tluveor
Is this a test or a bad joke?
Jun 22, 2010
I am going through all my pre-op work this week. Labs, ECG, Pulmonary, etc. All this and I still haven't received my precertification approval from my Insurance. I feel a bit weird stating this in my last week before surgery, but I'm overwhelmed with the feeling that this is never going to happen. Depression, Sadness...
Weird because I've been going through the physician / hospital search, surgery research, studied all the insurance requirements for coverage, completed my insurance's requirement of Multidisciplinary surgical preparatory regimen plus additional requirements from Mayo Clinic, requested and submitted 2 years of weight history, changed my diet, purchased protein and food for puree stage, and what someone from the insurance company just told me was "there's no big deal, your surgery isn't scheduled until the 28th" . No big deal???? Well when you have been doing all you can to change your life style, way of thinking, emotions about eating, and you don't know if you will be able to receive the tool you were working toward because someone else has the ability to hold it in limbo - it feels like a pretty big deal.
I'm sure things will work out and this post will seem ridiculous but right now it is just sad.
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Weird because I've been going through the physician / hospital search, surgery research, studied all the insurance requirements for coverage, completed my insurance's requirement of Multidisciplinary surgical preparatory regimen plus additional requirements from Mayo Clinic, requested and submitted 2 years of weight history, changed my diet, purchased protein and food for puree stage, and what someone from the insurance company just told me was "there's no big deal, your surgery isn't scheduled until the 28th" . No big deal???? Well when you have been doing all you can to change your life style, way of thinking, emotions about eating, and you don't know if you will be able to receive the tool you were working toward because someone else has the ability to hold it in limbo - it feels like a pretty big deal.
I'm sure things will work out and this post will seem ridiculous but right now it is just sad.
Every Journey Begins with One Step
Jun 15, 2010
Well I've made the first and many subsequent steps and I'm finally here. At the wait and see point, waiting to see what insurance does with my doctor's request for precertification with a Scheduled surgery date of June 28th 2010 at 9am. I'm feeling nervous, inpatient, unsure, excited.... the list goes on and on.
I started my journey last December after 3 years of pain and episodic periods of bed-rest resulting in my highest weight ever. After a lengthy decision process on the best way to stop the pain + inactivity = lbs. cycle and several visits to weight loss surgeon that seemed to be more concerned with the bottom line $, I finally landed in one of the best facilities I could have found for WLS. Mayo Clinic, Arizona.
I have gone through the pre-surgery prep program which helped me change the way I think about food, something I didn't think would be possible for me. I have a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, a nutritionist, physical therapist psychologist, and psychiatrist. My diet has completely changed ( I never thought I could eat this healthy and be happy). I have my surgery date scheduled for June 28, 2010 @ 9AM. Now the only thing to get in my way is the precertification process.
Everything, literally my life, hanging on the hands of the insurance company. I've worked for health insurance companies for years and know that despite the best intentions and policies - some of these decisions land in the hands of those with feelings directing them rather then policy. So I wait.
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I started my journey last December after 3 years of pain and episodic periods of bed-rest resulting in my highest weight ever. After a lengthy decision process on the best way to stop the pain + inactivity = lbs. cycle and several visits to weight loss surgeon that seemed to be more concerned with the bottom line $, I finally landed in one of the best facilities I could have found for WLS. Mayo Clinic, Arizona.
I have gone through the pre-surgery prep program which helped me change the way I think about food, something I didn't think would be possible for me. I have a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, a nutritionist, physical therapist psychologist, and psychiatrist. My diet has completely changed ( I never thought I could eat this healthy and be happy). I have my surgery date scheduled for June 28, 2010 @ 9AM. Now the only thing to get in my way is the precertification process.
Everything, literally my life, hanging on the hands of the insurance company. I've worked for health insurance companies for years and know that despite the best intentions and policies - some of these decisions land in the hands of those with feelings directing them rather then policy. So I wait.
