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Hope all goes well for you.. Wishing you a smooth surgery and speedy recovery..

Welcome.. This is a great place to find information.. But like said before me.. You will find everyone's story is different and it's all based off of what our doctors have said.. And yours may say something different.. Always follow what your doctor says.. And I hope all goes well for you..

Congrats hope all goes well for you..

Started the process in January.. And still waiting on a date. Been jumping through hoops the entire time. Had a physc eval, upper GI test, met with nut several times, met with family doctor several times, met with coordinator several times, have my first meeting with the surgeon on 8-1, still have an EDG and labs to do.. Then hopefully will have my date.. Hopefully..

I have been jumping through hoops since January.. And still jumping.. I still don't have a surgery date.. Once paperwork was completed and sent to insurance my insurance approved it in two days.. Now just waiting for the doctors office

Sending good jue jue your way..

Congrats.. Hope all goes well for you

Congrats on the date!! I hope that all goes well for you.. and you have a smooth surgery and speedy recovery!!

I have had my phyc eval, and my upper GI. The last two things that I have to do is meet my surgeon (I go on August 1st..) and then get my EKG done.. then hopefully I will have a surgery date.. ** fingers and toes crossed**

Thanks!

Your looking at it in the wrong way.. two pounds gone is still two pounds gone.. it's a win.. you have to start taking the small wins and relize that they are still wins in the end.. as for the timeline.. I'm not sure.. I'm still pre-op myself.. guess I just wanted to chime in and say congrats on the two pounds!!

Great idea on purging the cabinets.. I have already started a little.. and dedicated a shelf for 'Mom's Stuff' no one is allowed to eat my stuff.. that way I won't feel the need to go out and buy more..

The insurance company called them and gave them my approval number while I was on the phone.. so I know that they had it. Oh well it is what it is.. all I can do now is wait.. and hope and pray that when I go on 8-1 they will go ahead and schedule then..

I feel ya.. I wanted to have it done before my kids went back to school and before the tail end of August because my daughters birthday is Sept 7, I didn't want it close to her birthday just in case something went wrong. I am a planner darnit.. I need to know so I can plan the rest of my life around it.. ;D

Tentatively scheduled for the 23rd.. But won't know until Aug 1st when I have my appointment with the surgeon..

Congrats.. Wish you and the hubby have a smooth surgery and speedy recoveries..

It's still up in the air as to when I will actually have mine.. I go on the first for my first visit with the surgeon.. From there we are gonna schedule my EDG and hopefully my surgery too..

So I talked to Amy.. And it was a waste of 20 minutes.. She just reiterated everything I already knew. . Upside though I have my first appointment with the surgeon on August 1st.. Still have to get the EDG scheduled then I can have my date.. Soo still in the waiting game

My tentative date is the 23rd..

I have one of those too.. Don't stop believin

That's awesome.. thank you for sharing this!!

One of the first threads that I saw on this sight which compelled me to join.. was one titled the same as mine. That thread is older.. so I figured that I would start us a new one! What would be the song of your WLS journey? Mine would be No Giving Up by Crossfade

Hang in there darlin.. It's hard.. I'm not going to lie.. this has been one of the most stressful things that I have done.. just know that we will and can get through this.. eventually

So I finally did it.. I sent the lead person of the unit an email this evening explaining everything.. she emailed me back within 30mins saying that she will look into it and get back to me tomorrow... this is the email that I sent her.. do you think that I got my point across? Good afternoon Amy.. How are you this evening? As for me well I am sure that I could be better. As you may or may not know I am an active patient going through the bariatric program. The reason that I am writing you today is that there are something that are bothering me in the care that I am receiving. First of all I want to say that I love RMH, I try to stay local as often as possible when it comes to my medical care. With that being said I started my journey in January of this year. When I started the journey I knew going into it that it wouldn’t be something that happened over night. I have done all of the tests that have been required of me in a timely manner and tried my best to stay on top of my care. I like to know what’s going on and where things are in the process. I understand that there is a protocol to how things are done. And I understand completely the need for such protocol. All of my documents were submitted to insurance and I received approval from my insurance company on June 21st. I was so excited and looking forward to finishing the process and getting my new lifestyle started. With that being said the wrong procedure had been submitted to insurance for approval. Which has caused delays in my care that I don’t think should have been there. When I started my journey Bonnie and I had talked and I was still undetermined as to which procedure I wanted. I have been in constant contact with her via phone, email. I have also been in the office several times since the beginning of my journey and not once was it asked of me as to which procedure I wanted before it got sent to insurance. Thus causing a delay. A co-worker of mine started her journey around the same time that I did. However she took a few months off from hers due to other health conditions. Her and I spoke the other night and she has been ushered through the entire process and received her surgery date today. I find this ludacris, how can we have the same insurance and the same care provider but she has the fast track and I am being stalled? Another things that is concerning me is the way that I am being treated by Bonnie. I know that I may be a bit of a worry-wart. And I know that your office is a very busy place, and that I am not the only patient that you all have. I am not that naive. However as a patient I don’t want my doctors or doctors assistants to be rude to me, not return emails and/or phone calls. As an example today when I called her to ask about my progress when she answered the phone she was super happy and nice, as soon as she heard that it was me on the other end you could hear her tone change completely. I don’t think that I am asking for special care. And I don’t think that I am asking too much. I just honestly feel that my care and myself are being ignored. And as a paying patient I feel that my care should be just as good as everyone else’s. If there is something that I am doing or not doing for that matter that is delaying the process that I would like to know. Other than that I don’t see why my progress is so slow. I normally don’t complain when it comes to things like this. However this has literally gone too far. Thank you very much for your time, Crystal