Tonight I Attended My Pre Op Class Can't believe I should have a surgery date sometime next month which will be great 2015 I'm Ready For It... For All On The Journey Good Luck

Welcome!! I'm waiting on my surgery date as well I just went today for my first visit met my doctor and nurses as well as the dietitian. Good luck back atchu!

Congrats!

Thank You Congrats

Congrats...I too just had my last visit, pre-op, and waiting to get approval from insurance. I'm looking forward to a new me in 2015.

Me too @@Fatdiva14!! Last NUT appt today and hopefully the surgeon's office will submit me for approval next week.

Me too @@Fatdiva14!! Last NUT appt today and hopefully the surgeon's office will submit me for approval next week.

Me too @@Fatdiva14!! Last NUT appt today and hopefully the surgeon's office will submit me for approval next week.

We gotta stay connected and checkin through our journey. Reading these forums is the only thing that calms my anxiousness! I am so ready!

I can't wait for approval I'm also very anxious...

Absolutely @@Fatdiva14!! Reading this makes me more excited for the change!

@@laurenella82

Just checking in with you to see if you've heard anything back yet for approval. I know it may take long, but some folks on this forum talk about the quick turnaround they experienced.

They submitted to my insurance last Friday. It's been two days for me if you don't count the weekend. I'm just so anxious I don't know what to do with myself.

@@laurenella82

Just checking in with you to see if you've heard anything back yet for approval. I know it may take long, but some folks on this forum talk about the quick turnaround they experienced.

They submitted to my insurance last Friday. It's been two days for me if you don't count the weekend. I'm just so anxious I don't know what to do with myself.

Unfortunately the Psych doctor is holding me up. I wish I would have chosen a different doctor for that. He has never done this kind of eval before and even though I gave him a document from my surgeon that outlines all he needs to do, he still has questions. SMH! But I saw him today and told him that he is the last part needed and that we were trying to submit by the end of the week. Hopefully that will get him going. Still praying for a January date.

I pray you get your date soon!! Keep us posted!

Oh boy...

Well I haven't heard anything yet, and the issue I had with the bacteria in my stomach from the endoscopic exam is stressing me out. Since I am allergic to penicillin and the antibiotic cocktail I was put on back in October didn't work, it has now prompted my doctor to look for an alternative. She finally found one, called it into CVS (who told her they had to order it). I happened to call CVS yesterday and they told me that they couldn't order it. So now I have to wait until the doctor calls the prescription in at the Providence where she practices. I have to take the antibiotics for 7 days and then wait four weeks before taking the ballon test again to ensure the bacteria is gone. It is bugging me out because I keep thinking if the approval comes through this week, and they give me a date...it will end up being postponed until the bacteria is eradicated out of my stomach. Urghhhhh!????

Edited December 10, 201411 yr by Fatdiva14

_{Oh noo! Well I pray this works and you can move forward! How are you feeling? It sucks that you would have to wait an additional 4 weeks!}

I feel fine. I didn't even know I had the bacteria that could create ulcers...but it has to be killed off before I can have the surgery. I'll get there. The doctor called this evening and assured me she called the prescription in to the Providence hospital pharmacy. I'm gonna go pick it up tomorrow.

How are you doing? This waiting game is driving me crazy. Hopefully we get our approval soon!

@@laurenella82

Merry Christmas. I wanted to check-in and see if you have received your approval. I found out last Friday that the doctor office didn't submit my paperwork until Dec. 16th. I was so mad that the insurance coordinator lied. I would've never known had I not called UnitedHealthcare to see for myself what was going on with the progress of the approval. So still waiting patiently.