It's SO Real!!!

I can't believe it...I found out today that my insurance company approved my surgery!!! It only took them 1 DAY!!! How great is life right now!?!?!?!? My surgery is scheduled for May 17th...only 3 1/2 weeks away. It seems like yesterday I was saying "I can't believe I have to wait 3 months!!" Where is the time going! It's mind boggling how something I have looked foward to for SO long is becoming SO real! Am I the only one that's going through the "is this for real?" syndrome?!?! Wendy

ABSOLUTELY NOT! CONGRATULATIONS! WENDY! My surgery is May 28th and it didn't seem real until they called me with the date and then, wham! It hit me, omg! I am acutally doing this and I feel great about it!~ Good luck and best wishes! Luanne

Hi Wendy, my date is May 11th! I am starting to get a little nervous, are you? I started the process in December so it has gone fairly fast. I had been approved in April but could not get off from wor****il middle of May. I am taking two weeks off from work, how about you? Diana

It's weird, I'm still not nervous. I started the process with the seminar in February. Everyone keeps telling me that as the time passes, the nerves will come. First they said when I get a date I'll start to get nervous...but I didn't. When it all got approved, I still didn't get nervous. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing because I don't want to completely lose it when the time of the surgery comes!!! But, right now....I'm excited. I guess taking it one day at a time is the best I can do. I must say that the company I work for is GREAT!!! I told my boss about the surgery and she is so supportive. She told me from the start that whatever I need is ok. She said not to worry about dates or any of that because the office is not going to fall apart without me!! I love my job!! It's great working for a small company. I don't plan on being out more than 2 weeks, but I know that if I am by chance, I don't have to worry about work. That's nice to know. I can't wait!!! Wendy

Hey Wendy - I don't think it's weird that you are not nervous. Because if you are weird for not being nervous, then so am I. My surgery is May 4th - just over a week away now. I don't think I am in denial or anything like that. I just have a calm inner resolve that this is the right thing to do, and the surgery will go smoothly. Call it positive attitude, call it faith, call it mens intuition (is there such a thing???? LOL.... Good luck with your surgery and don't worry about not worrying! - John

I feel the same way. I applied two years ago and was flat out denied due to my insurance. The weight loss sugery center i go to said i had to either get another insurance or find a new job with different insurance, since i cannot pay for it without insurance. I was blessed that my company got new insurance Jan 2004. I was just approved last week. i didn't know if i was going to cry or what. i have signed up for my pre-sugery classes and will meet with surgeons next month. Congrats!!! You are not alone in how you feel.

You hit the nail on the head with how I'm feeling too! My date is May 4th and I still can't believe it. I went through the Mayo clinic for this procedure and started the whole process in Nov 2002. By the time they submitted me for approval it was May 2003...and then they declined me. I got new insurance in January and fully expected to have to fight and I didn't at all. I was approved within a 2 week time frame and they took all the information from Mayo so I didn't have to do anything except take the 2 pre-op classes. I'm not nervous at all....just excited. My only thing is that it doesn't feel "real" yet....like someone is going to say it's a joke, you aren't really approved!! Needless to say....Congrats to you all!! Nicola