bettiedavis1976

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I've attended a seminar, a support group and I've done the teleconference, got my labs done Friday morning and am well on my way to a surgery date!

I moved to Arkansas in November of 2008.  My insurance denied my surgery after several appeals because it wasn't a part of my health coverage not because it wasn't medically necessary.  I was going to do self pay but in CO springs they wouldn't do self pay and in Denver it was going to be over 52,000 dollars.  I had given up on having the surgery and then I gained 30 more lbs and my fibromyalgia, arthritis and other ailments just got worse. I looked into surgeons in Arkansas and found one in Little Rock about 3 hours from where I live in Mena, AR.  The surgery is only going to cost about $16,000 for the open RNY.  I need the open because I have sleep apnea and this doctors requires the open.  Anyway, I applied for a CARE-CREDIT health card and got approved for $15,000 immediately!  So that almost covers it.  Other than blood work and other misc expenses I wont h ave to put out too much of my own money right away.

I'm going through all the steps that Dr. Baker requires and hopefully I'll be getting my surgery soon!

Will be July 10th!  I am super excited!

I will be attending my first Seminar at Penrose tomorrow.

I can't wait to get this whole process started.