karenbb8

I call mine Felicia. Every she acts up it's "Bye Felicia!" [emoji23]🤣

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Don't worry! I am fortunate my insurance turned around the approval within 3-4 days, but those 4 days were scary and nerve-wracking. And for no reason. Insurances I think are getting the hint that it's better to pay for this surgery than to pay for years of prescriptions and doctor visits, etc.

My coordinator told me that a lot of denials are based on the verbiage in the medical records and missing information. If you have a good bariatric coordinator that knows what the insurance companies are looking for then you probably don't need to worry.

@karenbb, worry is just l8je a rocking chair, it does give you something to do but gets you nowhere!

Why are you worried? It sounds like you should be approved. What did your surgeon's office say? They likely know why folks get denied and would have mentioned it if something looked off. Good luck, and try not to worry!

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My coordinator today gave me my surgery date and she hasn't even submitted to insurance. When I asked her why I have a date before sending to insurance she said you are ok you will be approved

drop him and run.... run as fast as you can. Trust in the fact that if he can't support you now... he won't support you in the future.
He doesn't want you to get surgery because of his insecurities..... trust this.... I know. Im not saying that you don't have confidence now.... but wait till you start shedding pounds....
My husband made these too me...... you are too skinny... you look like a bag of bones.... i liked your face when it was full, it didn't show the winkles like it does now.... I loved you more when you were fat..... your losing weight was the worst thing that happen to our marriage.... and on and on and on. and we were/still married for 25 years.
don't invest any more time in someone that can't support your choices to get healthy and happy.

Are there any true veterans on here? I immediately went to the veterans forum here but the definition there is "6 months or more". In wls circles a veteran is typically defined as anyone 2 years out or more. So it makes me wonder I'd there are any log timers here at all?
Anyway, glad to find this forum. More than Willing to help any newbies, meet new friends :-)
I'm 7 years out of rny, teacher and Canadian.
Thanks for having me!
Dawn

Surgery date is all set for December 6th. On my pre-op diet--which doesn't seem nearly as restrictive as some I've read about. Dr. did give me the ok to enjoy Thanksgiving eating with family. In the fairness of full disclosure some of Thursday eating did spill over into Friday. So of course now I'm paranoid I ruined everything. My brain keeps telling me that one or even 2 days of not-so-good eating during a 2 week pre-op isn't going to kill things. But of course I read things like surgeries begins stopped midway through because of liver size not being reduced to a comfortable level. So I need someone to tell me I'm being stupid and slap me upside the head.
Also, would life to find another guy as a mentor and/or even a surgery buddy.
The past few weeks went through the "lasts"...last time for pizza, last time for wife's alfredo, last pick up from the local bakery. It's been weird. And the fact that it's carried some sadness has me freaked out as to the whole "can I really stick to the post op dietary lifestyle change". Anyone else experience anything similar?
My wife blew me away the other day. Obviously I'm a big guy--and my two sons (ages 12 and 13) are both big boys. My wife commented that she's saving some of the clothes they've outgrown. This seemed strange as we aren't having any more kids, and at this point we basically have all nieces. She proceeds to tell me she's saving them for me. I had never really considered the fact that the size 34 pants my boys are wearing, could possibly be something I fit into a year from now! Very Very surreal...