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lkcraig316    4

lkcraig316
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I got the call this morning! I have been approved by Aetna. They could have done the surgery as early as April 25, but I really wanted to wait until my daughter is done with her exams and home from school. So we've set the date for May 2. I am his first case of the morning, so hopefully no long wait in holding.

I'm doing my Upper GI, pre-op class, and hospital pre-op testing on April 18. That's also the date I start my two-week pre-op diet. Wow, I can't believe that's NEXT MONDAY! These three months have just flown by and now here I am.

Anybody else May 2 or close?

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Oopsseedaisy    90

Oopsseedaisy
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Congrats on your date ... I am very excited for you!!!!!!!!!!

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Michelle Cicerello    6

Michelle Cicerello
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Congratulations!!!!

I just got my approval and surgery date today and its May 9th. I am soooo happy for you! :) Keep your chin up, this is the best decision we could ever make for ourselves :)

Michelle

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kellyw74    258

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I just got my date last wednesday. It's May 9th!! They wanted to give me May 2nd, but being gone from my job the first week of any month is not good! I am an accountant and I need to be here to balance, balance, balance!! LOL

Best of luck to you!! And yes, it will be here soon!

Kelly

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Toniawf    1

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I got the call this morning! I have been approved by Aetna. They could have done the surgery as early as April 25, but I really wanted to wait until my daughter is done with her exams and home from school. So we've set the date for May 2. I am his first case of the morning, so hopefully no long wait in holding.

I'm doing my Upper GI, pre-op class, and hospital pre-op testing on April 18. That's also the date I start my two-week pre-op diet. Wow, I can't believe that's NEXT MONDAY! These three months have just flown by and now here I am.

Anybody else May 2 or close?

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Toniawf    1

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Thats great. Congrats! Did you have a hard time with aetna. I have them and just wondering do you have to be exactly 90 days before submitting to aetna. Also how long did your approval take from them...just trying to prepare myself.

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lkcraig316    4

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Thats great. Congrats! Did you have a hard time with aetna. I have them and just wondering do you have to be exactly 90 days before submitting to aetna. Also how long did your approval take from them...just trying to prepare myself.

Believe it or not, approval took 3 business days. They faxed the paperwork to Aetna on Thursday and I got the call that I was approved today. I was prepared for it to take quite a bit longer. As far as the 90 days, I do know that my first appointment with the surgeon was 1/6 and my final appointment was 4/6. I assume the scheduler set it up that way to make sure it was exactly 90 days.

I think the approval time depends on how busy they are with pre-certs. If you have a great insurance specialist at your surgeon's office, like mine was, you shouldn't have to wait too long.

Best of luck to you!

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MaeConnie68    1

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Congrads, I got my surgery date today also. My date is set for 5/4. I start my pre op diet next Wednesday. I know how you are feeling right now. I just hope the next few weeks go by fast. I have been waiting for this for so long.

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sleeve 4 me    910

sleeve 4 me
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyy on getting your date :)

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snowfie9    6

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Yah congrats! I finally got a call saying they've got everything they need to submit to insurance so hopefully I'll have my date in a couple weeks.

Go Team Sleeve!

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lkcraig316    4

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Thanks for the aetna information. Where are you having surgery?

I'm having my surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Albert Spaw is my surgeon.

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lkcraig316    4

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Congrads, I got my surgery date today also. My date is set for 5/4. I start my pre op diet next Wednesday. I know how you are feeling right now. I just hope the next few weeks go by fast. I have been waiting for this for so long.

Ooh, we'll be doing it right together. My pre-op diet starts next Monday. I'll let you know how the first couple of days go. :unsure:

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lkcraig316    4

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Yah congrats! I finally got a call saying they've got everything they need to submit to insurance so hopefully I'll have my date in a couple weeks.

Go Team Sleeve!

Good luck! I hope yours gets approved as quickly as mine did.

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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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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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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.

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