I will have finished my nutrition classes and see the surgeon next month but he doesn't operate in December. So I am hoping for January.

And what's a NUT? Lol!

And what's a NUT? Lol!

Nutritionist

My surgery is tentatively scheduled for February but I still have not done all my pre-op tests so I doubt that mine will happen then. I guess I need to call doctor's office but I feel like I have fallen through the cracks as I have not been having any contact with anyone from the surgeons office. What do y'all think?

How long did it take you all from the time your paperwork was sent in until the time it was approved?

2 days with Tricare. But I don't think this is the norm with other insurance.

Good luck !

My date is Now set in stone; Jan 17.

I'm living in a bubble that week! I might freak out if something happens and it's cancelled for a 3rd time !

God I'm so worried. I'm actually hoping that my approval comes later rather than sooner just because my boss (who I have told) was like, "you do realize it's winter and you can't take time off during the winter right?".

My dr does not do the two week pre op diet. Just clear liquids the day before, and of course nothing after midnight the day of surgery.

My paperwork was sent to my insurance company on Sept. 20th and I was approved on Oct. 9th.

God I'm so worried. I'm actually hoping that my approval comes later rather than sooner just because my boss (who I have told) was like, "you do realize it's winter and you can't take time off during the winter right?".

SCosta, your boss doesn't seem very supportive. When you say you can't take off in the winter, what months exactly is he meaning. Depending on how you recover from the surgery and what kind of work you do you could possibly go back to work after a couple of weeds so that really is not much time at all. Maybe your boss thinks you will need 6 weeks off which from what I hear, is not really the case. Open up some dialog and see what his fears actually are.

@1day

I work for the Department Of Transportation and we maintain Interstate 80 over Donner Summit and every winter I hire and reinstate and manage over 400 winter Employees who man 80 during storm season. I do all the hiring and record keeping, all the upgrades and retirements and comings and goings of the entire region which includes 11 counties... Winter is out busiest season and my position plays a huge roll in the operations. Winter usually consists of November through March but it's really all depending on the snow. Right now I'm in the middle of hiring, drug testing, doing physicals an new hire orientation for 60 new hires. Tuesday I'm doing an orientation for all 60... It's a lot..

However, she knows how to do all of this and I have don't most of everything already so in hoping that by the time my last new employee package is filled out there will be an eye to the storm.. See with the band I would only be out for a week.. But with gastric or the sleeve I'm really unsure....I may just lie and say in going through my pre surgery testing they have discovered that I have a hernia and they need to expedite my surgery!

@1day I work for the Department Of Transportation and we maintain Interstate 80 over Donner Summit and every winter I hire and reinstate and manage over 400 winter Employees who man 80 during storm season. I do all the hiring and record keeping, all the upgrades and retirements and comings and goings of the entire region which includes 11 counties... Winter is out busiest season and my position plays a huge roll in the operations. Winter usually consists of November through March but it's really all depending on the snow. Right now I'm in the middle of hiring, drug testing, doing physicals an new hire orientation for 60 new hires. Tuesday I'm doing an orientation for all 60... It's a lot.. However, she knows how to do all of this and I have don't most of everything already so in hoping that by the time my last new employee package is filled out there will be an eye to the storm.. See with the band I would only be out for a week.. But with gastric or the sleeve I'm really unsure....I may just lie and say in going through my pre surgery testing they have discovered that I have a hernia and they need to expedite my surgery!

That's why imho less is more-even the most supportive boss cares more about keeping things at work in order than the employee's health-which is fine it just means that I need to remember to put my health first-remember we don't have to tell everything because of health privacy laws