Submitted Friday ~ Approved On Tuesday! Yay!

I spent the whole year of 2011 thinking about the surgery. I spent January thru April on the mandatory nutrition program. My last appointment was on Friday, April 6th. The surgeon's office faxed the paperwork to the insurance (Carpenters Trust) on Friday afternoon, and I was told it would be 1 - 1 1/2 weeks to hear back. (HATE the waiting, now more than ever!)

The insurance coordinator from the insurance company called me on Monday April 9th to get some more info from me and they were going to forward everything with a referral to a seperate medical review office that oversees their bariatric surgery approvals. Said it would take 1 - 1 1/2 weeks to hear back. That was Monday April 9th around 10 am.

I got a phone call this morning, Tuesday April 10th, about 9 am, from the review consultant from the medical review office telling me she was reviewing my case. She said it had everything they were requesting (+ my 3 letters of recommendation from my doctors) and that I had done such a good job on the 3 month nutrtional phase that she didn't want to drag it out for me, so she called to say my surgery is approved!!!!! Yippee!!!!! She said they will need to get a surgery date scheduled at the WLS and then they will send the written approval, but today they are giving their verbal approval. I am sooooooo freaking excited...I never thought it would go thru this fast!!!

I found out this morning just before I was leaving to take my kids on a trip to the zoo with some friends so I couldn't stop and write this message. It just sucked, since none of my friends or family know and I couldn't share the news with them, I was dying to get on here and share my happy news. I called my husband at work and told him, and he was like "Oh, that's good. Ok, see you later.". Sheesh. No excitement from him. Oh well, that's why we have the LBT friends!!!

Thanks for letting me share!!!

Now begins the worrying.....