First appt. tomorrow...

Well... been an interesting couple of days for me. I had no clue what my Insurance was all about. But I remember that one of the ladies that works for us (Upper Chesapeake) got this done. So I called her, she told me that our ins. covers everything except for 1000. up front. How great is that. She said that our insurance gives pretty much is fast because it doesn't require alot of things that other insurances do. The baritric part of upper chesapeake has a new Surgeon for a few months now Dr. Fullum and the word through the grapevine ( that lady has a daughter who is a tech there) that he's not had ONE complecation with any of his patients so far. That is great. Anyways.. I called today and have my first appointment tomorrow at 8am. for 4hrs.WOW.... it helps that a few months ago I registered at their website. Wow, maybe it was meant to be that I got a job with Upper Chesapeake (i'm a home health aide) ........................... Here's part of my blog that i wrote on saturday.. I want these kinds of days to be a thing of the past..... 4 humiliting things.... Current mood: embarrassed Well... today was a fun day.. NOT. Mom and I went to visit Aunt Millie and Miriam to celebrate our birthdays..... mine was on the 19th.. Miriam was today, the 20th..... Of course Miriam and Aunt Millie are tiny... Mom is chunky but not big. We go to eat lunch and we ask for a table... because i won't fit in a booth. Of course I noticed there are no tables.. so i'm wondering. where are the tables. We are sitting at the bar and a lady comes and says they have a table outside. I ask her if there are arms on the chairs, she says yes. I ask her how big the chairs are... she looks at me not understanding.. I wanna shake her and say.. "can't you see i'm a fat girl and i wont' fit in chairs with arms".... .. but instead i tell her no i won't fit, we'll wait....... We finally get a table.. and where do they take us.. too a booth. i try to fit.. and i won't... humiliated #1 I have to sit in a chair at the table. I feel embarrassed. I see other people doinkg the same thing, but all i can feel is ... here's the fat girl sittin in the aisle..... when we order.. I order a pulled pork sandwhich. all three of them order salads.... Humilited #2 ... the fat girl at the table orders something other than the salad.... We then go to home depot. Mom and aunt millie go in. then Miriam and I go in after we park.... we look at some lights. I have to go back to the car because i just can't walk around that much.. Humilitated #3. After that... We drop off mom and aunt millie then we go to target.. we park.. and as we're walking to the front door. I fall. down i go on my knee.. but i keep doing until i'm laying on the concrete. Omg... that is the worst of the day... it's saturday afternoon at target.. tons of people around and here's the fat girl falling in the parking lot. I was so embarrased i just wanted to cry.... my ankle hurt.. my knee is skinned up... the only funny part.. is. my cousin, knowing my embarrasement says real loud "you shouldn't have had that 3rd martini at lunch".. bless her. I love her.... she helps me up and asks me if anything hurts.. i just say yea 'my pride".

Not to burst your bubble - but Alliance PPO does require pre-reqs. Six months of supervised weight loss visits, PCP records, NUT appointment, Shrink appointment, etc... Although if you have a good third party administrator for your insurance you may not run into this. GOOD LUCK!