kimmi0919

Good luck KellU25. You'll be in my thoughts today.

Sweet Pete and Big Momma, I so feel your pain. Today is day 3 of the pre op diet for me and I can only have the broth, jello, SF pops and SF pudding or low fat yogurt. It is really hard. Last night I dreamed out eating. Not sure if that is normal, but I did. Woke up with the worst dry mouth ever. Drinking a lot, but running to the bathroom a lot, too. Hang in there, I just keep telling myself it is worth it!!!!

Finally, I got my surgery date. 12/18/09. My Dr requires that I have a scope to see if I have a hiatal hernia. I'm having that on Monday, starting the 10 day pre op diet on Tuesday and then pre admission testing on Friday the 11th. I'm excited and yet now I'm nervous about the whole thing.

I'm very happy to say that I have my pre op visit tomorrow and am tentativley scheduled for 12/21. I'm so excited and nervous all at the same time. Don't know what to expect from the pre op diet, but I'm willing to do whatever it takes. I'm wishing all of you the best of luck in your journey.

I have my pre op tomorrow @ 9 and start the preop diet after that. Dr's office say 12/18 should be the day. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

Congratulations and I hope all has gone well today.

My surgeon sent in all the necessary documentation to my insurance the week of 11/9, last week my insurance said they never received it. I called the Dr's office, and they said they had spoken with someone from the insurance and that it was still with Medical review. So, yesterday I call the Dr's office to see if they've heard anything, and they said the insurance requested an additional form. Called the insurance and they said they had just received information from the dr for the first time on 11/23, however outpatient lapband does not require pre-auth. Well, I know that it does require it and know people at my job who've gone through the process and have the same surgeon and received preauthorization. I feel like I've waited forever while meeting all of the other requirements (6 months medically supervised diet, psych eval, nutritionist appointment). I just really want to know where I stand so that I can move forward in the process. I'm very frustrated at the moment. Any advice?

:smile2:Thanks meldlc37. I have Carefirst BCBS. I appreciate you taking the time to answer me.

Hello everyone, I'm new to the site and I'm patiently, well not so patiently, awaiting my insurance approval. I've been through the 6 months of medically supervised weight loss, had my psych evaluation, been to the nutritionist and all that jazz. My Dr has sent everything to the insurance and it's been about a week. Anyone know how long it takes for the review process?