I got a call today that I was thank g-d approved for surgery which will take place Oct 6th G-d willing. I am soo excited and can't wait!!!:thumbup:

Congratulations!! Me too. Except that when I called the surgeon's nurse she said she would look at the dates available and talk to the dr and call me back. Verifying that I want the band NOT the bypass. I said Yes! Band NOT bypass. So about 45 minutes later, she calls back and said the WLC sent in bypass and that would have to be corrected before they can schedule. ARGHHHHH! :frown: So then the RN from the WLC calls and questions me again. Says she shows that I have put bypass on my forms. I say that is not possible since I was never 100% sure of having the bypass and only mentioned it as a possiblity in case the surgeon talked me into that. She was kinda catty about it and said "she knows" what is on my form and that the lady who sends in the info to insurance ALWAYS asks the patient (which is not true cause the only time I talked to her was to have her resend to Cigna when they had no record of receiving paperwork and once when I made a payment for nutrition classes etc.) The people I did actually talk to (the nutritionist and the surgeon both indicated the band) but oh well.

So now I am AGAIN waiting for the "correct" approval but I figure since they approved bypass it should only be a quick correction to approve the band. Then the RN wanted to know if I would be interested in having my surgery done by a partner of Dr. Weaver's who I can't find any info on other than see his pic on their surgery practice website. I told her I might be. But I just emailed her to see if she can give me a lot more info on him and his experience with this procedure and all. I guess once I find that out and get my "new" approval, I will decide. All this "hurry up and wait" crap is driving me crazy(ier).

Sorry I hijacked your thread. :thumbup:

congratulations to u both!! i know the feeling of getting the final approval and knowing you are finally there!! good luck to you guys!!:thumbup:

Congratulations to both of you . . . and now the real journey begins!!! Just imagine how great you are both going to look by next Summer.