This really is an adventure...

Jul 08, 2010

...and I haven't even had surgery yet.

Ok so finally got all the various materials gathered and delivered to the surgeon's office for approval. The coordinator put the package together to send to CIGNA.. A week went by... denied.

Ok so you can imagine....I wigged out.

It took a few hours to calm down (and a 3-way with Haagen AND Dazs) to realize this is just standard operating procedure for 'da man'. 

After calls and digging, the reason for the denial - which was not an official denial - was I was missing the 6 month diet notes from the doctor. Well that's crap. I was there every month. So I get a copy of the notes from said PCP and they are..... un-fuckin-readable. Like at least Chinese I could run through the Google translator. Not this chicken scratch.

So as I usually end up doing, I am taking matters into my own hands. I am creating, free-of-charge to my doctor, a weight-loss program/prescription form, which will have all the necessary components AND it will be typed, in actually legible characters.

Then I will march down to his office, have him sign them, and fax them myself to CIGNA.

I fully expected to be under the knife at the end of May. I took off from school, canceled all vacations, and generally rearranged my life to make this happen. And here we are July 8, and I'm not even scheduled.

Oh and about that Haagen-Dazs episode - it actually really helped me, as about 1/3 of the way through the pint, I understood exactly what I was doing. I stopped and put it away - at least for a few hours. When I split the rest that night with my other half - it was a very conscious decision.

0 Comments