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I've been lurking around the boards for about 2 months now to gather information. I attended an informational in June and went for my surgical consult, psych, and nutrition information last week. I have an upper gi, ekg, and chest xray left. The good thing is I dont have any other issues going on Healthwise.

My dr's office called today and gave me a surgery date of August 10th!!! I didnt even know i had insurance approval yet.

Has anyone else had this happen?

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I had insurance approval in less than a week. It happened way faster than I thought possible.

Congratulations! I have no regrets whatsoever.

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Do you hav eproof the insurance is covering it? also hav eyou gone over your out of pocket? Surgeon, anest. hosp. and whoever will read your xrays, barium swallow, etc?

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Do you hav eproof the insurance is covering it? also hav eyou gone over your out of pocket? Surgeon, anest. hosp. and whoever will read your xrays, barium swallow, etc?

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No not yet. Idk if they are going on the confidence that it will be approved or not.

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I had insurance approval in less than a week. It happened way faster than I thought possible.

Congratulations! I have no regrets whatsoever.

Thanks!

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They must have at least verbal approval or they wouldn't have committed to a surgery date. IMHO.

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They must have at least verbal approval or they wouldn't have committed to a surgery date. IMHO.

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I am scheduled for the upper gi chest xray and ekg on monday morning. I dont have any hernias heart problems or anything like that so i hope all goes well

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I am scheduled for the upper gi chest xray and ekg on monday morning. I dont have any hernias heart problems or anything like that so i hope all goes well

Good luck! I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia at my upper GI (had NO idea I had one or that it was the cause of my reflux problems), and my surgeon repaired it at time of surgery.

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*scribbles down hiatal hernia on list of worries*

So glad i joined this site! Hopefully everything works out. I m submitting my leave of absence to my job today. Im only requesting a week

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It's really no big deal if you did have one, it's easily repairable at surgery and doesn't really change recovery plans at all. I am so grateful that my awful reflux is gone!

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*scribbles down hiatal hernia on list of worries*

So glad i joined this site! Hopefully everything works out. I m submitting my leave of absence to my job today. Im only requesting a week

You may want to shoot for a little bit longer recovery time then you can go back earlier if you are ready early. I am in Human Resources and will tell you that the managers really appreciate as much warning as possible. Having someone out longer than you thought is a real burden, but having someone come back sooner is a good thing. If you work for an employer that has 50 or more employees, you can apply for FMLA to cover your time away from work. If you have Short Term Disability, time off for the surgery (less any waiting period) would be paid time off.

Good Luck!

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You're right. I may just extend it to 2 weeks

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You may want to shoot for a little bit longer recovery time then you can go back earlier if you are ready early. I am in Human Resources and will tell you that the managers really appreciate as much warning as possible. Having someone out longer than you thought is a real burden' date=' but having someone come back sooner is a good thing. If you work for an employer that has 50 or more employees, you can apply for FMLA to cover your time away from work. If you have Short Term Disability, time off for the surgery (less any waiting period) would be paid time off.

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Texarkolina is right. I thought there was no way I would need two weeks off but thought I'd go ahead and put it in just in case (I also work in HR and it's much easier to return early then have to go back and extend more time). It turned out I needed the two weeks. Even though I had almost no pain or discomfort, I was fatigued and it took that time to work out the kinks with the post op diet.

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Hi Charmichelle. Welcome to the boards. I want to wish you the best of luck in your upcoming surgery. I am scheduled for the 6th so I can vouch for how fast the days are flying. There is an August forum where you can meet tons of August sleevers waiting for their date .http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/

Stop by and introduce yourself. There is a list that FutureSkinnyPants is trying to keep updated with every ones surgery date for August so you could possibly meet others that are the same day as you.

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