And.....SHE'S APPROVED!!

Jun 08, 2009

Yes, it's true!  I am approved.  This morning at 8:30 I logged into my insurance web-page and looked under authorizations expecting it to still be empty.  Much to my surprise it finally said PENDING.  It did not say that even yesterday so it must have been added very early today.  I held my breath most of the day and after a few more times of checking it at 2:30 it was finally changed to APPROVED!  Just to be cautious I called the insurance company just to confirm the information - they were pleased to tell me it was approved.  I then called the surgeons office.  They were so nice and excited for me.  The first available appointment to see the surgeon is 2 weeks from today, Monday, June 22.  At that appointment I will be given my surgery date.  She said it should be within 6 weeks so that should definitely be by the end of July.

It was a strange feeling when all was said and done.  It was like WOW, what have I done? Sort of felt like I just conquered this whole long drawn out approval process like a true warrior.....but now what?  That means I really am going to have s-u-g-e-r-y! The only thing I could think of to describe it was to compare it to a very exciting fishing trip with high prizes at stake.  You fish and fish and then it's over and you win but you realize you have all these fish to clean and you stop in your tracks and think... ohhhh - now I gotta clean all these damn things!  Can't I just throw them back and go home knowing I won??

Keep in mind I don't fish! LOL so I have no idea how I got that analogy!  But I do know I would think cleaning fish was way more of a pain in the butt that catching them.

But seriously, deep down I am so happy to be on this journey, it's just that the reality of it finally set in today.  It's not about what turned in to "the challenge of the approval process" anymore, it's about a new mission.  I think if I go after it in the same manner I did for the approval process I am bound to be successful.

I feel motivated!

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