June 26, 2006
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I’m APPROVED!!!
No…you’re not seeing things! I called my insurance this morning and they faxed me the letter of approval!
I immediately called my surgeon’s office and left a message and then faxed the letter of approval to them. I called back about an hour later and actually got a hold of D (the woman I’ve been dealing with). She told me that she’d “have to” call me back because she’d “just walked in the door” and had “messages to check and phone calls to return”…umm yeah, like MINE! I told her that I’d just faxed her the letter of approval and that I just want to get my surgery scheduled and she told me that she’d call me back later today or tomorrow. WTF?
I swear…this woman is always the ONE thing standing in my way of what I need accomplished!
Anyway…she still can’t get me down right now because I’ve been APPROVED which means that I don’t have to worry about pawning off children to pay for this!
I will let you know when I receive a surgery date.
Thanks again to you all for your support through this long and difficult journey.
Comments (13)
Congrats Maria! I remember that excitement when I got approved. Don’t worry about the surgery date thing, sometimes that takes a while. I think it was 4 days before I got mine. They have to coordinate with the hospital and sometimes that can be a pain.
Do you have any idea what the wait usually is? Like my doctor could schedule them for about a month away but other doctors in my area had so many approvals that it would be 6-9 months on average. Just curious.
Congratulations~ I know you’ve put your heart into this~
They usually schedule about two weeks out through this surgeon…so yeah, I’m a bit anxious now.
Now that is GREAT news!!!!!!!
Wow…2 weeks? That’s great! This time next month, you could be post-op and eating popsicles, jello and strained soup.
LOL….sorry….you’ll hate that part but it passes.
Congratulations!
you hung in there and made it… I am so proud of you and excited for you… and I LOVE YOU!!!
That is great news
I am glad
Woohoo! Yippee! Yay! Yeehaw?
I’m so glad it finally came through. 
thats great news!
always waiting for call backs….the worst!
hopefully you get what you want soon.
have a good week
Congratulations! I hope all goes well and I’m positive it will. I have an old friend who had this surgery as well–I’m sure she wouldn’t mind answering any questions you might have. You can find her here.
HOORAY!!!
