Prayers Please!! Paperwork is being reviewed

Hi Everyone, Wow, what interesting threads lately!!! Well, I am just asking for some prayers and positive thoughts. My paperwork was received at HAP today. I called and they said that within 3 - 5 days the paperwork will be reviewed and they will let my Dr's. office know. That means that between now and/or within the next few days my paperwork will be in somebody's hands to review and they will deny or approve my surgery. Please pray that whoever's hands my paperwork falls into will review and understand my situation and agree with my Dr., my Therapist and myself and approve. Thanks for all your support, and I'm so glad so many are feeling better right now!!!! Positive thoughts and blessings to everyone! Kim

Praying for a speedy APPROVAL for you!!! laurie

Kim, There is power in agreement, so I am alligning my prayers to yours and your husbands. Don't ever give up on your dream of living healthier and using WLS as a means. Toodles, Normie

Good luck, Kim! You are a far braver woman than I. I don't have the nerve to call and see if my paper work has been received yet. I promised myself I would try not to obsess over it. I don't think thats working, cuz now Im starting to worry. Im thinking my doctor should have had me get all the testing done before submitting her request....she didn't feel i needed the sleep study, but I should still need an EKG and psych consult. Can that be done after the approval????? Hoping and praying for us both! Colleen

Hi Colleen, I'm not brave...just crazy! I knew if I didn't send it certified mail I would go nuts wondering if they received it. Of course, now that they have I am just SURE that I'm going to be denied. My husband tells me to just forget about it for a while.. uhh...yeah, right. Anyway.. I did not have a psych eval yet either, just a referral from my therapist and although I had an EKG, my PCP did not mention any of my test results in her referral letter.... just my co-morbities.. and sleep study results..so who knows. I think it's odd that my PCP gave me the referral letter to send to the insurance company.. does it have the same impact if I send it in? SHEESH... I can find a TON of stuff to raise my anxiety! I know I will appeal if denied, but I really wi**** wouldn't come to that. Just keep your fingers crossed and know that someone else is out here sitting on pins and needles just like you are!!!! We'll make it Colleen.. Blessings and prayers and positive thoughts coming your way! Kim

Kim... I had the same anxiety waiting on insurace. And in the end I was rightfully entiltled to is as i was denied...HOWEVER you will notice I am now POST-OP and my insurance DID PAY.... As depressing as it is remember you ALWAYS have teh right to appeal... A denial is NOT the end of the road, and there are plenty of us here who will be there for you in ANYWAY we can if it happens... In the mean time i will crss everythign I have that you get APPROVED first time... Best Wishes... Erin

Thank you Erin, I know I need this surgery and I know that I qualify... I just DON'T know if the insurance will be kind or stubborn. Someone said that "of course they will deny the first time out...just in case you give up...it will weed a lot of people out".. well, I felt like writing in my letter to the insurance co. "Uh...by the way... if you deny me, I'm going to fight with everything I have until it's approved...so let's make it easy on both of us"... of course.. I restrained and left that out like a good girl. Next time I won't be so nice though!!! Thanks again for keeping "everything crossed".. hopefully we'll know something soon!!