Just getting started need help

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Hello, I have been reading all the messages on this board and have

visited www.fourlane.com both sites are great. Thanks

for your web page. It's great and helped me make my final decision.

I am so tired of carry an extra 120 pounds with me every where I go.

My job as a nurse requires me to be on my feet all the time and at

night I pay for it. I am just getting started with my paperwork and

really need help getting the connections. I have already filled out

the on-line application and have started on my 10 page letter. I

know I still have alot to do. I have already received approval from

my insurance company BCBS of FL but it was for the other procedure

(the major surgery)but that was before my friend Dinah told me about

Dr. Rutlegde. I hope it will be just as easy to get with the MGB?

Does he require a pap smear for someone who has had a hysterectomy?

How long does it take to get all your paperwork together get it

mailed in and get a surgery date? Is it silly to think I can have

the MGB done the first week of October?

I appreciate any help or advance you can give me. My email address

is traciebt@....

Thanks,

Tracie

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Tracie,

I am still preop but have had my packet approved. I had a supracervical

hysterectomy 5 years ago and, because I still have a cervix and ovaries, he

still required a PAP. I don't know if it is a total hysterectomy. I sent

my packet in on a Tuesday and got approval the next Thursday. (That was the

good news. The bad news was that I got denied from my insurance company the

same date....that's a whole 'nother story.) When Barbara e-mailed me that I

had been approved she asked me to supply three or four days that were

workable. I about crapped my pants when one of the days was Clinic on the

26th, yes of September. Surgery on Sept 28 and post op clinic on Oct 3.

(Haven't heard back which one of my choices they scheduled since I just got

that e-mail late this pm.) So, in answer to your question, is may be

realistic to think of early October. Best of luck.

Tarri in Missouri

Just getting started need help

> Hello, I have been reading all the messages on this board and have

> visited www.fourlane.com both sites are great. Thanks

> for your web page. It's great and helped me make my final decision.

> I am so tired of carry an extra 120 pounds with me every where I go.

> My job as a nurse requires me to be on my feet all the time and at

> night I pay for it. I am just getting started with my paperwork and

> really need help getting the connections. I have already filled out

> the on-line application and have started on my 10 page letter. I

> know I still have alot to do. I have already received approval from

> my insurance company BCBS of FL but it was for the other procedure

> (the major surgery)but that was before my friend Dinah told me about

> Dr. Rutlegde. I hope it will be just as easy to get with the MGB?

> Does he require a pap smear for someone who has had a hysterectomy?

> How long does it take to get all your paperwork together get it

> mailed in and get a surgery date? Is it silly to think I can have

> the MGB done the first week of October?

> I appreciate any help or advance you can give me. My email address

> is traciebt@....

> Thanks,

> Tracie

>

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[Guest guest]

Tarri,

Thanks for getting back to me this quick. I had a complete TAH 4

years ago. I have no nothing.

What are you going to do to get approval? That would drive me

crazy. What do we pay insurance for? My friend Dinah ran into the

same thing and some on this message board an attorney is helping out

she is writing letters and making phone calls on your behalf to get

approval. Dinah is on the message board she is post op 8-16-00.

Dinah Boatwright maybe she can give you some information on how hers

got worked out. I'll keep my ears open. What part of Missiouri are

you from? Are you going to fly or drive? If flying go to

wwwdotairtrandotcom you can get real low rates. My flight leaving Ft

Walton Beach to Raleigh NC will cost $70.00 each way. Not bad

compared to others.

Tracie

> Tracie,

> I am still preop but have had my packet approved. I had a

supracervical

> hysterectomy 5 years ago and, because I still have a cervix and

ovaries, he

> still required a PAP. I don't know if it is a total hysterectomy.

I sent

> my packet in on a Tuesday and got approval the next Thursday.

(That was the

> good news. The bad news was that I got denied from my insurance

company the

> same date....that's a whole 'nother story.) When Barbara e-mailed

me that I

> had been approved she asked me to supply three or four days that

were

> workable. I about crapped my pants when one of the days was Clinic

on the

> 26th, yes of September. Surgery on Sept 28 and post op clinic on

Oct 3.

> (Haven't heard back which one of my choices they scheduled since I

just got

> that e-mail late this pm.) So, in answer to your question, is may

be

> realistic to think of early October. Best of luck.

> Tarri in Missouri

> Just getting started need help

>

>

> > Hello, I have been reading all the messages on this board and have

> > visited www.fourlane.com both sites are great. Thanks

> > for your web page. It's great and helped me make my final

decision.

> > I am so tired of carry an extra 120 pounds with me every where I

go.

> > My job as a nurse requires me to be on my feet all the time and at

> > night I pay for it. I am just getting started with my paperwork

and

> > really need help getting the connections. I have already filled

out

> > the on-line application and have started on my 10 page letter. I

> > know I still have alot to do. I have already received approval

from

> > my insurance company BCBS of FL but it was for the other procedure

> > (the major surgery)but that was before my friend Dinah told me

about

> > Dr. Rutlegde. I hope it will be just as easy to get with the MGB?

> > Does he require a pap smear for someone who has had a

hysterectomy?

> > How long does it take to get all your paperwork together get it

> > mailed in and get a surgery date? Is it silly to think I can have

> > the MGB done the first week of October?

> > I appreciate any help or advance you can give me. My email

address

> > is traciebt@c...

> > Thanks,

> > Tracie

> >

> >

> > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at

Onelist.com

> > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net

> > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm

> >

> > and for more on the MGB,Don't miss :

> > http://www.fourlane.com/mgb

> >

> > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to:

> MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com

> >

> >