Frustrated beyond belief

Ya know, maybe if I hadn't been working on this for a year and a half now, I wouldn't be so frustrated. I have ZERO idea how this can be hard. I'm sitting here with everything done - just waiting for the surgical date. Insurance companies BOTH have sent me letters of approval. I've contacted every other surgeon's office within 200 miles of me - either they don't take my primary insurance or(and sometimes AND) I have to start completely over with THEIR process which means giving back my approval and having them do everything from step 1 all over again. WTF? What kind of sense does that make? They want to send the exact same paperwork to my insurance company to get the exact same answer I already got from my insurance company. Huh? I'll have to see their doctor who will go over the medical records my doctor sends after they take my history that I already have with my doctor so that this doctor can put his stamp on it and give it to the surgeon. Uhhh What??? Yeah. Makes NO sense. I mean you can quote procedures etc - but this is why this crap costs so much! Because there's 5 people doing the same thing over and over again that's already been done! I might as well stay where I'm at - provided I can actually get a phonecall back from these people. UGH. I'm just frustrated that I can't even get someone else to move when I've already done everything I can do. I have no more pre-op appointments that I can do - only other thing I could do is the shrink visit and dietician visit but I was told that if I do them BEFORE I have my surgical consult that they won't count and i"ll have to do them again. *flails arms wildly* So no phonecalls back, no appointments to keep, no paperwork to fill out....just sitting here waiting...

If this wasnt so real for so many people it sounds like some kind of bizarre catch-22 type of not funny joke! Its almost like the system is set up to keep us 'scammers of healthcare' out! Ridiculous, who would do this if they didnt desperately NEED it!? I really feel for you...I'm self pay which suck but at least it goes faster...my ins co only covers BMI 40 and I'm around 35! I just cant gain weight on purpose, I might go off the deep end! Good luck, girl! Cali

If this wasnt so real for so many people it sounds like some kind of bizarre catch-22 type of not funny joke! Its almost like the system is set up to keep us 'scammers of healthcare' out! Ridiculous, who would do this if they didnt desperately NEED it!? I really feel for you...I'm self pay which suck but at least it goes faster...my ins co only covers BMI 40 and I'm around 35! I just cant gain weight on purpose, I might go off the deep end! Good luck, girl! Cali

Thanks - yeah I'm having a hard time with this. I pay my freaking insurance premiums and hardly cost the industry a dime for 30 years. I do everything I need to do - save the doctor's office time and energy by keeping everything organized (my PCP LOVES ME) and I get to wait. WAIT WAIT WAIT. Bizarrely - its the actual doctors, not the insurance company dicking me around this time.

I understand completely - I was approved in March, still have no date and won't know anything for 2 more weeks. It's frustrating when you finally decide to do something about your problem, but no one seems to have any urgency but you. Good Luck!!

I understand completely - I was approved in March, still have no date and won't know anything for 2 more weeks. It's frustrating when you finally decide to do something about your problem, but no one seems to have any urgency but you. Good Luck!!

good luck to you too! Hopefully we'll both hear something soon!