surgery is paid for!!!

Hey I just found out that our Vocational Rehibilitation is going to pay for my surgery since my insurance denied me 3 times. I am having to go to Charlotte in order for the Voc. Rehab to pay. I was just wondering has any one here gone to Charlotte for their surgery? I was ready to go to Frye in Hickory that I pretty much already knew what their routine was going to be. Any info on the Charlotte Bariatric Center would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Natalie

Hi Natalie,

I don't have any experience at all with Charlotte Bariatric Center, but I'm sure someone on the board will. I just wanted to congratulate you on getting approval through Vocational Rehab.

Wishing you all the best,

Barb

Thanks, your before and after pictures are amazing I show to them my friends all the time. I was noticing what You said at the bottom of your message where you were still resolving issues, I have heard alot of people say they are really hard on their selves after loosing weight realizing what they had done to their body and health, I have wondered about this myself. I have also heard people say that once they lost alot of weight they still thought they were fat. Right now I am just going through so many mixed emotions and feelings and I dont even have my first appt. made. LOL. So I dont know, but right now I am concentrating on knee surgery tomorrow and letting this Gastric surgery fall into place as the Lord wants it to.

Natalie,

I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers as you go through your knee surgery. My daughter just had major reconstructive knee surgery that involved her thigh and hip ... it was to correct a severe birth defect. She's got an incicision that literally runs from her hip flexor to about 6 inches below the knee. We have another PT appointment tomorrow as she works hard to make the most of the surgery.

Re: resolving issues. You know, I think that we all wish and hope that we'll 'dodge the bullet' and come through this mostly unscathed. That we'll look as though we'd never been obese. It does happen, but people win the lottery too ... that doesn't mean the odds are in our favor, but we all like to dream, don't we? I do have issues and I am working on resolving them. I imagine it will be a process, kind of like the one you go through when you decide to persue the surgery, the one you go through actually chasing it and getting the surgery, the one you go through as you lose the weight. I think that coming to terms with the new me, is just a continuation of the same journey. I guess I thought that I'd be 'done' when I lost the weight, but I'm not. I need to come to terms with who I am now ... the good, bad and ugly. I'm starting to do that and I know that you will too. It's not a bad thing, I think it's just a part of the journey that we are traveling. Some have more or less trouble with different parts of this journey. I hope that you have mostly smooth sailing through as much of it as possible.

Again, good luck with your surgery tomorrow. I wish you an uncomplicated procedure and a smooth, gentle recovery.

Barb

I didn't have to go to Charlotte for my surgery but I would have gone anywhere! I also was approved by Voc Rehab.  What a Godsend they are. Congratulations, friend! xoxo Mare

I had no clue for months about the Voc. Rehab until a friend finally told me. Its time consuming but very worth it. Did they pay for all of your surgery? Did you have a time limit that you had to have your surgery done by in order for Voc. Rehab to pay for it? Can you tell me a little about your surgery the pros and cons? I just hope that other people out here that cant bet their insurance to pay for their surgery to look into their Voc. Rehabs its truly amazing. Any info on Voc. Rehab and your surgery would be great. Thanks