Michelle B.

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So, the past week or so I have been BUSY!  Running around digging up records and such forthe surgeons office.  The bariatric coordinator did not seem to optimistic of my chances with the insurance company, but with the extra things I sent, it's looking better.  She is supposed to call me today or tomorrow with an appointment for a consult FINALLY!!  They won't even give you a consult at this office now unless you've already jumped through the hoops.  I don't know why, shouldn't be any skin off their teeth if I want to pay for a consult.  I guess that with all the requirements changing, and insurance companies getting tougher about approving, they figure to save some grief.  I don't think that they are helping by not giving a patient a consult with a surgeon.  I might be feeling alot better at this point had I already recieved a consult.  Kinda makes me feel like they don't want to fool with it, you know?  
  So, on the home front, things are going OK. Dusten is working, and I'm just waiting for my job to play out.  I may have found some under the table work to tie me over while looking for a job.  Not sure on that one yet.  I REALLY hate coming to work these days.  I have NOTHING to do, and time drags by.   
They have alotted all my duties to other people here now, so I pretty much play on the net all day now.  It just sucks to be here!  I know I'm getting paid to sit here, but I'd rather not.  I think they thought if they did it this way, I'd just quit and they wouldn't have to pay severance.  Whatever!  I'll sleep at this desk before I'll quit!  They'll never be able to say that!!

I'm so upset and frustrated and disappointed!  I can't even get a consult!  The scheduler at the dr I have chosen doesn't think I have done enough to get my surgery approved, so she won't even schedule a consult.  I guess it's a waste of their time to give me consult.  I have done as much as I can do.  The problem?  I don't have 5 years of MEDICALLY documented morbid obesity.  I have been morbidly obese since I was 30 years old, and bese ALL my life.  I can provide a picture for every year of my life to prove it.  But because I haven't had any health problems before now, I can't have the surgery.  There were times when I should have seen a dr, but guess what?  I didn't have insurance and I'm a single mom.  I'm the sole provider in my household.  I could not afford to be sick.  If I was, I suffered through it with whatever I could get cheap over the counter.   I had my PAPs done at the county health department, but tere was 2 years taht I missed them.  Stupid, I know.  But I wasn't taking care of me, I was raising my child.  I still am, but I'm at a point where I need some care.  I can't just go on a diet and lose weight.  I've tried. I'm just so down right now, I'm almost ready to give up.  But I'm losing my job, and do you know how hard it is for an obese person to find a job?  No matter how qualified, or how many good references, people still look at you and see a fat lazy person.  What am I to do?  I just don't know anymore.
  I've racked my brain all day today trying to think of something I may have missed that might help.  I'm drawing a blank!