AUGH!!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!!!

Ok, guys. I just got off the phone with my surgeon's office. The lady I was talking to was talking to someone else in the background about me while she was on the phone with me, b/c she was trying to figure out when to schedule me with the in-office psych. She said to me, "Oh, how about we get you in for your psych eval on the 3rd of Sept.?" and then she said to the person helping her schedule, "Oh, no, that's no good. She's scheduled for surgery on the 28th of this month." Then she talked to me again and said, "How about we squeeze you in on the 12th of this month, next Tuesday, at 9:15 am?" and I said that was fine and then I said, "I'm having the surgery THIS month?" because I'm having my initial consult next week and I thought she was confused or something. And she said, "Well, it says here barring any insurance problems or test problems, you'll be having the surgery this month." I asked her for the date and she said my doctor would give it to me at my appointment. She said I had to have my psych evaluation and then my testing before they'll give me that date, in the event I end up not being able to have the surgery due to problems with the aforementioned tests. I guess they don't want to get my hopes up or have me make plans and have them dashed if I turn out not getting the surgery. Holy son of a gun. I was HOPING in my WILDEST dreams to have this surgery sometime in October, maybe November. Now that I may get it this very month IF my insurance approval goes smoothly and IF all my tests come back ok (I know those are big IF's). And I guess it's all hitting home. When there's an indefinite window of when your surgery will be taking place, it's easier to put off your worrying, put off all the crap you have to get done ie: I need to get a cavity filled, I need to find someone to help take care of my 2-year-old, etc. And my mind is giong 500 miles per second and I need HELP getting all this together! What should I do first? Should I take a more fatalist approach and just wait and see? WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?!?! How do I make sure my insurance process goes as smoothly as possible? That's another thing-I have Tricare Prime and they require you to have 5 yrs of documented obesity. I have 3 years, but have been obese longer-I just don't have it documented. Actually, it probably IS documented, it's just that I can't remember who my doc WAS 5 yrs ago. I was only 16 then and my mom knew all that stuff-who my doc was, where i went to the doc at, etc. But she just passed away and my dad doesn't know any of that...any way I can track that stuff down or any chance of getting approved with what I have? Ok, I think this is enough to post at once-but at least you all have an idea of what's going through my head right now!!!! Thank you!

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