Misplaced Records

Here I am again venting! I called the nurse coordinator last week about my WLS. She called and left me message letting me know that she didn't have the psych, nutrition or sleep study reports in her office. I am completely disappointed. I did all these things in February and now they are telling me they do not have my records! I talked with her again this morning and now she is saying they are misplaced. I have been waiting very patiently and now I find out that the ball has been dropped. This has moved my date to the end of July. I guess I am going to sit here and wait patiently a little longer. I wanted to have the WLS during the summer so my kids could visit relatives and their father during my down time. I hope they will speed the process up now that they realize the mistake. I am concerned with how this procedure will affect me. I have had major surgery before and I got along okay after I got home in my own surroundings. From what I have read in this forum, everybody seems to get along okay after the procedure. I think the only thing that will bother me is the getting sick and the feeling of throwing up. I hate that feeling. I am not one to lose my stomach but when I do I am usally sick for days. I think it may be all in my head. Okay, that is enough venting for one day.

I would soooooo upset as well! What I found helpful was I obtained copies of everything from the different Drs myself. I had a HUGE manilla enevelope at home with *everything*. Seemed every Dr I dealt with had misplaced or never received etc. Hope this helps and good luck! As a side note, you may want to check with your surgeons scheduler and see what surgery dates they have available. I was approved in April and the first date my surgeon had is in two weeks. The waiting has been killing me~!

My approval took forever too. Records were misplaced, lost. or just plain not where they were suppose to be, but now I am almost 3 weeks post op and looking back it seems that everything actually went pretty fast. My surgery was May 16th. exactly two weeks from the day I got insurance approval. Surgery was so much easier than I expected. I had open RYN and my gallbladder out. I am eating now and wishing I had done it years ago. Nothing makes me feel sick..... sike, i forgot.... deer sausage cooking makes me really nausea feeling, but other than that. I feel GREAT. I am eating chicken, tuna, veggies.... all is great. Things will work out for you. Keep the faith and I will pray for you. Hugs, Wanda

I had the same experience with the people in my Drs office losing paperwork. The thing I hated most was they were very nonchalant about it and didnt seem to even care that I had rushed through all their pre surgery requirements. It eventually came down to them denying that they recieved a fax and my bringing the receipt from my PCP to prove that it was sent and they would just shrug their shoulder so to speak and go oh well. No one would take responsibility for it. Im hoping for a surgery date next month although Im not going to hold my breath about it.