maggie425
Summary to Date
Aug 11, 2007
Well, here goes, my first entry. I have been reluctant till now to enter anything for fear I might jinx my journey. I know it sounds silly, but that's just how I was feeling. Anyway, yesterday I scheduled my surgery for September 4th so I feel a little bit of weight has been lifted already! Since I didn't blog along the way, here is the quick and dirty of my journey so far: (I will save you the details of me being overweight for so many years and my many attempts to loose weight ...)
3/26/07 - First 'official' appointment at Barix Clinic. Everything went well. Although not needed for insurance approval, my doctor wanted me to have a sleep study to determine my degree of sleep apnea and work on it prior to surgery. I was a tad disappointed, but figured if it was a means to an end, I had to do it.
4/10/07 - Barix requested additional paperwork for insurance company (UHC).
4/24/07 - Approved by UHC
5/8/07ish - Contacted Eastside Sleep to schedule initial visit (I waited so long because I wanted to make sure the surgery was covered before I went down the path of having a sleeop study.)
6/19/07 - Met with Dr Samadder and scheduled sleep studies.
6/21/07 - First night of sleep study - what a nightmare!
7/5/07 - Second night of sleep study - not nearly as bad as the first night.
7/16/07 - Sleep study follow up visit to review test results. OK, so I have moderate sleep apnea, therefore ... first night of CPAP use. :)
8/10/07 - Barix Sceduling contacted me and we scheduled my lap-band surgery!!
(8/11/07 - Started blog ....)
Going forward, I have my pre-admission testing scheduled for 8/28/07 and my surgery is to follow one week later on 9/4/07. Woo-hoo!
3/26/07 - First 'official' appointment at Barix Clinic. Everything went well. Although not needed for insurance approval, my doctor wanted me to have a sleep study to determine my degree of sleep apnea and work on it prior to surgery. I was a tad disappointed, but figured if it was a means to an end, I had to do it.
4/10/07 - Barix requested additional paperwork for insurance company (UHC).
4/24/07 - Approved by UHC
5/8/07ish - Contacted Eastside Sleep to schedule initial visit (I waited so long because I wanted to make sure the surgery was covered before I went down the path of having a sleeop study.)
6/19/07 - Met with Dr Samadder and scheduled sleep studies.
6/21/07 - First night of sleep study - what a nightmare!
7/5/07 - Second night of sleep study - not nearly as bad as the first night.
7/16/07 - Sleep study follow up visit to review test results. OK, so I have moderate sleep apnea, therefore ... first night of CPAP use. :)
8/10/07 - Barix Sceduling contacted me and we scheduled my lap-band surgery!!
(8/11/07 - Started blog ....)
Going forward, I have my pre-admission testing scheduled for 8/28/07 and my surgery is to follow one week later on 9/4/07. Woo-hoo!
