Update on CMMC situatoin.....

Most of you probably read that CMMC said they couldn't do my surgery. So after playing phone tag for a week, Sandra called me this morning. She said I would have to talk with Adam about this and he's out of town all week. I asked, "Can you not tell me anything?" And she said she didn't know anything. It's strange to believe that only one person, who's out for the week, is the only person who knows anything about anything. She said he would call me Monday morning, but with that place, it could be Tuesday or Wed. before I get a call back. I'm just frustrated. I called Dr. Salameh's office yesterday and the lady that answered the phone was so pleasant and nice. She said all I had to do to switch over to their services, was to have all my info faxed over from CMMC. Since no one at CMMC can tell me anything, I called Dr. Jean Hawks to see what kind of psych eval report she turned in. If she gave a positive report, then I'm going to go ahead and have everything faxed. If she gave a negative report, then I'm not sure what to do next because a failed psych is a problem no matter where you go. I swear Dr. Hawks told me that the surgery would be no problem for me and she even told me that I expressed myself beautifully for my age. She's supposed to call me back soon. So we'll see. Thanks for listening.... Brandi :~)

i totally understand where you are coming from. i've done all my pre-op stuff with CMMC and now i'm waiting on my insurance. they were suppose to turn it in 3-4 weeks ago and just last week i find out that jeannie didn't do it. i was so furious. this run around is crazy. but don't give up. hopefully soon it will happen. maybe we will go on the same day. have a good day and remember everything happens for a reason. shea

Jeannie no longer works there for whatever reason. Sandra, I think is her name, is the new call back person. Everytime I'd talk with Jeannie she would put things off on everyone else and it was always someone who hadn't sent something to her. I'm not sure what went on, but I finally decided to pay for it myself. I was sick of dealing with the runaround from the insurance and CMMC together. So I thought it would be smoothe sailing after I decided to pay for it myself. But then I hit another snag. I got a call back from Dr. Jean Hawks. She said that my Psych Eval was fine. So it must have been something the doc saw in my file that made him not want to do the surgery on me. Hopefully, I'll find out for sure Monday morning. Good luck to you!!!!! I know it's really important to enter into all of this with patience and I'm trying to stay positive.

Thanks for the recomendation. If the process is going slow or I don't feel comfortable with Dr. Salameh, then I will check into Dr. Shearer. Adam emailed me back today and said he was playing catch up. He said he would pull my folder and either get back with me today or Monday. It hasn't happened today and I think their offices close at 12:00. So I'm going to sit through another weekend of frustration.

Hmmm...Jeanie was the one handling my case. I raised a BIG ol' stink the last time I was in there. I got results but it does make me wonder. Frankly, I just want this over and done. I'm sick of the run around and hoop jumping. I'm sick of being huge. I'm sick of eating. You think I could have some cheese with this whine? Meghan

Whew! It's enought to tear your hair out, isn't it? The wait is long and agonizing, but trust me, it will be worth it. I didn't go thru CMMC, but I do think alot of those folks over there - and I know the bureacratic process is HORRID everywhere! Hang in there, your time will come! smoochies Arlies PS Good to know you got a good psycho report and are nutz like the rest of us!!!

they actually need more help at CMMC. they don't have enough people to handle the large number of us that want to have the surgery. i know i want a little undivided attention. this is major surgery.

I completely agree. I always felt like a number instead of a patient. Adam is the only one who I completely trust and rely on, and that's because he's always so good about responding to my emails. I've had way better success getting questions answered by email than by phone and something seems wrong with that picture.

can you give me his email address. maybe i should try to get him that way. thanks shea

I sent it to your email.