Frustrated

Feb 20, 2017

Feeling pretty frustrated at this point.

On Feb 14, I saw my dietian for the first time.  When I got to the office, they told me that she would not see me because I didnt see the dr yet.  I KINDLY reminded them that I DID in fact see the Dr on the 7th and that is the same day I made my appointment with the dietian.  After waiting for about 15 min, she saw that I did in fact see the Dr and saw me.  Because she did not plan on seeing me, she was not quite prepared.  I was patient though because I knew I needed this counselling.   So she threw together a binder for me and we did our hour long session.  By the end, I was feeling great because when I had my Lapband, my nutrition consult was a joke.  I had to go to the hospital I worked at because of my insurance and our dietian was not specialized in bariatrics so she basically was just like eat right.  This dietian only works at my bariatric office and does this everyday, all day so she is a wealth of knowledge and resource.  I felt overly ready to start this journey!

Before I left, she was like "Let me see if they heard anything from your insurance yet!"  When she went to talk to the person that was submitting it, she found out that it was not submitted yet.  She stated that APPARENTLY it was placed on her desk and the Dr didnt say anything so she did not submit it yet but that she would.  I was immediately disappointed because at this point, it was a waste of an entire week.

So Friday I was driving to Cleveland to meet my new niece (yay!) and decided on the 2 hour drive that I would give my insurance company a call and see how long they expected it to take and things because I want to plan my future with my work schedule.  I am a nurse and I want to give my employer enough time so that I am not screwing up their schedule and staffing.  When I called, I was placed on hold for 20 min while the girl was trying to find my information that was submitted.  Turns out, it was STILL not submitted!!!!  So now it has been 10 days wasted.  I called my office and they stated that the person that submits to insurances is not in on fridays.  I explained the situation and so the person that answered put me on hold.  When she returned, she stated that she looked and that my chart was on the right persons desk and that she could transfer me to her office voicemail.  So I left a message.

This morning, she called me and said I understand you have some questions.  I said yes, I wanted to know how long this is going to take because now its has been almost 2 weeks wasted.  She asked if I did the 6 month preop supervised diet.  I stated that the Dr told me that I would not need this and she stated that they are hoping I wont need it but they wont know until it comes back from the insurance company.  She did state that she was submitting it today though and that she expected to know in a week or 2.

I was just in such a good, positive mood from the start because I am BEYOND ready to start this journey and this whole submitting to insurance has really got me down in the dumps.  I am part of multiple FB support groups and every day there are more and more success photos and stories and here I am sitting and waiting because the office screwed up.  Every day I wake up and my feet are really hurting.  I know its because of the weight I have expected them to carry all of these years and they are finally giving me the whole "f" you.  I am tired of being short of breath.  I am tired of hating myself and my appearance.  I am tired of being tired.  I am overly ready to have this tool help me with success after failing time after time after time with diets.

How do people stand the waiting????  It is literally killing me.  My anxiety is on high.  My frustration is on high.  My sadness is on high.  

Praying for it to be just one more week instead of two.

Carrie

 

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