Guest guest Posted September 25, 2001 Report Share Posted September 25, 2001 I went to my PCP today with the revised letter of medical necessity. ALL he had to do was sign it. I waited nearly an hour for him to come into the room. About 5 mins previously, the triggerpoint pain that I'd been having for the past few hours finally made me cry. I hadn't been able to take my late morning pain pill because I had to drive to his office and I just couldn't take it any longer. So I'm standing in the room, trying to walk off the pain (in both buttocks) when he finally comes in. I could barely talk. He asked what was wrong and I told him about the pain and for him to please sign the papers so I could leave. He flipped through them and tried to make small talk. He asked why I needed them signed today!!! I told him it had been over 3 weeks since I dropped them off and I had to get the ball rolling. He said, " Well, I'm sorry for the delay but look at the result - you typed up a wonderful letter... much better than I would have. " Somehow this just didn't make me feel better... Anyway, I thanked him and took the papers to the receptionist and said I would stay there until it was faxed. She could see I was hurting so she got up and faxed them right away. Then she asked me for my co-pay!!! I told her it was NOT right to charge me for an office visit. I didn't get my BP checked, the doc just said a few sentences and signed the papers. She backed off. Ok, so now I feel like I'm back in the race. Better than that, my pain meds are finally kicking in so I can finally sit without much pain. Yippeeeeeeeee! I'm sorry for the desperate emails a few hours ago. My mind just wasn't operating right. For some reason, I thought Pacificare would deny the DS because they would think I wouldn't lose much more weight with a DS than with a RNY. Now I see it's not just the numbers, it's a better way of life with the DS that I'm fighting for. Take care, ===== Dee Waiting for Ins. Co. Approval 313/Want to be 165 __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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