This may be silly to post, but I got all my medical records in the mail!! I was worried I couldn't come up with the two year medical history, due to the fact I never go to the doctor. Next is getting the letter of recommendation!

I'm just trying to get all my ducks lined up. I have my first appointment Monday, June 7. Wish me luck!

i don't think that is silly at all. i know i'm in the middle of doing that same exact promise and i was just pumped in making calls and giving fax numbers to be sent...it is the little things that keep us going!

Thanks!! Exactly! It's always the little things that make my day!

Tomorrow is my first appointment with the surgeon and nutritionist. Wish me luck!!

Once you have all the records you need, it's like a big sigh of relief. I had a hard time finding a weigh in for 2005 and it could have caused me to have to wait an extra year so I know what you mean!

i'm so frustrated with trying to get my weights in from 2005 and 2006. how hard is it for someone to fax a piece of paper!!!!!

Frogprincess,

I moved from texas to tn, so I told them I needed them to find another doctor. So it was a little easier for me. So tell them you that maybe switching docotrs or moving, so you need a copy of your medical records, and that you are anal and wanted them mail instead of faxed bc u don't know what doctor maybe using. That's what I told them bc I didn't trust them to faxing them. The lady laughed and was like "oh I understand!" I got mine in a week and a half.

Or call up there and ask for their fax number bc u need to send a consent form for your medical records. (Handwrite it out that you give consent to release your medical records to: your address, from years: xx-xx, with your DOB and ss# and sign.) Then call them back in 30 minutes to make sure the fax. When u talk to them let them know that you will call back in 2 days to see if they have been mailed. Be sure to be all over them. Good luck girl! I hope that helps.

Suzette

Suzette,

thanks so much for that tip. i am just super frustrated because this info isn't just info to me and i want my old doctor to realize that this information is crucial to me being able to start the 6 month weight watch with the doctors so i can be able to put in for WLS. its not just a number on a page...this is a part of a new chapter of my life. I'm just frustrated, but I'm going to try something similar to what you said tomorrow and see if I can get this info started. I would like to show up to my surgical initial meeting with all the paperwork in tow and not be waiting for my 5 year weight history.

Thanks for the support,

Melissa

setteb,

i'm getting ready to start the 6 month wait period. what kind of things did you have to do to be able to submit to insurance?

Melissa

Ms. Melissa

You're so welcome!

Did they offer you the 3 month program instead of the 6 month? What insurance do you have? Have you done your support groups yet?

Well there in the office I have the insurance specialist who is going to submit everything to the insurance. At the beginning (last month) she, Tina, gave me a three month time line of everything I need to do each month. I jumped on board and knocked out what I could. At the end of the last month, in August, she'll send it off. Tina told me as long as I do everything on list and my BMI was 40, I had a 95% chance to be approved through Aetna.