amajor

Ok, so I've finally finished all my labs and my psych evaluation (Dr. says I'm not mental, I beg to differ). The Surgeons office has everything they need so now It's just a waiting game or weighting game (Yeah sounded funny in my head. Here is my issue, I've been pretty patient about everything until now, if my surgeon’s office just got the report last Friday when would it be acceptable to call and check the status? I don't want to be a bother cause they have been REALLY nice and are always on the ball, I have no doubt that they are doing everything they need to, I'm just at the point now where I just want a date, I don't care if it's in October, just having the approval and a date would make me happy, it's kind of like seeing the finish line after you have run a race, once you see it and know where it is you can better focus on what you have to do and when.

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Alton

Dr. Callery

In the middle of my MSWL

mistymee

Alton, if they got it last friday, it wouldn't hurt to call and ask them what the timeline for these things go.. worst they can do is tell you they don't know, everyone is different blah blah blah..

Good luck!

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Kel
LAP RNY 1/29/2008

HW-317/CW-244/GW-135



Gym Rat Number One Hundred.......Woo Hooo

PurplePolarBear

Gettin' hitched 10.11.08

Godsblessedme

i think a week is acceptable to just call and check on status

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Deborah (before sugery)

PreOp/Current/Goal
268 /212 (5/12/08) /130

Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY

Gym Rat #98

drummer girl

Howdy!

I am 8 days post op with Dr. Callery and I can tell you how it worked in my case: I finished all the labs/evaluations and then it took about 2 weeks for Dr. Callery's office to get all my info together and create a very strong case for me and send my request to the insurance company. They called me the day that they sent out my request and I had my approval in about 2 1/2 weeks (but I'm sure that depends on the insurance company). Karen (the dietician who works at Dr. Callery's office) told me that the insurance company only has a month to respond, but again that may just be HealthNet. It is agonizing waiting for the approval! I had been turned down twice in Indiana before I moved to Cali, so I wasn't sure what to think...

I tell ya', when I read the history that Kelly Neil put together in order to show proof of medical necessicity for me, it really blew me away. She presented my case so well that I don't know how the insurance company could have possible said this surgery was not medically necessary! The whole team at Dr. Callery's office is so good and they get everything done as fast as they can 'cause they know we are waiting for that heart-stopping phone call when the Doctor's Office calls us and asks us to schedule that surgery date!

Keep your eyes on the prize - you'll have an answer as soon as possible!

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Kathie - now on the losing side!

Lap RNY May 5, 2008

Highest = 292
Surgery day = 259
Current = 244
Goal = 140

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."
—Winnie-the-Pooh