Waiting for insurance approval over the holidays really sucks because I never know if a working day is a real working day....have people taken days off to extend the holiday...so it's going to take longer for me to get approved? I brought a pair of jeans in my target size and have them hanging on my bedroom wall. I have cleaned the whole house and rearranged furniture to make the place more comfortable when I come home post-op. I have purchased supplies for the hospital and home. I got a batik kit for Christmas and am trying to occupy myself by teaching myself to batik. But most of all, I wait. I try to stay positive, and I wait.

Any news OP?? Bcbs Finally got my bbc.co info, and denied as planned. I am now waiting on secondary!

MORE FRUSTRATION!!! Called the insurance company this morning and they say my pre-authorization is pending due to errors! So I call the program coordinator and she says Kelly the insurance person is off today but they will look into it and give me a call on Monday. Kelly never calls back...I'm going to have to call them. It just seems so amazing to me that this is what these people do for a living...this is all they do...and yet it has been a full month since I met all the requirements for the surgery and they still have not been able to get my case properly submitted to the insurance company! So now the soonest I would be able to have surgery is the beginning of February. My whole life is on hold waiting for this to happen. This is just unbelievable!

I just got my approval with Cigna!! Now to wait on the surgeon's office to get a copy of it so I can schedule a date!

Good to hear

OP- if I were you, I would go somewhere else. This is ridiculous. Sorry for my french, but F whoever this Kelly lady is!

OP- if I were you, I would go somewhere else. This is ridiculous. Sorry for my french, but F whoever this Kelly lady is!

I really wish I could go to a different hospital. I would have to start the whole process over and that means another 6 months of waiting. I would say it's not possible for these people to drag it out for six months...but I don't know. If I had the money to go to Mexico I would schedule my surgery today and forget about Hennepin County (where I am having the surgery done). But I don't have the money....and so I sit in limbo waiting for this thing to work out.

Time to show up in person and start being the squeaky wheel !

I have decided to give them one more week and then I am going to write a letter to the chairman of the bariatic department describing the problem I am having and asking for his help to get things straightened out. Monday it will be one month since my last NUT appointment. I am going to call the insurance company on Wens and Friday to see if the problem has been cleared up. If not, then I am going to write my letter on Friday and take it to the hospital myself. I really don't take lightly to being jerkerd around and that is what I feel is happening.

UPDATE: talked to insurance today and my paperwork is complete! Now I just have to wait for a decision!

I am so annoyed with the waiting. I just want to get things rolling. Excited but nervous!

Can you believe im stilk waiting too. Ive been calling my secondary everyday and my doctors have not reacehw out to them. I am on a tight deadline. Im calling my drs in a fee. Praying we get answers soon

Hope you all get answers soon! I am still waiting on a date. I go next week for labs, Feb 6th for a EGD, and then the week after that is my final consult and I will get a date. I hate being in somewhat limbo!

Spoke with my surgical dept. And she basically told me se has no clue whats going on. Im beyond irritated! Its been a month as of tomorrow since my paperwork. I cant believe their office is handleing my surgery this way. If it wasn't for the fact that I did everything thorough them, I would be switching to a new office. I have less then 2 weeks before im bk in school to finish my last semester as a graduate student. I was told I'd have my surgery well before then. Ahhhhhhh. Im ready to pull my hair out. I don't want to seem like a bitch but jeez.

So i got my approval today! I am so ecxited! I will have my procedure within 3 weeks if my pre-op testing goes well. I am so glad this part is behind me!

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Edited February 2, 201511 yr by MomOf3InOC