The waiting game begins..

Apr 27, 2012

Hi Everyone,

I had my medical history/physical appointment with the surgeon yesterday, this had to be done before they could submit for insurance approval. I called my insurance company this afternoon and all of the information was received today and is being reviewed. So I will patiently be waiting to hear back from them. I'm really hoping it doesn't end up being denied, but I'm ready to appeal if that happens.
The appointment went well, I was able to ask a lot of questions and things that I was concerned about. The sleeve is fairly new to their office so he advised that they have only done around 40-50 which I think is a decent number to feel safe with him performing this. I did forget to ask if he has done any other band to sleeve revisions so I plan to ask that at my next appointment. He did advise there is a higher chance of having to get the surgery open. They will start out laproscropically but go to doing it open if they are unable to see with the scope. He asked if I would be okay with that but I never really put any thought into this before. I'm only able to get 2-3 weeks off work so I know if they have to do it open that won't be enough time to come back to work. I think I may have to hold off on this until I have better job security. I have been at my present job almost a year but I wasn't an official employee until the end of September so as of right now, I'm not able to get any type of Short Term leave/FMLA until this September. All of this is just making my emotions go crazy. I will keep everyone posted on how the approval process is going and when I hear something back. Thanks for reading!

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