hockeybabe2u
My sister has had the surgery through BTC office in Holland, MI. I am very interested in having the surgery but have concerns if I will get the approval. I am I little bit discuraged because I have Priority Health Insurance and was told that they dont honor BTC, but that you have to go to a MMPC office. I have been attending support meetings with my sister for BTC. Don't know if I have surgery with MMPC, if I will be able to still attend with my BTC meetings with my sister.
4/15/03 My husband may be taking a new job and the insurance carrier will be Great West Life. I think I might have a better chance to get approval through them. I have to wait 90 days though after my husband starts job. Does anyone have suggestions?
10/14/03 I had my consult with Dr. Schram at the BTC office in Holland. Everything is a go on his part. Now I have to wait until Nov. 1st to send everything to my new insurance company ( that is when it starts). I hope that everything will go good for me.
11/24/03 According to BTC, my insurance requires a pyschological evaulation. I had that done last week Tuesday and I'm waiting for results to be sent to BTC. They said it would take a week or two (I'm hoping for a week). Once BTC gets the results then everything will be sent to my insurance carrier. I pray that everything will go fast and smooth. I hope that they will give me approval quickly. I would love to have this surgery done the last week in December.
12/5/03 All my paperwork was faxed over to my insurance company today. Now I just need to wait to see if they approve me. I hope I get an answer fast.
12/9/03 Called my insurance company today, they said I was denied and that I needed detailed diet history and diet supervised program in past 24 months. I feel sooo depressed. I dont want to wait 6 months to have this surgery, I want it now.
1/13/04 Went and seen my doctor Friday, she put me on a 1,500 calorie diet, so I guess this is what I'll be doing for the next 6 months. I wished I somehow could get around this and have the surgery earlier, but I'll do what I have to do to get approved.
2/08/04 Went to my doctor on Friday, I lost 9lbs! I also sent in an appeal letter and waiting for a response. Until I get that response, I will continue on my doctor supervised diet. I'm just trying to stick with this and hopefully have the surgery sometime in the very near future.
2/11/04 I called regarding my appeal letter today and found out that they approved me! So now I'll probably wait until beginning of April to have surgery, because that is when I can have daycare lined up for my kids!
2/23/04 I have my surgery date. It is March 8. YOOWHOO!
3/11/04 Well I'm home from having my surgery, everything went smoothly and I'm starting to heal and get better. I will post more later when I'm not so tired.
3/21/04 I am doing wonderful. I have no more pain and am getting around really well. I have put makeup on and done my hair the last couple of days and also have been out of the house with my family to get groceries. I have played cards with our neighbors a couple of times as well. I called my doctor or Friday cause my incision and the surrounding area was itching so bad, they told me to go ahead and carefully remove the stary strips and put vitiman E on it, boy what a relief. I have my 2 week appt with Dr. Schram on the 25th, so it will be interesting to find out how much I lost.
4/1/04 I went to see Dr. Schram last Thursday and was down 13 pounds! I weighed myself yesterday and lost an additional 5 pounds. Everything is going great and I feel good! I can't wait to be out of these plus sizes!
4/8/04 I went to weigh in at BTC office and I lost 22 pounds that will be gone forever! I feel wonderful and I am getting lots of energy back!
4/21/04 Down another 6 pounds!
4/28/04 I Had my 6 week check-up today and I am down a total of 29.1 pounds. I feel good and am down 2 sizes. I cant wait for the day that I weight under 200lbs.
9/11/04 I'm 6 months post-op and doing great! I've lost 75 pounds so far and still losing, but more slowly. No more plus sizes for me......whooohooo!!!! I can say this is the best thing I could have done for myself and I have had no regrets from the very beginning.
12/7/04 Well I'm still losing but very slowly. I still have no regrets. This was a great thing to happen to me.
3/29/05 I had my 1 year check up today and am doing great. I went from a size 22/24 pants and 3x shirt to a size 8/10 pants and Med shirt (Some things I can even wear a size 6). I have not dealt with any complications, which Im thankful for. I would definately without a doubt recommend this surgery to anyone that qualifies for it. It's a life changing process and has only enriched my life. The most important thing to me is that I finally feel normal again and dont feel like people are looking at me because of my size but because of who I really am. I still continue to lose weight, but still very slowly and each pound makes a huge difference at this stage. But I know I will be happy to stay the size I am now and just continue to work on keeping the weight off for the rest of my life
