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Bethanyblondie

By Bethanyblondie, in Insurance & Financing

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kaparamo    0

kaparamo
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Bethay thats awesome. I will keep my fingers crossed for you. I actually called Cigna yesterday to see if they had all my paperwork and they said yes. I told them that I had a May 1 surgery date so she noted something in my file about that so the approval would be done in a timely fashion. Its getting exciting knowing it is actually going to happen soon. It has been a long road to get here. Like I said before...we better be this persisant after we have the band.

On that note....My boss went to her 10 day post-op appointment yesterday and had lost 13 pounds already (and that is from surgery day). That was some serious encouragement for me. I am excited as we all should be. I can not wait to see the "after" pictures of myself.

OK gals....May 09 is the start of a new beginning for us....lets kick some butt!!! Good luck Amy and Bethany!!!!:)

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Bethanyblondie    0

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That's so exciting! I will probably start calling about Friday to see if my stuff has been submitted. I have no idea how long it should take my surgeon to write his letter for me, but the insurance coordinator said last night she'd have him do it ASAP, since I told her I really need to schedule surgery in May. I can't imagine that they wouldn't be able to get that done by Wednesday or Thursday...and then I assume they fax everything to Cigna? This waiting game is tough!:wub:

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bmooney364    30

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Good deal. I would just bug the ins. coordinator every few days or at least once a week, and ask her point blank if she had sent the info. Hooray, My surgery date is May 15th. I think my BMI is about 43.5. I am also a poster child with most all the comorbidities. I should have done this years ago, but have always been a chicken. I have a stress test sched. for this Friday. My cardiologist insists, and he is right as I am sure the surgeon and his team will want it before surgery. I just hope it doesn't show anything needing attention. I hate stress tests.

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TXAmy07    0

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Bethany, I THINK they make them mail it... that's what my coordinator said - but I am not taking that at 100% truth. (not that I have a reason to doubt, but as we've already seen - they are very much dependant on who the lucky person is that gets your stuff and reviews it!)

I am down 11 lbs since the beginning of the pre-op, and I can't wait to see my surgeon next week to find out if I am doing a good job!!!

Good luck you two!

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Bethanyblondie    0

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The "precertification specialist" left me a message today that she received my file and sent in my request for surgery to Cigna! She said she'll call me as soon as she hears anything, but that she doesn't expect to hear anything for about 10 business days. So hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll know if I'm approved and I can get my May date! YAAAAYYYY!

I'm so glad you guys all have surgery dates. Amy, I bet you are over the moon right now! Hope I'll be joining you soon!:)

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tcbgirl    0

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You don't have to wait for them to call you back. I will call Cigna tomorrow. I got approved by Cigna too and it took them 2 days to approve it.

Good luck,

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Bethanyblondie    0

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I have another question...when you guys turned in your stuff to insurance, what kind of detail did you include in terms of your diet and exercise? My doctor just put things like, "continuing to comply with Weight Watchers, low fat diet momentum plan, aerobic exercise 5xweek for 30 minutes, recommend to add weight lifting...," that kind of stuff. I am a little panicked (now that I have submitted my stuff of course), that that wasn't detailed enough. I don't know...maybe I'm just fretting over nothing. What do you guys think? How did your doctor document that stuff?

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Bethanyblondie    0

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Okay Ladies...do the HAPPY dance with me! I got APPROVED for surgery today! She submitted my stuff on Wednesday and I got the e mail today...so it took a whole day and a half. And to top it off, my husband got offered a wonderful new job this morning that pays better than his current one....so I'm feeling OH so good right now!

They are going to call me on Monday to set a surgery date! mayo Banditos here I come! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!:):):sad::):tt1:

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bmooney364    30

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Wonderful that was quick wasn't it? I had my stress test today. I hope to get the results next week. Will keep you posted.

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TXAmy07    0

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BETHANY!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you! Congrats!!!!! Make sure to post your date once you get it, down in the May 2009 forum!

YAY!

OK Kristi... you're up now. We're waiting on you, girlie!

:)

Oh PS, sorry about not responding to your exercise post, I didn't see it before now. I guess it doesn't matter at this point though huh, because you are already APPROVED! (And to answer the question, I have NO idea anyways... the doctor I did my 6-month diet with is one that my surgeon refers patients to and so he already knew how to note it for Cigna - I never even saw the files)

-Amy

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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