Revision Process..

Apr 24, 2012

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to give a quick update. I'm currently in the process of submitting for revision surgery. My family doctor sent my medical history over last week, it only took her 1 month this time around which was very surprising. I received a call from my surgeons office on Friday 4/20 and was told I had to see the surgeon again for a full medical history/physical with them before they could submit. I have that scheduled for this Thursday. The surgeon I'm going with this time just joined the practice around 6 months ago so I have wrote down a list of questions to ask him as far as his statistics, etc to ask him on Thursday. I really want to find out what the chances are of him not being able to do the sleeve revision during the band removal surgery. There have been quite a few band to sleeve revisions happening recently and I haven't came across anyone that wasn't able to do it in one procedure yet. I would be devastated if I went under and woke up without a band and no revision.
I contacted my insurance company yesterday to find out the policy, they have 15 calendar days to give me a predetermination whether it has been approved/denied. The surgeon should send in for approval by this Friday 4/27 so I should expect to hear something back by 5/11. I'm hoping for a smooth approval and hoping to schedule for surgery by June. Based on my insurance policy requirements to qualify for revision I have a good chance of being approved, especially since my BMI is over 40 still even after losing so much weight with the band. I will keep everyone posted! Thanks for reading.

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