Waiting & Waiting...

Mar 23, 2010

I am a bit irritated at the mix up that happened last week that has caused me a week of delay in this process. I visited my surgeon last Monday and everything was supposedly sent to my insurance on that day. I waited and waited, called Tricare 3 times that week and they said it hadn't shown up in their system, to just give it a few more days. I called again yesterday and my insurance had no pending authorization for the surgery and didn't know if the doctor had even submitted it. Well, it's a long story but basically my doctor had left a message with the patient account liason to submit my packet for approval and the liason never recieved the message. So the whole time I was waiting for nothing basically. My packet had never been submitted. I called the liasons office and spoke to him, he was very kind and submitted my packet 5 minutes later. FINALLY the pending status is on my Tricare account online. YAY!! I should know by tomorrow at the latest. I am SO nervous but SO excited and I just hope to God that it gets approved. I want this so much.

From the time I get approved to when I see my doctor, I should have the surgery about 2 weeks later. So its coming SOON. Wow. The nurse explained that once I am approved, they have me come in immediately to fill out the paperwork, sign the surgery waivers, get my surgery date and start the liquid diet. My journey is REALLY about to begin and I cannot wait :)

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