Surgery update

May 21, 2010

I forgot to post last night so here the lastest for my surgery.

I called my surgeon's office yesterday to see where we are at at this point. Since I have completed all requirements as of May 17th I have been anxious ever since. I called around 1:30pm and the one assistant said Luly would have to call me back because she is the one working on my case. I was antsy at work the whole time waiting for a call back. No call.

I left work got home and around 4:40pm she called me back. Basically she has all my test results back in and we are only waiting on two things. She wanted me to call my doctor and have her write a more further note. I guess in the monthly medical notes only a few notes mention about the diet program and exercise program she had me following. Luly wants to be safe with insurance and asked if I could have my doctor re-write a letter stating she seen me from November 2009 till May 2010 on a supervised 1500 calorie diet and exercise program. I had monthly follow-ups and it basically failed and she is recommending surgery. Just so it shows that I was on a diet the full 7 months and it doesn't give insurance a reason to deny me. She is also waiting on my weight results from 2008. They requested it from my OB, Dr. Peterson and are waiting on her to send those back. Also with my test results I do have gallstones and will need my gallbladder removed when I have surgery. After doing much reading I guess that is pretty common. She said once she receives those two pieces of paper we can submit.

I called my doctor's office right after I got off the phone with her to let me doctor's assistant know I needed another letter. Told her what I needed and she said she would call me as soon as it was faxed. I will give it till Monday and if it still hasn't been faxed I will do a follow up call.

This morning I called my OB's office Dr. Peterson to see if they had received a request to send some files to my surgeon. After checking she said they just received the request yesterday and as soon as Dr. Peterson gets to it they will send it over. I tried to ask for a timeline but she didn't give me one. I told her I would give them till next Wednesday and if it hasn't been turned in I would call again as I am waiting on this for surgery.

So this is where I stand. Two pieces of paper until submitting for approval. Glad it's the weekend so I can keep myself occupied hopefully enough not to have this on my mind all the time. It still doesn't feel real at all that I am doing this. I am trying to come up with "rewards" for every X amount of weight I lose. I have things like get my nails done, pedicure, hair done, bicycle,rollerblades but I know I can think of more or better rewards. Plus trying to get my support system in place. I joined Obesityhelp.com and hoping to meet some people in the area.

Have a great weekend all!

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