Got approved!

Aug 16, 2010

I haven't written here for awhile, because, to be honest I was a little down in the dumps. I found out a week after my sleep study that I had mild sleep apnea. I was devastated. That meant I had to go back to the sleep center to get fitted for the cpap machine.

I totally took my time with that and avoided it. In the meantime, I got a letter from Barix saying I had to go a 6 month diet before my insurance would approve it. Although, after I had my consultation, I looked up my insurance and it turns out that on June 19, they changed their policy! So all I had to do was get a nutritional evaluation done (which was done over the phone) and they submitted it to the insurance!

Just today I found out I was approved! I am still in shock! Last week I finally scheduled my sleep study and it's this Friday. I can't wait to get it done and get my surgery scheduled! I even went to a few of Barix's support groups and I'm so glad I did. I found a few friends and it's been really helpful. I found out through the support group that I'll probably have to get 200 hours of sleeping with the cpap machine before I can get the surgery. I'm pretty bummed about that, but whatever I need to do I am going to do.

So that's what has been going on! So now I'm just waiting for the next sleep study and I'll find out what happens next.

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