how long did they take to answer? - ThinnerTimes - Gastric Bypass Forum, Lap Band Forum, and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Forum

sandrafat · 03-13-2008, 10:06 AM

I´m fat and I´m so exited in getting my surgery, I just went to the seminar and I´m waiting for they to call and say "yes you are eligible" or "common! you are so not eligible"

I´m desperate I really really really super really want to know soon.

HOW LONG DID IT TOOK YOU TO GET "THE CALL"?

Godsblessedme · 03-13-2008, 10:39 AM

not sure what call your referring to. The insurance? The doctor?

Janelle · 03-13-2008, 01:49 PM

Insurance approval for me was literally overnight...office sent it late in afternoon on Thursday, and the "yes" was waiting on them when the office opened on Friday. BUT, I had done lots of little things along the way to ensure a quick yes response...6 month diet, 5 year log of weights proving long term obesity, and previous failed attempts at weight loss. My doctor makes sure that all the ducks are in a row before they fax to insurance company.

soon2bthin · 03-13-2008, 01:59 PM

My "YES" took 5 days from the time the docs office sent it to Anthem. The best phone call I ever got. Good luck.

Cassie

nannag · 03-13-2008, 04:55 PM

Hey Sandra, I have the same question as you! I just went to my seminar. I too am waiting for the call to say COME ON DOWN! I am so excited and ready to do this.

Bostongirl · 03-14-2008, 02:11 PM

If your asking about how long the insurance co. took........... My paperwork was submitted on Feb 12th and I got the call 3 days later that I was approved.

Godsblessedme · 03-14-2008, 03:14 PM

well my insurance denied me after i did a year and half pre requirements and then i won the appeal 30 days later

nannag · 03-14-2008, 04:29 PM

Hey Sandra, I just got my call today. My call came in 2 days. I am scheduled to see the surgeon next Wednesday 3/19. I am so excited.

sandrafat · 03-19-2008, 11:29 AM

Since the first seminar I been waiting for 2 weeks to know if am I eligible for a GB. Not from the insurance, but from the hospital.

Today I got a call from an area of the hospital that makes research, asking me if do I wanted to be part of an study... they said "you probably didn´t heard from the hospital yet, but I will let you know that you are eligible for a bypass gastric surgery, so we wanted to know if would you like to be part of a research"

At that moment, I didn´t even care of the person of the phone I just jumped and started dancing around the room.... I didn´t care anything else except I was eligible to star my process to a gastric bypass, to be thinner, healthier, and cuter... I started to think all the clothes I will buy after I will drop my first few pounds, and all the trekking I am going to be able to do with my skinny husband without saying lets rest after the first half mile.... I even though in the face of my ex boyfriends those who dumped me for being "too chubby" now that I´m married (I found someone that saw deeper than those extra pounds, and realized after my rolls and right behind my fat there was a heart, a sweet and sensitive person worth to marry with), married and skinny!.

Oh gosh! bring that scalpel here! because I´m so ready for that surgery that will for sure change my whole life

Thanks for your answers!!

Kimberly76 · 03-19-2008, 12:08 PM

I turned my paperwork in on Monday March 17th, and got a call on
March 18th from my PCP, I then called the clinic where surgery takes place, I was betting she didn't know of the approval yet and now I'm scheduled for all my pre-op appointments! I do believe I’ll have one more approval before the surgery happens, but that's after everything else is taken care of.

Cheers'

Kimberly~