I had to reschedule my hiatal hernia surgery with band repositioning.

I am bummed I have to wait another month... but it was a choice I had to make. The hospital where I am having my surgery called for presurgery registration and advised me I would owe my co-insurance upfront since it was considered "cosmetic". Pffft. Whatevs! So they wouldn't let me make payments or get billed. "Normally we do, but your surgery is cosmetic..." Bullhockey!!

Anyway... my FSA funds reset July 1st... and Melissa, the AMAZING wonderful and oh so patient insurance coordinator at my surgeons office (she ROCKS... I owe her a HUGE thank you card), was able to reschedule my date to July 9th... WITHOUT having to resubmit all my paperwork!!!

YAY! Very happy! We were hoping they were not going to say we had to resubmit for authorization! I just had this feeling that insurance would not approve the surgery again (fluke they did the first time!)... and Melissa agreed... would be risky to have to resubmit.

So I have another month to continue to make myself as healthy as I can for this operation. I have lost 15 pounds now since I recommitted myself 2 months ago. I am VERY happy with my results. My heartburn is still daily... but I am doing everything I can to minimalize it.

Awww hope everything works out!!! Good thing they were able to re schedule without having to do another authorization.....some insurance companies will have an authorization approval last so many days, months, etc without having to re submit it.

Good luck to you! it is just around the corner. It will be here before you know it.

Thanks!! I am making the most of my wait and took up swimming. Going to swim as much as I can pre-surgery before I am restricted. I would LOVE to be under 300 by surgery and shock the scrubs off my Dr... but that is 14 pounds away. A tad ambitious for a month. We shall see!!

Good luck!!!! <3

Thank you! June is my month of positivity!! Out with negativity! Boo yeah.

_{geezzz why in the world would they consider hiatal hernia repair cosmetic........idiots! Glad you will be getting it done still.}

_{geezzz why in the world would they consider hiatal hernia repair cosmetic........idiots! Glad you will be getting it done still.}

It was the band repositioning portion that was "cosmetic/weigh loss"... even though that was just a byproduct of the surgery I needed. It is all good. Just a slight delay... but I will get there. I don't want to stomp my feet too loud or they may unauthorize it. Haha.