I have approval! & a date! sort of....

     I got approval.....and found out it was not necessary to have it to begin with .   I have Medicare A (hospitialization only) and just found out that because I had the Medicare A ...that BC/BS FEP does NOT require preauthorization! Isn't that a kicker?  I could have had surgery MONTHS ago. Deep breaths....deep breaths......anyway my surgery will be April 3rd or 10th. Get a firm date tomorrow. I am to call Nicole at 4pm and get the date How do I get rid of the red guy? Gena

We can be surgery buddies.  Mine is scheduled for april 4th, at Good Samaritan.  Do you know what hospital you're going to be in?

I will see you in the halls at Good Sam! We can hold each other up as we walk ;-)

Right on!  This is so exciting, isn't it? I'm so glad you're not in limbo anymore.  I was there for quite a while.  Congrats!

;-) thank you!  I am not sure it has really sunk in yet....I so worried about approval......and did not need to! Gena

CONGRATS!!!!! I am so excited for you! We won't have the exact same date but we can definitely be surgery sisters!! Yay! See you on the loser bench.

Thank you Julie....I am just sort of floating around here.....don't think my feet have touched the floor since the first call came!  I can not quite envision what we will look like this time next year.  I can not wait to flush my oral diabetes meds down the toilet.....and I have to find a really big and fitting finish to my insulin and syringes!

Gena that is fantastic!  I know you probably are excited and nervous all at the same time.   I know I am.  Not sure yet if I will be going to the support meeting.  I will let you know and thanks for the offer of a ride!  I too can't wait to get rid of all my meds and my cpap machine.  that will be a cause for celebration! Dawn

Hi Dawn....yes I am very pleased and glad that is over with.  So you have a CPAP also. I will be glad to give mine up too.  I have severe fibromyalga and have a REAL problem with sleep deprivation so I may not be able to give mine up so easily. I can not wait to give up the insulin and syringes!  I have not seen you in sometime...last I saw you, you were quite trim.  I wish I had done this several years ago but since I do not work in a hospital any longer I was not aware they were doing this via endoscopes, and my last job was in endoscopy ;-) So much for keeping up with technology! I think this week is not going to be so much a support meeting as as a meet and greet at Chuy's as the classroom is not available at the hospital on Sat.  Hubby's are going but Jim already had plans so I will probably go alone.  Gena

I was thinking of going to the support group meeting at Chuy's. It will be nice to see you there.