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Cmsumom    5

Cmsumom
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Well after a month of back and forth calling the doctor and insurance and wrong things being filed - I had a call last week from drs office saying they expect it to be another 20 days till we hear anything and she was going on vacation for a week or so- SO yesterday I thought I would just call my insurance and see if they all went on vacation too- and they said I was approved last week and don't know why the doctors office didn't let me know that- SO after being upset for a while- I finally got ahold of someone at the doctors office and again was told that yet another person in the office is not going to be back in the office till monday to schedule my surgery or let me know what I need to do next- I was upset yet again- but I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason and there is a time and purpose - God works in His time- not mine- right- SO- waiting till Monday to get irrate again-

I have been really questioning my motives- why am I doing this- do I really want yet another surgery- am I really that addicted to food- and after watching what I do to myself- Yes I am addicted to food- and found myself just this morning eating a McDonalds burrito and hashbrown and after I was done- and being miserable- I wasn't even hungry- then I got frustrated at myself- I know many of you have all been thru this and know what I am talking about- and in a sence I can see where someone who has not had a weight problem can not fathom what this surgery is about or why we choose to do this to ourselves - I have to have a tool to jerk me out of my rut and say HEY YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH STOP IT!

Ok sorry I ramble- but I think I just needed to get a bit out- to people who are not tired of me talking about the surgery lol.

Thanks ;)

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Well after a month of back and forth calling the doctor and insurance and wrong things being filed - I had a call last week from drs office saying they expect it to be another 20 days till we hear anything and she was going on vacation for a week or so- SO yesterday I thought I would just call my insurance and see if they all went on vacation too- and they said I was approved last week and don't know why the doctors office didn't let me know that- SO after being upset for a while- I finally got ahold of someone at the doctors office and again was told that yet another person in the office is not going to be back in the office till monday to schedule my surgery or let me know what I need to do next- I was upset yet again- but I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason and there is a time and purpose - God works in His time- not mine- right- SO- waiting till Monday to get irrate again-

I have been really questioning my motives- why am I doing this- do I really want yet another surgery- am I really that addicted to food- and after watching what I do to myself- Yes I am addicted to food- and found myself just this morning eating a McDonalds burrito and hashbrown and after I was done- and being miserable- I wasn't even hungry- then I got frustrated at myself- I know many of you have all been thru this and know what I am talking about- and in a sence I can see where someone who has not had a weight problem can not fathom what this surgery is about or why we choose to do this to ourselves - I have to have a tool to jerk me out of my rut and say HEY YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH STOP IT!

Ok sorry I ramble- but I think I just needed to get a bit out- to people who are not tired of me talking about the surgery lol.

Thanks ;)

Hi... I went thru similiar situation as you. but your 1 month turn into my 2 months....yes with just getting an appt for Upper GI...from my primary doctor... (i must say my primary doctor is good but his front office chick well that's another story). She claimed that my insurance needed to pre-approve for upper GI test...WRONG.:angry: ..but had i know she was just seating on it then I would have done somthing.. it took her 2 months.. so finally got the test done.. so i ask the radiology people how long it take for my results to get over to my primary doctor.. 24 hrs...well make long story short it took the chick 2 weeks to fax the results to my surgeon but thats only because I showed up for copies of all my results.. so then and there she got up and fax them over.. and a week later i got approved... but all the emotions you had I went thru to question myself if this is the right thing to do.. but now we have a tool to get us out of the FAT STAGE.:rolleyes: .. keep posting if it helps your fustration...

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Cmsumom    5

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Hi... I went thru similiar situation as you. but your 1 month turn into my 2 months....yes with just getting an appt for Upper GI...from my primary doctor... (i must say my primary doctor is good but his front office chick well that's another story). She claimed that my insurance needed to pre-approve for upper GI test...WRONG.:angry: ..but had i know she was just seating on it then I would have done somthing.. it took her 2 months.. so finally got the test done.. so i ask the radiology people how long it take for my results to get over to my primary doctor.. 24 hrs...well make long story short it took the chick 2 weeks to fax the results to my surgeon but thats only because I showed up for copies of all my results.. so then and there she got up and fax them over.. and a week later i got approved... but all the emotions you had I went thru to question myself if this is the right thing to do.. but now we have a tool to get us out of the FAT STAGE.:rolleyes: .. keep posting if it helps your fustration...

Thanks, the sagga continues- I called insurance they said that they DID approve and didn't send a confirmation letter that she would just need to call and they would tell her over the phone- so then Dr. office clerk said they will not do it without the letter- THEN the very next day called insurance again to find out - that I had NOT been approved YET and they were still reviewing it- (how can I be approved one day and not the next) THEN the next day- they called me- said I had been approved a week ago and they did send a letter and they were resending - I think both sides are being less than cooperative with each other- I can understand wanting to just go self pay! OH WELL- thanks for responding :)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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