddin again. He didn't even stay that long, just popped in quick, asked me how the quitting smoking and drinking was going and then said, "Good good! I think we can set up a date 3 months from now then!" :O I was so surprised how quick it went. SO SURPRISED. I'm so nervous to get excited again though. :( I'm terrified something up is gonna come up. I'm scared about insurance approval too. That's the next hurdle I'm gonna be praying about. After seeing the surgeon . Kristen came in and asked me if March 3rd would work. HECK YES IT WILL! :D She still has to confirm it and make sure that the date is for sure available, but so far that's my tentative date. It feels so good to have at least a date to look forward too. I asked her about when they would be submitting to insurance, and she said they should be able to pretty soon, so I'm just waiting to hear about what else they'd need! I'm just PRAYING to Jesus that everything goes smoothly and works out. In Jesus name. :( 
I'll feel like I can relax once I get my insurance approval and my date is CONFIRMED. Actually, I wont relax until I'm post-op. -_- 


Anyone have Blue Plus/BCBS MN? Do you know how they are with insurance approval time? Any issues or were you approved with the first request?

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