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Well I found out today that I passed my heart test with flying colors and the cardiologist faxed it all over to my fat surgeons office.  So I called over there and wouldnt you just know it Amy the gal who deals with all the insurance stuff wasnt in today.  Thats my luck!!  Oh well They said she would be in tomorrow for sure and hopefully she will fax it all to my insurance and they will give me an approval number before the end of the day and I can get my official surgery date by Wednesday at the latest cross your fingers and your toes and say a little prayer!!! I know it all works out the ways that its supposed to, its just hard when it doesnt work out in your favor ya know?

 Ok im going to set up some goals and just add to my list every time I think of something.  Please keep in mind these are goals I am working towards if everything works out and I have my surgery.


1.  My very first goal will be to get my weight under 227pds because for the last 5 years after many many many many diets the lowest I ever got was 227.  So once I hit 226 I'm havin a party!!!

2.   My next goal after achieving the above goal (which will hopefully be reached in 3 to 4 months from what I see out of other people on here)  will be to watch my husbands jaw hit the terminal floor when he steps off the plane from Iraq for his 2 week leave and he sees that Ive lost hopefully 60 to 80 pds!!

3.    My third goal will be to get to that 200 pd mark, I believe that may require another party!!!

Well I went and did my nonstress test on my heart today, the gal overseeing it said she didnt see any problems with it but that it still has to be seen my the cardio doc first.  Its supposed to be read and everything turned in to my fat doc by tues. at the latest and then amy at the office will immediately fax it to insurance and she said it would probably only take a day to get the approval numbers and I should be in BUSINESS!!!!   I just have to wait now which sucks cause I stink at it.  I have plenty to do I just dont want to do it!!  I had to get on a tread mill today and reach my target heart rate which was 166 wheeeeeeeew!!  I thought i'd die!! i am so out of shape its pathetic.  well i got to go study for a test catch ya all later!!

I met with Dr. Clark on Monday, I was very impressed by him he was very good natured and down to earth.  He has a real good sense of humor to, he explained things to a room full of "potentials"  and then met with each one of us one by one.  He didnt think there would be any reason right now why he couldnt do it lap., which is good.  All I have to do now is get that last cardiac test done and get it all faxed to the insurance and then im set!!  The gal at the office is still sure I will be able to get it done over spring break which is only 2 weeks away, im scared now though to get my hopes up cause it seems every time im in the clear and all ready something new pops up and is needed. Im just going to pray really hard about it and if its meant to happen it will.  Let me just say thats a lot easier to write than live by but I will try my hardest.  I got a great book yesterday that i want to reccomend to anyone its called WLS for Dummies and its great it pretty much covers all of it, pre op, during and post op.  It has info on insurance denials and recipies its really good, i read almost the whole thing in one day.

I want to get excited so bad but like I said Im scared to.  Im not worried about insurance cause if im understanding it right im already approved I just need that last info faxed in.  My biggest worry is geting this done over spring break cause like ive probably said a 100 times already if it doesnt happen for me then it wont happen for months and I dont want to wait any longer than I have to, you all know what Im talking about.
I finally got some pics on here of my 2 most favorite people.  Well as a famous man once said I'LL BE BACK!

O.K., Im feeling a little better now, I called Amy the gal at the surgeons office and talked to her about having yet another delay, she told me to sit tight because i have already been approved they just cant give out the approval number till they get that EKG and letter clearing me.  Once she has that she will immediately fax it ti the insurance and it wont be more than a day and she will have the number and they can officially give me my surgery date which she still is telling me can be the first week of March.  I still think that the cardiac doc is still just trying to get more money out of me though. Oh well what are ya going to do!!!
Im still praying for patience and I still have faith that this is going to work!!!

well,  I went to the cardio doc today and I had a perfect sinus rythm, but wouldnt it just be my luck that I get sent to the doctor who wants to be absolutely thorough!!!   Now next Fridy I have to have a nuclear scan done to make sure I dont have any blockages.  He couldnt just write a little note and fax the ekg to my insurance company, no he has to suck some more money out of me!!
I shouldnt be so hateful and really im usually not but it just seems like theres always one thing after another, and Im running out of time.  Im sure i probably got a blockage or partial blockages im pushing 300 pds and ive ate like a horse for years!!
Im trying to remain patient and calm and positive, but its very hard!!!
Sometimes a person just needs to vent.
So far all the tests and labs I have had to do for pre op have been coded with the diagnosis of obesity and my insurance wont pay squat on any of it so im up to about 2000.  now out of pocket, my husband is probably going to kill me, im supposed to be getting us out of debt while he is over seas not diggin it in deeper.  If I get approved and he sees me a hundred pounds lighter he will be happy but if i dont get approved and im stuck with all these bills he will hit the roof!! Another one of my hair brained schemes he'll say.  Oh well, like I said I know Im approved I just need that Ekg, and A note to make it a done deal.  So I guess I need to just shut up and play the game.

Hey, can anyone tell me how to work this site, apparently i more iliterate to computers than i thought.  I would like to put a pic up and i like the fancy backgounds ive seen others have but got no clue how to do it!!  Anyone want to help me out?

I got my appt. with the cardiologist and they were able to do it this Friday, I think because of the weather they had some cancellations.  I was so glad, now I will just pray I dont have some huge heart condition I didnt know I had!!  My out of pocket costs are starting to add up though and that sucks, Everyone keeps codeing everything for obesity, and my insurance says they do not accept that as an approved code.  Im up to about 1200.  now and I havent even seen the surgeon yet.  Thank God for the payment plan!!  Oh well im just glad things are finally starting to move.

ok, I really hate insurance companys they have way to much power over peoples lives!!  I called this morning to see if I was approved, the lady said yes you are so wooooohoooooo I was on cloud nine i called later after class to check on something and guess what, "technically your approved but you have to get cardiac clearance before we can actually say yes you are approved.  So I still cant schedule a date for spring break, and although it wasnt a denial it still is a delay. but i am happy that it seems i will be approved as long as my ticker is allright and im pretty sure it is.  Well thats all I got for today, I dont think to many read my rambling anyway but its good to vent!!

Im still waitng, trying to be patient.  I just want Monday to come so I will know wether or not its going to happen!!

I talked to my sister on the phone today, and she doesnt think I should try and do this surgery (if approved) over my spring break just in case i have a bunch of complications and cant get back to school.  I dont know I just dont want to wait till school is out, my husband will be home for a 2 week visit in June and I want to be 40 or 60  pounds less than I am now.  I dont want to be dropped from nursing school though, I have faith that every thing happens the way its meant to.  I have sailed right through school so far and I just dont think God would get me this close and then pull the rug out from beneath me.  I dont know, If Im approved Im going to go for it and pray that it all goes well.  2 friends of mine had theres done on a friday and they were both back to work the next friday, Thats what im hoping for!!  I  probably shouldnt worry about this at all because I may not get approved and then it wont matter.  I have Tricare right now the military insurance, the lady at the surgeons office said she doesnt usually have problems with them approving anything, so we will see.