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NurseWiggins's Journal

A blog by NurseWiggins in General

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NurseWiggins's Journal, a weight loss surgery blog by NurseWiggins on BariatricPal. 10 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Banded April 3rd 2007!!!!

:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Well, on April 3rd, 2007 I was banded!!! Its been a little over a week, and im starting to feel hungry again. I have another dr appointment in 2 weeks the 24th I think--when I will recieve my first fill...Im down 12 pounds so far! Im thrilled, I feel better already. Its just a psychological roller coaster. Am I physically hungry?? Emotionally hungry? Or just wanting to freaking eat??? Thats where Im at, I just want food. This mental thing is getting at me. uggh. Though,

so a teeny tiny bit of good news...

:clap2: Ok, so I called the College Station Medical center, I went there back a few years ago to see a dietician. I forgot all about it!!! Though it was back in 2001. So I wonder if it was to long ago to be able to submit now...5 years later?!? I called and left a voicemail with the nurse who is handling my file, to see if it would be ok to submit...or if I needed to see yet another dietician. ??? Now I wait, AGAIN. I hate this waiting, its for the birds. lol.  

Grrrrrr, well, now im discouraged.

:Banane09: :Banane57: :Banane41: :Banane45: :success1: :huggie: :boink: :nono: :cake: :star: :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry I dont even think that will be enough sad smilies to express how im feeling. GRRRR. Well, I called AGAIN today to Great West to see if I have been approved or denied. The nurse Marilyn said that I need 2 more things to add to my file of 22 pages!!!! 1) I need the 6 month dietary eval. 2) I need to see a Dietician--Im not even sure if thats spelle

No Word Yet...

So I called Great West yesterday--It had been a week since my paperwork was sent off to them. No word yet, infact, they are just now getting my info into their system. GRRRR. Just my luck. So my package is in the hands of the medical review board, a nurse is currently reviewing everything. So here I am, waiting and waiting and waiting. GRRRR. this is so damn frustrating. I hate waiting for anything. Almost as bad as waiting for Christmas. LOL. ok....well, Ill update with any new news. :biggrin1:

Now I wait...UGGGH

SOOOOO, today is the day. Jamie with Dr. Masons office said that they have sent out my paperwork to Great West. :eek: Dr Mason wrote my LMN yesterday to send with the package. Soooooo, now I WAIT! ACK!!! Jamie suggested giving GW at least one week, then call them to follow up. She will do the same. Im so frickin nervous. My goodness. What if I dont get approved? What if I have to appeal? What if's are going to kill me. ugggh. On another note, I went to the Pain Specialist today--Dr Gra

So im getting Anxious...

Oh boy! :phanvan All of my information is in to my surgeon. I have 2 letters of medical necessity, psych eval, lab work, MRI (newly dx herniated disc), my letter to the insurance company along with pictures x3. My surgeon is now going to write a letter of medical necessity--THEN they will be sending it off to the insurance to either approve, or deny. ACK! Im so frickin nervous. The wait is TERRIBLE. I want to know there will be an end to this feeling I have had my entire life. I jus

Letter to Insurance company...

Dear Great-West Insurance:     This letter is to provide you, Great-West Healthcare, with a bit of insight on the life of someone who is morbidly obese. Here I am 27 years old and I currently weigh 329 pounds. THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE pounds. It makes me want to cry just saying it. I’m supposed to be at my prime, these are supposed to be the best years of my life, and here I am struggling with each step I take, each breath I breathe. There has to be a change, and I am asking for your app

Im getting excited now!!! Almost ready to submit...

Well, I went to my PCP today to get my Letter of Medical Necssity. I then walked it over to my surgeons office (Dr. Mason) along with my 5 page letter to the insurance company, my fat pictures, my lab work and my MRI taken on Friday June 30th. Come to find out I have a herniated disc between my L4 and L5. SO that is whats causing all the pain!!! AT LEAST I KNOW!!! :phanvan   So now Im only waiting on my LMN from my OBGYN and my psych eval. Those letters should be in transit to the surgeons

The wait is killing me...

As I look at the website and see all the before and after pictures I sit here thinking...will that ever be me? Will I ever be able to have the 2nd chance at life that Im searching for?? Will I ever be of NORMAL size? Will I ever be able to shop at the stores where all my peers shop? Instead of the Catherines, Lane Bryant, and Avenues???   I am just waiting at this point, waiting for my psych eval, letters of medical necessities and lab work to be sent to my surgeon so that they can send them

The TEST to see how bad I want this...

Hi all, Im a 27 year old female, happily married for almost 4 years to the best husband there is. We just had our first son in January--so he is almost 6 months old now. I have been interested in bariatric surgery for some time now, I have been overweight my entire life. Its to the point now where nothing seems to help me lose weight, and this is my last option. I am quite embarrassed to admit that I need surgery to have a chance at losing weight. Surgery is such a drastic move on my part. But

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