
SweetNavarre
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Gender
Female
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Location
Orland Park, Il
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Surgeon
Christopher Joyce
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Hospital
Silver Cross
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Height (ft-in)
5-04
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Surgery Date
02/15/2016
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Surgery Type
Vertical Sleeve
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athenarose reacted to a post in a topic: February 2016 surgeries?
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I'm scheduled for Monday, Feb 15th at 10:30 a.m. My pre-op process has been fairly smooth - buy I'm starting to worry about the post-op. I've got my fingers crossed that everything goes well. Good luck with your surgery. Let me know how it goes.
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Great News- I got the call from the surgeons office and I'm scheduled for Monday, February 15th. Tomorrow I go to their office to the blood work and mandatory education. I'm so happy and excited to finally have a date. Thank you again for all the encouraging words.
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Good news. I spoke with BC/BS this morning. They received the paperwork from my doctors office on Wednesday, Jan 13th and approved this past Monday, Jan 18th. That's what I call efficiency!!!!! Now I'm just waiting to hear from the Dr. Joyce's office to schedule surgery. All of my clearances are in - so I should be good to go. I know this was only the first of many hurdles, but I'm still happy to be done with the authorization process. Thanks again for the positive energy.
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Thanks to each of you who responded. I will call BCBS tomorrow and just double check to see if the paperwork has arrived. I read each of your profiles and I'm so motivated and inspired reading about your success. I can't wait to feel and be healthy again.
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Greetings everyone - i started the WLS process back the week before thanksgiving, by going to an information session at Dr. Joyce's office at Silver Cross hospital. As of last week I have completed all of the clearances (psych, pulmonary, cardiac, nutrition) needed for surgery to be scheduled. Just in the month of December alone I had over ten doctors appointments. YIKES! I'm trusting that my paperwork has been submitted to BCBS IL by the office Does anyone have recent experience with the approval process. I know it can as long as 30 days, but I read somewhere that it might only t