So I spent yesterday morning calling every doctor that I’ve seen in the past 10 years asking for a copy of my medical records.  Some were more accommodating than others.

Anyway, I had to have some of the records sent to my PCP’s office because the other offices weren’t willing to send the records directly to me without charging a fee…but they were willing to mail it to my doctor’s office as a “professional courtesy”.  Whatever!  I just called my PCP’s office and told them what was going on and they said that they’d call me once the records arrived there.  I have a wonderful doctor!

This morning I spent calling physicians to set up appointments for the “consults” that are required for this surgery.  The surgeon highly recommends having these consults done prior to the initial consult with him.  He says that it speeds up the process.  Well I’m all for speeding things up!

I was able to schedule the pulmonary consult pretty much with no problem and with a doctor covered by my insurance.  However, I can’t get in until May 17th…a week after my surgical consult.  Oh well…so much for getting it done beforehand.  I’m just glad that I didn’t have to wait until June to get in.

I tried calling the psychiatrists on the list he gave us…but the only one I was able to get a hold of doesn’t take insurance at all and demands payment up front…for a consult it is $250!  Well..needless to say I called a different office.  Most of the other doctors on that list were out of town on vacation and were “now scheduling 4 to 5 weeks” in advance…umm…no.

So finally, after going through the list provided to me, I decided to look up a list from my insurance website.  I found one not far from my house and called.  I asked if he has ever given a consult on a bariatric patient before…and the lady didn’t know.  She said that she would talk to him and get back to me today.  So I’m waiting…

THEN…while I was out grabbing some lunch, I went to roll up my driver’s side window…and it fell into my door!!  It figures doesn’t it?  I mean, my warranty on my car just ran out.   Anyway, I now have to go drop it off to get it fixed…which I won’t know how much it will be until they’ve charged me $90 to take off my door panel and look to see what caused it.  I know what caused it…it came off track.  But what do I know…I’m a girl right?  Yeah…well I’ve only worked on cars for over 15 yrs with my dad who was a mechanic…but like I said…what do I know.

Thanks for all of the support btw…I DO appreciate it and I wanted to do what many of you suggested…but it’s just not worth it right now.  I’m focused on one thing at the moment…getting in for this surgery as soon as possible!