OMG - my surgery's been approved by my insurance!!!  Oh.My.God!!!  I have one more pre-surgical thing to do, which is to get my primary care's clearance for surgery.  I have that visit scheduled for the day after tomorrow.  So I thought my surgeon wouldn't be putting in the submitall of all info to my insurance company until after that.  I was looking to hear from them in another 2 weeks or so.  They still do need my PCP's surgical clearance, and I guess I'm missing a blood test called PT/PTT, which is a clotting test.  But that's for them - not the insurance.  But I've already been approved!!!  They say I can pick a surgery date already - anytime after Nov. 10th!  Whaaaaaaat?!?!?!  I'm.... floored!!!  I was expecting to receive the approval, so I'm not surprised about that.  But I AM surprised it came this quickly!

I can choose to have my surgery on or after November 10th - that's TEN days away, for God's sake!!!  I could literally visit the doctor this Friday (three days from now), do the pre-surgical diet for a week, and then have the surgery a week later.  I can choose Wednesdays or Fridays for surgery.  I'd like to do it on a Friday.  If I don't choose Nov. 10th, I'll have to wait until December due to Thanksgiving and the doctor's schedule.  So,.... do I do it 10 days from today, or wait until Dec.?  I don't know!!!  I wish I understood a bit more about what the post-surgical diet is like.  Will I be eating mush at Thanksgiving?  Maybe I'll call the doctor's office back and ask, so I can make a decision.

I can't believe it's happening!!!!!  I feel like I have butterflies in my stomach!