Hi Everybody! I am new to the site but have been reading your posts for a while. I finally got everything submitted to my ins co after over a month and I am now waiting on the outcome.

I feel like my life is on hold until I hear the results and can move forward. Hopefully I will shift out of paralysis mode and at least start an exercise regime tomorrow. After a month of reading your posts I think I've got my head around the potential pros and cons and feel good about it all. Now that I have resolved my issues, I am just anxious to move forward. Can anyone relate?

I can so relate my insurance company actually took a short period of time to come back with approval but the doctor himself has been on vacation so Tuesday I go in for my final appointment for my workup. The process has taken so long that at times I almost feel me getting so nervous I think about backing out. I know you said the Insurance Company is taking a really long time in making a decision. I don't know how yours works but the office was supposed to contact me as soon as they found out which they didn't that I had been approved. I actually contacted the insurance company they told me that I had been approved and then I contacted the office once again and they got my next appointment rolling. Soon enough the process for us will behind and we too will be post-op instead of pre-op hang in there we're almost there. BEST OF WISHES.

I felt that way too until I finally got my approval and surgery date. Good luck to you!!

Thanks for your responses ladies. Denise lol @ your doctor taking a vacation. Mine did too! This just goes to show that life still happens regardless of what we have going on. Thanks for well wishes and back to u both!

I had really bad timing. I decided to start on this process knowing that I was resigning from a job, but that I planned to keep the same insurance benefits through COBRA. I didn't know that the COBRA policy had to actually begin to be approved for surgery. Apparently you get a new insurance number. So they submitted my case to BCBS about two weeks ago, and were told to wait until September 1 for the new policy to be in effect to resubmit. I feel like I have been on hold the entire month of August!

Aw man I hate that Notgoingthere. I have some dynamics I am trying to work around also... Very frustrating and I can relate! Well, at least September 1st is next week and you can finally get the ball rolling!