lowjack1363

Tomorrow is my first day back in the office. I have been teleworking for the two weeks since my surgery.
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Omg congratulations I'm November 9th started my pre op diet today

Me too today is my 3rd day on the liquid diet my surgery is the 9th my pre op is on 11/2 so exited!!!

that is awesome i also just got approved on 10/4/2016 and got a surgery date of 11/09 UHC approved at 100% im so exited i also finished the 6 month nutrition class

I am absolutely over the moon excited right now. I finished my 6 months supervised diet/nutrition with my surgeon's office back in April, but I was denied when it was submitted to insurance, despite having a BMI of 42 and GERD (they denied it and said GERD wasn't one of their approved co-morbidities, and my insurance plan requires a co-morbidity regardless of BMI).
I immediately contacted Lindstrom Obesity Advocacy and began the appeals process with them. Within a month of them sending in my (wonderfully written) appeal letter, I just received a call to let me know that United has approved me for surgery and has provided their office with the approval and authorization number, and UHC let them know the official approval letter was mailed on 10/4, so I should likely receive it in today's mail.
The moment I have it in my hands, I can contact my surgeon's office and pick up where we left off and hopefully get surgery scheduled within the next month. I am beyond excited! This is actually happening!!
I've primarily stayed off these boards for the last several months because it was a bit depressing to read about everyone having surgery when I didn't think I'd end up approved. What a great ending to the day!