Bimbabe

I have been approved for surgery! WHOO HOO!!:tongue2:

I am so relieved! I have to go in for a gallbladder ultrasound and a upper GI. Whew! I am truly on my way to a new life and I am so ready!!:thumbup:

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The confused look seems to be my look of the week. I am so trying not to obsess with the whole approval vs not approval thing.

If I get approved, I have a date in mind and a schedule worked out. I work 12 hours at a retail clinic, so I need to make sure I pace myself well. I will most likely take vacation time and then just bunch the rest of the days together as days off. I plan on working a few extra weekends because I only have to do 6 hours on the weekend.

That is IF I am approved.

If I am not approved, I guess, I will have to go through the whole appeal process, which does not seem too difficult. The difficulty will come if I receive a final denial.:smile2:

But, at this point, I am stil just in the waiting phase and I cannot focus on something I cannot control.

Once this is all done, I am seriously thinking about getting another job, maybe at the beginning of the year...I will have to see. I just began a doctorate program.:thumbup: I hope by the time I finish these biostats and epidemiology courses, I gain some knowledge...

Anne-

I am pretty much in the same boat as you are. I am a NP, 43. I have no children, I have only been married for 3 years. We went through the infertility thing and I was told I was just too heavy to even be considered. I accepted that. I lost 30lbs only to gain 40 back!

I am so over being overweight!

I wish you the best, let me know how things turn out for you.

Sue

I am still in the waiting stage. :confused2:

I am not sure if Shawna sumbitted the paperwork yet, she may wait until today to send it in.

I have been reading posts, blogs and watching Youtube posts. I am trying not to get too anxious about this. At this point it is not in my hands, I really need to have faith that whatever decision is made, I will have to accept it and go on to the next step.

Even with the surgery, I will have to make sure I follow the plan to the letter. I have to make a commitment, really to myself and know that I am doing the best thing for me.:tongue2:

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I am still waiting. I think I will call Shawna, she is the new patient coordinator for Dr. Steinberg. I am really getting antsy.

I need to just relax, right? I have not really done much in the way of behavior mod. for the new life I will have. I think it is all still a dream, that it may or may not really happen.

I don't want to get my hopes up and then get disappointed!

That would suck.

I am just tired of being this big! Yes I can diet, but I will loose and gain and loose and gain!! My husband is supportive...although he wants me to try dieting "one more time". I told him, it has not worked in the past 20 years, so I cannot imagine that it will work now, nothing is different.

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Well:eek:,

I am very nervous! I have BCBS of RI and everything has been submitted to my physician, Dr. Steinberg as of today.

Now, I have to wait to hear from the insurance company. I have heard that Shawna is very good at getting everything together for the office.

I really hope to get approval. I started this whole journey on 05/15/08, when I went to the information meeting.

Since then, I have done all of the footwork.

The psych clearence took the longest, which is no surprise.

I do have issues with food.:tongue2:, obviously.

I want to do everything correctly this time. Which includes going to meetings and continuing with my therapy.

I think the excercise and diet stuff will be easy, compared to that.

tick tock.......