Today was the last step in the pre-op process required by my insurance. I had my psych eval, and am pretty sure I passed it because the psychologist told me, "I don't want this to sound offensive, but I don't want to see you in here again unless you come back to show me how smoking hot you are!" Sounds promising but I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch.

She said she was sending the paperwork over to my surgeon's office by Monday at the latest. Then, the insurance lady at the surgeon's office will submit it to Anthem BCBS for approval. I am crossing my fingers and toes and praying like crazy that they approve me the first time within a couple of days! I have hypertension, sleep apnea, GERD, and a pretty high BMI, so I don't see why they wouldn't. Then again, I don't understand why insurance does a lot of things they do, so I'm kind of :\ about it all.

I'm just glad to have the pre-op process over. It wasn't a lot by any means, just a NUT visit, psych eval, and clearance from my doctor. I started this process last Friday when my first surgeon consult was and finished in less than a week. I'm hoping the insurance people decide to work just as swiftly. If not, I may call and badger them about it daily.

And, as much as I want this surgery and am excited about it, I am also afraid. AFRAID. Like, what if I'm that less than 1% in 3000 that can develop a leak or blood clots? Terrifying. The clots scare me more than the idea of a leak. I'm trying to remain optimistic about it, though. So many mixed feelings! Quiet brain before I stab you with a Q-Tip. ... lol...

If someone isn't the least bit nervous pre-op....I wouldn't think they'd be a candidate . But we all open the door for these potential problems with surgery....of any kind. Risk/reward, like anything in life. However, as you can see from the many success stories here....things more often than not work out well for so many. Also, for whatever reason...I've no clue, but people are are more apt to recall the rare horror stories versus celebrating the accomplishments. I'm not one to cling to "never say never"...but we all walk out our front door every day, into this scary world...and 99% of the time come home unscathed. Keep up the good spirits and you'll do fine.

Hope your insurance situation comes though as expeditiously as the rest of your preop appointments. Best of luck.....great quote btw, one of my favorites.

I have BCBS also . I heard they are pretty quick with getting a reply. My paperwork was sent in Wednesday now I am just waiting . I like you completed everything pretty quick . It was about 3 weeks from my consult with my surgeon til paperwork was sent in.