Re: Newbie - Date 2/19/04reply

February 5, 2004

Hi Tricia....

Nice to read your post tonight. You asked about a long waiting list for this

type of surgery. In the area I'm from, it seems to depend on the surgeon.

Mine is Dr. Juarez and he is booked about 5 or 6 months ahead it seems. I

got a surgery date in Sept and am having surgery on the 19th of Feb, so about 5

months. I first began looking into this whole process in January 2003, so

the wait time from beginning to end will have been about 13 monhts. That

included a denial from the insurance, and an appeal process. Good luck to

you.....keep us posted!

Becky from AZ

In a message dated 2/5/2004 10:39:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

mknaynay98@... writes:

> Is there usually a long waiting list for this type of surgery? Do they

> send u to seminars or classes to know how to handle the changes this will make

> in our lives? I set up my appt last week and the earliest they could get me

> in was the end of June. I didn't know if it was just my surgeon or if was

> that way everywhere. I have all ready talked it over with my shrink, she has

> had me under her care since 2000m when I was sent to her for my sleeping

> disorder and she thinks I would be a good candiatate and could handle the fast

> changes that occur in this type of surgery. I pray that both of u have an

easy

> and successful surgery.

>

> Tricia in AL

February 5, 2004