Re: cross post-I have a date-disappointed but trying to be grateful...

[Guest guest]

Lorraine, if Dr. Oh's office is like most bariatric surgeon's offices

(and you know he's busier than most), there will be cancellations,

and you will get a call asking if you would like your surgery

tomorrow (or next week or next month). I know you don't want to

count on it, but there's a real good possibility it will get moved

up. And, even if it's not, you have a date! We're heading into a

busy holiday season, and the days will go by pretty quickly now.

Most of us can remember the frustration of waiting. So all I can say

is just hang in there, baby!

Hugs,

in NJ

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> Well, I called Dr. Oh's office this morning. I have been given the

> date of Jan. 6, 2004. I am grateful for my approval, etc. etc.

etc. but I am so upset about the date. A lot of it has to do with

the office dropped the ball so often that it took a month for my

letter to even get sent to my insurance. I told them I would self

pay if necessary, but they said if they put me down as a self pay,

they would stop the insurance process. I don't get that, but their

policy is their policy.

>

> I had to constantly call & often thinking things had been taken

care of, would find out either no one knew what I was talking about

or it didn't get done. When I got my verbal approval, I tried to get

> scheduled, but was told they needed the authorization number.

> Yesterday I got my copy of the approval, they asked me to fax it to

> them & said they would call me the next day to give me my date. I

> called this morning & having been assured that the 3rd week in Dec.

> was when they were booking, now told it would be Jan 6.

>

> Yes, I have a date - Yes, I have a date...

>

> It's just that my body is fighting this surgery & if I eat any kind

> of fruit, bread, pasta, rice, etc. in any amount, the scale goes

up. The range that my weight floats in is getting higher -

gradually.

>

> I know I am whining & I don't mean to be ungrateful. I know there

> are those who have not been able to get insurance approval & cannot

> self pay even for a first time surgery.

>

> Okay - I'm better now - trying to breathe.

>

> Thanks for listening

>

> Lorraine

[Guest guest]

Thanks, . I swear I feel worse (with regards to anxiety) than

I did with my first surgery. You would think I was experienced by

now - LOL.

Hey - I can still stay on the grad group post surgery - right?

Lorraine

> > Well, I called Dr. Oh's office this morning. I have been given

the

> > date of Jan. 6, 2004. I am grateful for my approval, etc. etc.

> etc. but I am so upset about the date. A lot of it has to do with

> the office dropped the ball so often that it took a month for my

> letter to even get sent to my insurance. I told them I would self

> pay if necessary, but they said if they put me down as a self pay,

> they would stop the insurance process. I don't get that, but their

> policy is their policy.

> >

> > I had to constantly call & often thinking things had been taken

> care of, would find out either no one knew what I was talking about

> or it didn't get done. When I got my verbal approval, I tried to

get

> > scheduled, but was told they needed the authorization number.

> > Yesterday I got my copy of the approval, they asked me to fax it

to

> > them & said they would call me the next day to give me my date.

I

> > called this morning & having been assured that the 3rd week in

Dec.

> > was when they were booking, now told it would be Jan 6.

> >

> > Yes, I have a date - Yes, I have a date...

> >

> > It's just that my body is fighting this surgery & if I eat any

kind

> > of fruit, bread, pasta, rice, etc. in any amount, the scale goes

> up. The range that my weight floats in is getting higher -

> gradually.

> >

> > I know I am whining & I don't mean to be ungrateful. I know

there

> > are those who have not been able to get insurance approval &

cannot

> > self pay even for a first time surgery.

> >

> > Okay - I'm better now - trying to breathe.

> >

> > Thanks for listening

> >

> > Lorraine

[Guest guest]

Of course you can stay on the Grad group...why would you think

otherwise?

in NJ

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> Thanks, . I swear I feel worse (with regards to anxiety)

than I did with my first surgery. You would think I was experienced

by now - LOL.

>

> Hey - I can still stay on the grad group post surgery - right?

>

> Lorraine

>

>

[Guest guest]

Lorraine,

I don't know what your physical condition is now and how much

mobility you have, but here's my 2 cents, take it or leave it. I

would use this time to get in as best shape physically as I can.

Forget about the eating part...you'll go head crazy, expecially with

the holidays coming up. Thinking too much about the food will

probably cause you to gain.

The better mobility you can achieve now before surgery, the easier

time you'll have in recovery. Even if you only do walks and

stretches, that would be a leg up. Back exercises, like the cat

stretch, will really help you to keep from stiffening up post-op.

And the sooner you can get up and walk aroung after surgery, the

better you'll feel.

So try to see this as an opportunity, not a set back. You only have

three months to go.

Vicki A.