ohsheilae
HOLD ON FOR A BUMPY RIDE....
Mar 11, 2009
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE PATIENCE, THEN YOU WILL BE IN FOR ONE AGGRAVATING AND DISAPPOINTING RIDE. THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROCESS, IT HAS NOT BEEN SMOOTH. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ARE THE ONES THAT HOLD UP PROGRESS THE MOST. EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR PART SUCH AS ARRIVING AT YOUR APPOINTMENTS ON TIME, YOU STILL END UP SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR CLOSE TO AN HOUR JUST TO BE SEEN BY THE NUTRITIONIST AND/OR NURSE PRACTITIONER WHICH TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR THE BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER. THEN THERE'S THE GETTING YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE TO FAX OVER YOUR BLOOD WORK RESULTS. YOU CAN CALL THEM IN THE MORNING AND THEN CALL THE SURGEON'S OFFICE THAT AFTERNOON AND THEY NEVER GOT THE FAX. YOU CALL THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE BACK AND THEY TELL YOU THEY FAXED THEM AND THEN YOU CALL THE SURGEON'S OFFICE AGAIN AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER GOT THEM. SO YOU CALL A THIRD AND FOURTH TIME BEFORE THE FAX FINALLY ARRIVES. SO NOW IT'S TAKEN THREE DAYS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE ONLY TAKEN THREE MINUTES. THEN THERE'S THE PART THAT HAS REALLY GOTTEN ME IRRITATED AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE WORK OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE FORMS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE ONLY THING THAT THEY FIND IS MISSING IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE SURGERY IS A LETTER FROM YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN WHO WAS THE ONE WHO GAVE THEIR CONSENT IN THE BEGINNING. SO YOU CALL THE OFFICE OF YOUR DOCTOR AND TELL HER NURSE THAT YOU NEED A LETTER RECOMMENDING THE SURGERY AND THEY TELL YOU THEY WILL CALL YOU BACK AND THEY TAKE THEIR SWEET TIME DOING THAT. SO YOU WAIT AND YOU WAIT TRYING NOT TO BECOME A NUISANCE AND YOU END UP BECOMING A NUISANCE ANYWAY BECAUSE THE NOT KNOWING IS JUST AS BAD AS A DENIAL LETTER. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT TAKES SO LONG TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE THIS DIFFICULT TO DO. BUT I DIGRESS. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME HORROR STORIES ABOUT WLS THAT ARE FAR WORST THAN MINE. SO YET I SIT AND WAIT, AND WAIT, AND WAIT......
