I called Health Partners (even though I told myself I wouldn't  yet) today after work. The rep I talked to said the pending approval didn't show up in their system yet, but not to worry because it takes a day or two when its submitted electronically.. SOOO...

I won't call again till Monday.. I kind of forgot it was only Wednesday and they just sent it in yesterday.. I need to be patient. I know it will be fine.. because I've put it all up to a higher power!

I called my  WLS office today to make sure they got the summary from my PSYCH from my results on Friday so they could submit to my Health Partners insurance.

**Surprise!!!**

She told me she had recieved it the day before and they had submitted it this morning! What? Are you sure? This is finally almost real? OMG!!??!!

Once I get that approval it will finally feel real.. I can't believe it's finally happening.. I don't think the reality will set in until I know its approved though.. maybe even not until I'm at the hospital that morning waving goodbye to my family and traveling down the hallway to freedom...

Had my psych eval result appt today.. barely lasted 20 mins! Whoopee!

MMPI was totally normal.. I handle change well, have impulse control, and I'm emotionally/mentally stable.
Eating assessment was normal minus my tendency to eat too fast and too much (duh, look at me??)
Lifestyle assessment showed that I'm unsatisfied with my financial situation and my romantic life. 

So other than that we talked a little bit and we were done! He said he knew I had Health Partners insurance and that he'd get the summary over to the business office today still.. As soon as they have that they can send it off to insurance for approval.
So I'm sure as soon as I find out from the office that they sent it, I'm going to be on the phone every day checking on the status of the claim.. well maybe e/o day.. well maybe every day .. ha ha

Its full speed ahead now! The month of May will mean packing for me as I'm moving to Woodbury on May 31st. I am going to try to give myself a week or two to get scheduled before the surgery. I'm looking at the 2nd or 3rd week of June for the surgery!

I can't believe how fast March and April went.. now if May can go as fast.. I can't wait to have this damn surgery and have a fresh start on life!!!

Well because I had a brain fart I missed my HealthPartners dietitian phone call yesterday.. I'm really mad at myself. I've been doing them e/o Monday at 11:30 and I was caught up in a work thing outside of my office and totally forgot. I called them back as soon as I could but it was already too late and they had to reschedule.    I couldn't reschedule until next Wed April 29th.. ugh! That puts me a week and 1/2 behind on my phone calls! I need all 5 done before they'll cover me for insurance.

I've just been reading blogs and gathering as much info as I can... Mostly diet wise.

This Friday is my psych eval results appointment- the eval went fine but I don't really feel like sitting with this dude again and discussing the information. The MMPI is a joke.. those statements!  I also took an eating eval and lifestyle eval and they were ridiculously simple and stupid.  I hope my appointment doesn't last a whole hour. I hope its structured like the first one was (he had a pamphlet he went through)... Its the last appointment barrier I have for submitting to my insurance company. My bariatric office said that I need to tell him at the end of the appt that he needs to submit a basic summary ASAP so they can submit to insurance.. I guess it can take this Psych months to get the final report back to them otherwise. Nice huh?

So as the title of this post says.. Waddle waddle I still go down the journey of weight loss surgery...

Yesterday (Friday April 10th) I had my final appointment.. my Psych eval. It was interesting.. and what I expected- a waste of time! But I know its required by the office and insurance...  My psych was very nice but it was stupid too.. He just went through a series of pages in a packet and sort of went through a list of questions and facts about myself. Then I took the MMPI, an eating inventory, and another lifestyle inventory. I felt like all the tests were just almost silly.. unless you have psych issues or you're not educated then they might not be obvious.. I don't know.

Anyway.. the insurance only requires a summary from the visit so I think the business office will get that from the Psychologist. Its the last step in my pre-op visits required by my bariatric office and the last also that my insurance requires. Now its just a matter of submission to my insurance for approval. It won't feel real until I get that approval.