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Thursday i will have my final appointment for my dr supervised diet. I am nervous, excited, anxious, REALLY Excited..This has been the longest month EVER. I am trying to not get TOO excited because I know how difficult insurance companies can be, so I just hope they dont throw anymore hoops at me to jump through because this girl is tired! :) I really just can not wait for the phone calling saying that insurance says I am good to go and I can breathe a sigh of relief. I am just so scared they are going to make it difficult because they can. Anyway - havent posted in a week or so, just wanted to vent to all my peeps out there :)

Have an awesome day everyone!

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Glad to hear it, Candace! Hope all goes well. :)

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Candace! that's exciting!!! I'm right there with ya, just have one more appt to go in December. Then its all up to the insurance folks. I, like you, am very nervous that for whatever reason they will deny me. But I'm trying to be positive and just know that everything will fall into place! Good luck girl! keep us posted!

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Candace! that's exciting!!! I'm right there with ya' date=' just have one more appt to go in December. Then its all up to the insurance folks. I, like you, am very nervous that for whatever reason they will deny me. But I'm trying to be positive and just know that everything will fall into place! Good luck girl! keep us posted![/quote']

If they deny you fight back with a appeal letter. I was denied the first time around. That same day I wrote an appeal letter faxed & mailed it within 8-10 days I was approved. I called Oxford every other day. Never give up the things you really want. #banded12/22/10

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My appointment was yesterday. Lost 3 lbs in a month and glad its done! I almost punched the doctor in his nose though. i am not too fond of this doctor anyway, i just used him for my signatures because he is closer than my PCP. Well He asked if I had met with the surgeon yet and which surgery I wanted to have. I told him lap band and he laughed..YES laughed! I just looked at him. He said why lap band, to which I explained my reasoning and one of them being, it's less invasive. He says "its less effective, If I were going to have surgery I would make sure it was going to work" I said regardless of what WLS there is, you have to work it to maintain it. He just laughed at me. I was so pissed! Who the hell is he to tell me what I should and should not do..I am so glad I am done with him. Now I wait! Sorry had to vent about an ignorant doctor.

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