discordya
Goals
Nov 07, 2010
My mothers insurance is United HealthCare, which she receives through her company obviously. She had called on Friday to inquire on 2 things, one if I could be added to her policy and two if they cover WLS at all.
First things first. They currently do NOT follow the new law enstating people under age 26 can be covered under their parents/whomever. That law is apparently not in actual effect until 1/1/2011, but companies since September 2010 were allowed voluntarily to accept that. Now, let me be clear in saying I don't really know much about that law, nor do I know if that is when the law is forced. That is just information I've gathered here and by heresay. The person my mother spoke to didn't have any indication on when the company would be offering that new law.
Secondly, they only cover WLS upon medical necessity. Now, that one is really obvious. Otherwise it would be more-or-less cosmetic surgery/plastic surgery and hardly any insurance company really covers that unless medically necessary also. So this is actually good news, as I do show 2 or more signs of comorbidies.
So I am going to have her call again tomorrow (Monday) and see if she can get more information about getting me back on her insurance.
Well, I am currently in college to do what my mom does -- medical transcription. I go to school that works directly with a company called Career Step, with which they place directly to a number of companies, my moms being 1 of them. She works for the leading MT company in the country, and since she's been with them since 28 years ago I'm hoping it would be a good lead-in in getting a position there.
So what are my goals? Basically I want to get covered as soon as I can (which is hopefully before 1/1/2011). What I'd like to do is have all of the pre-op things done, like the testings and if any diets are required and things like that. If I can get a surgery date before April 19,2011 then that would be nice, but I'm not exactly pushing for that.
What I figure is this: I can get covered by my moms insurance to get the pre-ops done, then when I get a position with my moms company I will hopefully get benefits (only recently learning that even PT employees get health insurance) and just have to switch over policies. Now, I know there might be some set backs as I would be on a new policy here, but I was hoping that the pre-ops would carry over and be valid on the new policy when I get a job.
I graduate in early March so I think a little over a month to get a job at that company would be a realistic goal. It would also be just in time for when I turn 26 and would no longer be covered by my moms insurance.
My secondary goal would be if I did get surgery before I turn 26, then I would have money left over from Stipend to be able to cover post op appointments until I get insurance again.
In addition to the main goal, though, it has been suggested to me to try to diet -- yes, again! -- and write a food journal until I get insured and the process started. I'm going to do this. I've already listed what I ate yesterday, just have to find the journal I want to write in and figure a place to keep it where I will for sure write in it. I don't know if I want to do a real journal or an online one. Somehow I'm thinking a real one would be better.
Unsupportive
Nov 05, 2010
Well I'm actually quite surprised at the encounters I've had both on forums and chat. People seem to get the impression that I am in some sort of rush and feel the need to tell me that I'm wrong for it.
First of all, the only RUSH I'm in is to get started on a new life. I never said I was wanting to get into surgery by next week or even next month or this year. I mean, I am very well aware how long it takes to actually get to a point where you'd have a date set.. I went through it with my sister whom is 2 years post op now. I'm not an expert by any means but I know what I need.
I've been deciding upon this since before my sis went into surgery herself. I knew that this was an option for me if I ever wanted it to be, but now 2 years later and about 40+ lbs heavier I think this is more-or-less my last resort at fixing my health and my life before I waste more years of my life as an obese person who cannot do much in terms of physical.
Is it wrong that I want to start looking into this and asking questions to learn all I can? Why does that automatically make everyone assume I want to find any Joe Blow that would do surgery for me? That's totally false.
Let me explain a little more about my story. I have a sister whom is 3 years older than me, who was also obese. She decided to have RNY WLS a little over 2 years ago and has done great. She has had some complications that are related to colitis and RNY together. I'm not an expert nor claim to be, but I know what is involved and the consequences of WLS. I have thought on it long and hard and have tried many ways to lose weight in the many years (as in my whole life) that I've been over weight.
I'm not jumping into anything. All I am looking to do is just GET STARTED. There is still a long road ahead once you even "get started". I'm just looking for a way, is that so wrong? How can anyone judge me for wanting to live a healthy life and be able to do things, in public, that I like to do again?
Not there yet..
Nov 04, 2010
I just want it to go fast. Not like I want it to all happen in one month, I know it won't. But it already will take a while so I just want to know if Medicaid will help me. And start the whole process of getting to where I wish to be.
I envision so many things, like what it would be like to be held as a skinny person, or skinniER person. Both, actually. What it would be like to wear those clothes I see in stores that I long to be able to fit in to. I feel like even though I dress fairly fashionably for my weight that I'm not really me. I'm a ROCK chick. I want to wear my rockin clothes! But that's just it, I don't have any because those kinds of stores don't sell my size. I feel like I've been living a life that isn't me. To be able to wear SHOES that actually FIT me. I wear a size 9 but I have to wear 10s because of my fat feet. It would be nice to walk around the Flea Market in town without wanting to sit down so bad after 15 minutes of walking!
I just want my time to shine. I can be more than who I am now. I can be so much more, I just need this little push...
