Weighed in at 249.5 so lost a half pound since last month. Then met with Ashton. It seemed like a formality. We didn't set any more "goals" for next month. It was maybe a 10 minute meeting.
Here's my $35 copay, please weigh me. Okay, okay, I know it's necessary for insurance approval. Besides, tomorrow is my one hour meeting with Ashton to go over the whole eating plan before and after surgery -- all of the phases.
She did have my chart and she asked me when I did my labs -- I told her it was in February. Apparently it is not uncommon that the lab people forget to send them to the bariatric office. Plus I technically do not have cardiac clearance yet -- waiting on Dr. Langhorne to review my stress test pictures. Ashton said she would follow up on both tomorrow.
So once she's got what she needs, she submits usually same day to insurance. Amber, the "insurance chick" that works there said that for Carefirst Administrators, their response time "depends on how busy they are"....I asked if it helped at all if I called every day and she said no. LOL, I tried.
Ashton did ask me if I had a date in mind for the surgery (because of work) and I said as soon as possible, but it would be nice to have it on my birthday, June 2nd. I have also had the 17th in mind because it is my lucky number.
Honestly I told her that any date in June would make me happy, and she said she thought that would be possible as they are not scheduling very far out, meaning, they are not booked up the next couple months or anything.
So it was pretty short and sweet. I still can't believe how fast time has flown. I still have worries that insurance will deny me and my doc will have to appeal for me and I won't have surgery until long after June.
The journey thus far has had some bumps but I think it has been pretty darn smooth. I sure am hoping everything works out the way I have it planned in my head.
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