6 month pre-surgical program is FINISHED!!!

Jun 18, 2010

Hello friends! I hope this note finds you all very well and enjoying the start of this glorious summer!

I never thought that June would get here, but it did! And, I am sooo very happy to say that...for more reasons than the obvious! We had an extremely nasty winter weather-wise with four VERY major winter storms-blizzards or ice storms-(two in December, one in January, and one in February, and almost zero lukewarm days)!  Monday, the 14th was my final pre-surgical group meeting...seems like I was just on the phone with Aetna finding out that my husband's plan covered bariatric surgery! I should be more patient, because I know that time does fly!

So, with that said, paperwork should be ready to submit, right? Right! Well, I am VERY excited to report that I called Weight Management this afternoon and spoke with one of the nurse navigators there, and she said that my paperwork has been submitted, Aetna has received it, and they are currently in the process of assigning a nurse to my case!  Can you say wow?! That was super fast, I think! And, they told all of us on Monday to give them a couple of weeks at least to get everyone's records submitted and what not. I am very impressed, and I made sure to tell the nurse navigator that. Thank goodness for them and the all of the hard work that they do behind the scenes.

So...wish me luck! Hopefully the next time that I blog, the heading reads "APPROVED"! Send me all the prayers and good luck  that you can to get me through this process! Because one of my biggest fears is denial. What a nerve-wracking ordeal! 

Here's to wishin', and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin'!  

Best ~ Deanne

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