Once I got approval from my insurance company, things moved fast!  I met my surgeon within a week, and he had an opening in 10 days!  So, from approval to surgery date was less than 3 weeks.

If still available - I would graciously accept!!  I have a close friend having her baby any day now and would appreciate the baby items.  I don't use much protein stuff, but am certainly up for trying some.  Let me know! 

Thanks!

Kelly

Let's see ..... I got insurance approval the very end of January. Nothing was said about going thru the financial office. I was given a choice of surgery dates and picked March 4. I had work stuff I needed to take care of in February. It felt like everything went really fast at the end. After starting almost a year earlier, I almost felt like I wasn't ready yet.

So, to answer you question, insurance approval, no financial office stuff, surgery really soon after approval. 

I found out this past Friday that I was approved by my insurance company....yep, I called the insurance company myself to find out....yeah for me...I called the surgery scheduler this morning to see if I could get on the schedule and she said that the approval needs to go through the financial office first before I can schedule a date...I have met my maximum out of pocket for the year so I won't have any out of pocket expense for this surgery...

My question for you is how long did it take for you to get a date once your insurance approved your surgery??...I am itching at the bit to get a date on the calendar...especially since I know that it was approved....I just hope that the financial office doesn't drag their feet because the surgery scheduler is waiting the the approval from them....ughhhhh...I am dealing with Essentia Health in Duluth....they have been awesome to deal with so far.....

Change

 

Change:  the process of becoming different (a definition borrowed from Wikipedia, the apparent source of all truth these days).  Most of us here are somewhere in that process of change……working toward a healthier existence, achieving a significantly smaller physique, perhaps even experiencing an emotional metamorphosis, and, for some, implementing the redirection of one’s life.  Even if it is for the better, change is not easy.  Neither is it free of setbacks or opposition from others.  As often as not it seems that at any point in time giving up on change would be far easier than moving forward with it.  Yet change can also rekindle your spirit and help you to overcome hurt and disappointment from the past.  So we find ourselves fearing the horrible uncertainty about how things might turn out, but burning with the hope that change could lead us to happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives.

 

To my way of thinking, courage is the bridge between fear and hope.  Substantive changes are underway in my life and there are some days when the totality of everything I need to do seems daunting and I find myself so deeply mired in self-doubt that only the summoning of some semblance of courage can push me ahead.  I have found enough courage before to follow through with weight loss surgery and, later, to address what I thought were intractable mental health problems.  I was recently reminded that I do actually possess enough courage to make my life better, whatever challenges I may face along the way.  That timely and insightful reminder brings me to my purpose in making this post, which is to pass along the reminder that we all possess enough courage within ourselves to change our lives for the better and no amount of crushing self-doubt need stand in the way.

 

RP