I've Got A Date!

Mar 11, 2009

Ahhh!!!   This rocks! Honestly, I have never worked so hard for anything, besides my daughter, in my entire life. I finally got a call from Sherry at Dr. Coirin's office at 8:15 this morning telling me that I was approved for surgery and my date would be April 13th! Wow, so soon... I can't believe just how close that really is. One month and two days away... Yikes! I have so much to do from now until then. It's scary. Anyway, my journey so far has certainly had it's ups and downs, but I'm positive that this is just the beginning. There will be many more ups and downs to come...  

So a quick overview of the events that have led up until this point...

- WLS Seminar - 11/05/08
- Psych. Eval. 01/08/09 (Had been rescheduled due to my doctor relocating his office.)
- EKG - 01/12/09
- Pre-Op Ed. Class - 01/13/09
- TSH Level Lab Work - 01/19/09
- Nutrition Eval. - 01/23/09
- Echo. - 02/02/09
- PCP Clearance - 02/10/09 (Had been rescheduled until medically cleared by Cardiologist.)
- Dr. Coirin Received Surgical Clearance - 02/18/09
- Dropped Off Med. Records W/ Dr. Coirin - 02/19/09
- Surgery Info. Submitted To Blue Cross For Approval - 02/23/09
- Approved By Blue Cross - 02/25/2009
- Notified Of Approval And Given A Surgery Date - 03/11/09

Ugh. For me, the hardest part throughout the whole process was definitely the waiting... Ugh. I mean from 02/23/09 to today I was waiting to hear back from Sherry. But something always seemed to be in the way of me getting approved. In fact I was actually approved by Blue Cross two days after my info. was submitted to them. That's unheard of. I mean they worked fast! But according to my surgeon's office they didn't receive and authorization until this morning. LOL IDK about that because I have been checking back in twice a week since my info. was submitted and the story remained that same. But two days ago I decided to take matters into my own hands by phoning Blue Cross on my own to see what was taking so long. Ha! They told me that I had been approved since 02/25/09 and that the only thing that they were waiting for was a surgery date from my surgeon. Ahhh! I was so upset. But I remained calm and politely asked if my approval could be faxed over to my surgeon's office. Uh-Uhhh. Not a chance, because Blue Cross had already faxed over my approval and a request had to be made through the surgeon's office in order for them to re-fax my approval. Ahhh! So again, I called my surgeon's office explaining the situation and requesting that they call Blue Cross and have my approval faxed to them, and not one day later... I'M APPROVED WITH A SURGERY DATE!!!  Well, thanks to everyone who wished me a speedy approval, I appreciate your support!

Sincerely,

Abby

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