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marionb88    12

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So I am so nervous. After starting this process in April I am finally at this point. I have BCBS Illinois. It's through my husbands employer and they do cover Bariatric-Surgery. The doctor office submitted to insurance on Thursday afternoon. I am wondering how soon they usually approve or deny these things

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The Candidate    3,215

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Try your best to distract yourself as much as possible. Go out and have sone fun. You've done all you can and it's in someone else's hands now. I'm sure it'll be the good news you're waiting for when it does come, despite the agony of waiting. And let me tell you - you are gonna love your new life! Best wishes!

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So I am so nervous. After starting this process in April I am finally at this point. I have BCBS Illinois. It's through my husbands employer and they do cover Bariatric-Surgery. The doctor office submitted to insurance on Thursday afternoon. I am wondering how soon they usually approve or deny these things

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My stuff was submitted to BCBS Texas on Friday. I have been told it will be 1 to 2 weeks before they even look at it. My doctor's office basically said don't bug us again because they can't do anything else until they get approval from insurance. I think I will wait about a week and then contact BCBS and see where they are. After approval I have no idea how long it will be until surgery is scheduled. I understand the office staff doesn't want people bugging them all the time but I wish they would give a guesstimated timeline.

So I guess we are in the same boat, waiting, waiting, waiting........

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marionb88    12

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Yeah. My docs office got a little annoyed with me too. But I wanted to know when it was gonna be submitted. Usually bcbs is pretty good about doing it quickly. But I guess I will just call next week sometime. I don't even know how long after approval surgery is scheduled. I was hoping to know soon to be able to tell my boss but i guess I just have to wait and see. Waiting seems to be the hardest part

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marionb88    12

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Try your best to distract yourself as much as possible. Go out and have sone fun. You've done all you can and it's in someone else's hands now. I'm sure it'll be the good news you're waiting for when it does come, despite the agony of waiting. And let me tell you - you are gonna love your new life! Best wishes!

Thank u. I am trying to enjoy things but I am just so fearful of being denied. I can't wait to begin a new life and be able to do the things that I haven't cuz of my weight. Thanks for ur positive wishes

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I have bcbs of Illinois also. I called them to verify they received everything. I then called a week later to see if they approved. I was told that it might take a few days after approval for my doctor to be notified. It was better for me to contact the insurance. Good luck.

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I am in the same boat. I had my final medical clearance on Wednesday. So now just waiting, I'm going to give them a week and call the insurance company to see where they are in the process. I am worried about being denied as well, I went through so much for the last six months, I don't want anything to stand in my way now.

Good luck with everything!

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marionb88    12

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So I called the insurance today and they did say that they received the paperwork and that they didn't have a decision yet. I'm wondering how long I should wait to call again to check about a decision

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gustavio    439

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Mine took just under a month

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Mine was submitted on a Thursday and approved by the following Wednesday. Good luck.

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marionb88    12

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See So I called the insuance company this morning and found out it was approved. I'm so fricken happy right now.

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So I am so nervous. After starting this process in April I am finally at this point. I have BCBS Illinois. It's through my husbands employer and they do cover Bariatric-Surgery. The doctor office submitted to insurance on Thursday afternoon. I am wondering how soon they usually approve or deny these things

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I have bcbs of alabama I was approved in 12 days.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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