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The Drama Contiues...


I asked the lady at my new office if she has recieved my records she said no(I sent the letter to release my information to them almost a week ago).  OF COURSE!!! How did I just know that this would happen. So I call Dr. Korman offfice and Rhonda picks up and puts me on hold and then Diane picks up and tells me that they have gotten the contract worked out with Blue Sheild and the hospital.  Now they are just waiting for the contracts to be signed between the hospital and Dr. Korman. She said that is why she haven't released my medical information to the new surgeon's office.  If I sent you a letter asking you to send my information to another doctor, you should have honored my request right away. That wasn't for her to decide. My next question was can I get a date? She say no, I have to wait until the surgeon and hospital contracts are done. So I told her to still forward my information to the new office and to let me know if anything changes.  What amazes me is that just last week I was told that it would take a couple of weeks(or months) to get these contracts worked out and all of a sudden this morning we have contracts signed waiting for more to be signed.  I feel like its a bunch of bull to try to keep me from going to another surgeon.  Its amazing how much gets done when you put the fire under their butts if you threaten to switch surgeons. SMH! I'm on my parents insurance and it could change at the first of the year so I have to go with who is going to get it done before 12/31 or my coverage could possibly change.

I decided to go with my FIFTH surgeon out of University of California-Irvine Medical Center. His name is Brian Smith. Hopefully all goes well. I have my consultation on September 7 and the support group on September 20. After that they said I would be able to have my pre-op possibly on September 21. It all depends on the approval of my social worker through their facility. The funny part is the coordinator thought I was joking about being approved for my surgery until she spoke with my case manager. My case manager and I have become very great friends since this process started.  She knows all of my struggles with this process and she told the lady to spare me because of how much I have been through so they are trying to get me through whatever obstacles I have to get through so I can get through this process. I loved the staff at Marina Del Rey Hospital until I felt like they were giving me the run around.  They have completely wasted my time over these last couple of weeks. And what really irritates me is that when I went in for my first consultation with that office I said I wanted the sleeve or the band.  They knew that at the time they weren't contracted with Blue Shield to do my surgery and then wait this long into the process to tell me that. So I sent in my letter to get my medical records transferred. I decided this process has be going on way to long to give up or to wait for someone else to get it together.


So I want to share with you ten things I'm looking forward to after surgery:

10:I am looking forward to this being the end of the pre-op faze!!!!
9:For people to think I'm on something because I keep dropping weight! (I kind of have a weird sense of humor but whatever! Lol)
8:To find out who will be my true friends and to see which guy from my past will react to me differently(which they will definitely not have a chance, if you can't love me fat you can't love me small but it will at least be funny to watch).
7:To say I am no longer the fat funny chick out the group. I am the sexy funny chick!
6:To look at my feet with no belly in direct view!
5: Get rid of my spanks and long line bra!
4: Go shopping and everything I try on will no longer have and X in front of it.
3: To see my self "skinny" for the first time in my life since 5. And my collar bone would be cool to see.
2: Cross my legs and to have that gap between my legs that skinny people have because their thighs don't touch.
1: Be Happy and Healthy!

I'm so freaking over this whole process of getting weight loss surgery.  I swear if my money had not been so deep into this I would just give up.  Here recently I feel like this is not even worth it anymore.  After going through all of the drama of trying to get approved my surgeon's office still can not do my surgery.  The hospital is not done negotiating their contracts with Blue Shield so until they finish negotiating the contracts I can't have surgery. This is some BULLSHIT!!! I have been approved by my case manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for surgery but I still can't get it because of their inconsistencies. When I say I am beyond over this!!! She said I can get the band or gastric right away but I want the sleeve because I like the results and the statistics following this procedure and I think it would be a perfect fit for me. I'm considering possibly finding a surgeon that has a hospital that is already done with their contracts to have my surgery with. Just not sure what to do.

Over the last couple of days it has been a wide range of emotions. Well I went from being extremely excited about being approved for surgery to being like wow its really about to happen.  And now I'm frustrated because I've been calling the office and the RN on staff has yet to call me back to confirm my date. I've been calling since the day of my approval to set my date but the lady hasn't responded. The only reason this bothers me so much is because I'm not sure how long this process will be for my Leave of Absence and Temporary Disability. My job says I have to have the paper work sent into HR(my HR department is Atlanta, GA and I still have to wait for my surgeons office to fill out this paperwork) at least 15 days before I start my Leave of Absence or it may not get approved.  And as far as disability they are always at least a week wait to start after the paper work is sent in. So if I can get all of my stuff done way in advance then everything will run smoothly.  All I'm asking is that everything run smoothly from here through recovery at least since my journey to this point has been bumpy...is it so  much to ask??? I guess so. So from here on out I'm claiming and fully own my date! I will try not to let this bother me.


But in other news...


My nutritionist Julian asked me to loose 10 pounds(since then I've gained 5 pounds so its more like 15 now) before surgery....this will be extremely hard but do able. No carbohydrates, Low calorie food. One meal a day and two protein drinks a day. So we'll see how this work out. But anyway have a great week all and if there is any news to tell I will definitely do so.

I have so much to celebrate today! First, I'm finally blogging! Lol. My last computer would not let me blog or respond to e-mails. So yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay for my first blog and now I can respond to e-mails. Secondly, after 8.5 months of going through 4 doctors, endless research, stressing, fighting, tears, emotional ups and downs I got the call this morning from  my case manager, Pat (at 7:08 a.m. to be exact), from Blue Cross Blusheild of Tennessee  that I'm finally APPROVED!!! I will be having the vertical sleeve gastretomy next month. I'm soooo scared. I'm waiting for the office to call me to set my date so I am praying for September 12, 2011. so I'm going to tentatively put 9/12 for my surgery date. Dr. Kormans office said as early as two weeks from approval date they were just waiting on my insurance office.  So I'm pretty confident with that date. Now I have to loose 10lbs by pre-op day. Pray for me!!!


P.S. I'm soooooo excited but scared as hell at the same time.