Re: insurance and such

[Guest guest]

Hey Ice!

I'm having mt surgical consult at the yipsi, MI BTC April 13th, yup they'll have

a list of support groups near you, the closet one to me will be a 30 - 45 min

drive one way... no biggie tho, I'm getting excited each day that gets closer to

the consult, I have sooooo many questions! (as you all know lol)

/where is your consult?

insurance and such

I have been looking over some of the feedback for Great West Insurance (our

insurance company) and it looks GOOD!!!!! (although my husband's company

said that they put a cap on like 25,000 a person for this surgery.......

will check into that).

The lady at the Bariatric Treatment Centers said that GW was a good one.....

..

with the supported info, I might allow myself to get more excited about my

own surgery.

My husband has more documented comorbidities than I do so I am not worried

about him being approved. (sleep apnea [on a machine], 3 blood pressure meds

Lipitor, weight, Nexium, swelling, short of breath, BMI, pain in weight

bearing joints) Only thing with him is that I am not sure that he will have

much in the lines of past weight loss efforts and most assuredly not medical

assisted ones where I have in the past.

Women seem to be more apt to seek medical help with weight loss than most of

the men I have known.

I have foot [severe], ankle, leg, and back pain, occasional swelling,

shortness of breath, cholesterol, depression, weight, BMI but the only

things documented by doctors are the depression, cholesterol slightly over

normal, weight, and on the 8th, foot pain. I have an appointment with the

foot doctor on the 8th.

I could also probably get a letter from my employer (I am a cashier) that I

am often red faced and out of breath when doing more than just standing

(don't know if that counts or not towards documentation). So as you can see

my co's are less 'life-threating' than his are but maybe enough especially

since my mother died of heart disease at 21 and my grandmother died from

heart failure as well. I just need to be able to show them that if I don't

lose this weight, that it could become more of the serious co's.

Oh gosh.... the more I read, the more excited I get.

I wonder how I will make it through the waiting periods = ) or worse yet,

if they don't approve me = O

The lady at the BTCenter said that the consult is $85.00 but since my

husband and I both want to do this at the same time, they will only charge

for one...... is that too cool or what?!?!?! That makes it only $42.50

each..... I like that! Too bad the surgery isn't a buy one get one free

hehehee.

Now all I have to do is locate a support group (a physical one) to find out

about but I am sure the BTCenter will have that information.

Can we say ***excited***?????? ~big grin~

ICE