Sunny Cobb

Finally! The approval came in yesterday and you bet a million bucks that I called the surgeon's office right! I have my consult scheduled with the surgeon on January 17th. I can't wait! I am so ready to get this show on the road!

OK, so I had a little bit of a set back today. After reading through other Sleevers blogs, and entries, I started noticing that I wasn't the only one who had a plan and a goal of when I had hoped to have surgery completed by. As I was reading, I saw a trend of people who had thought they were on the right track, only to be told they were going to have to wait longer. I'm one of them! I have been doing the 6 months weight loss / program with Hills. Not the My True Body that held weekly classes, but I've had monthly weigh in's with my PCP, met still with a nutritionist, and completed the psych eval. What I wish, is that someone could have told me earlier to start getting my psych eval completed back in month 4 or 5 so not to wait any longer. The PE was completed on 11/12, but wasn't submitted to my PCP until yesterday, 11/26. Um, hello, what's the hold up?! I understand that there was a holiday in there, but really, two full weeks to make sure I'm of sound mind? That was frustration number 1! So yesterday, I speak with the PCP office, and they inform me that everything had been submitted, so I call the Insurance Coordinator to follow up with her, and don't hear back...so I call again today and she still hasn't received it. So back to the PCP doctor I go, and ask her to please follow up with the Coordinator, I'm dying to make this happen. Frustration #2: I hate not being in control. I'm always the one who does everything, for everyone, myself included. So not being able to receive the documents, and submit myself has been a bit frustrating. I then call the surgeons office, speak to their coordinator to inform her of what is going on, and keeping her in the loop as we had a plan that I "should" be able to have everything completed by the end of the year...notice the quotes around "should", yea, Frustration #3! The coordinator informs me that she is now booking into the 2nd week of January! Now I know I didn't get unhealthy over night, and I know that I need to be patient, but the kicker in all this is that I'm getting married in 6 months, and I was hoping that I would have those 6 months to get used to my new body, new habits, new way of life, you know, the whole "NEW ME!" I'm afraid that the longer I have to wait, and the closer I get to my wedding, I'm going to turn into more of a basket case. Am I crazy to have WLS so close to my wedding, or am I just over thinking it? My job is planning weddings for other couples, so naturally, now that it's my turn, I'm close to having everything completed. However, I've been putting a lot of time and effort into researching the sleeve procedure, and getting myself ready and I had planned to start finalizing wedding details in January, you know, one big thing at a time...so tell me this, am I crazy??

I know, you're right =(

Yesterday I learned that my doctors office submitted everything to my insurance company for approval, and now I have to wait, be patient, plan for the best etc....I hate being patient., I've always been in charge of my own life and now I'm putting it into someone elses' hands...I pray fr the best!! Does anyone out there have Western Health Advantage / Hills insurance?? I can't wait to start my new journey, I'm so tired of this life and body!!

Hi There! I'm with you, I HATE weighting!! I'm a planner by nature, and not having control of when my consult will be is killing me! I just completed my 6 month weigh in yesterday with my PCP and everyone in her office is so excited for me. But not me. I have my psych eval tomorrow morning and don't have my endoscopy scheduled until the 27th of this month...can't that doctor see me any sooner?!?! Now I'm starting to get nervous though, a little scared is more like it. My goal is also to have it done by the end of the year as well. Good luck to you, I hope you hear something soon!!