Obesity surgery

You guys won’t believe this. My dr’s office
called me on Friday(yesterday) told me they were in
touch with my ins. co. and the ins. told them that the
hospital was not in my ppo network. This means that my
portion will be $8000, $4000 upfront and the other 4 can
be put on payments of like 300 some a month. Well,
my surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday, I will not
be able to come up with that kind of money nor would
I be able to pay that payment monthly. I looked in
my ins. book that has my providers and the hospital
that I am going to is in there. I knew it was, I had
already looked it up a long time ago, but I do not
understand why they are saying they aren’t in the network. I
will only have to pay 2000 and on payments if it is in
the network. I couldn’t believe it when they called.
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Hey you guys, that was great information you gave me. Now that I know what it
is, I’m not so affraid of it. The words just sounded so awful to me.
<br><br>Brandy

Thank you everyone, that is what I needed to keep
me going.<br><br>Kim, can you believe it, my surgery
is on the 6th. The day after yours. Remember that
email I sent you a long time ago saying that I wish we
would get scheduled around the same time so we could go
through all of it together…look, we are. I can’t
believe it.<br><br>Does anyone know about people having
pulmonary embolisms or septic shock after surgery…what is
it caused from, what is it, how can it be
avoided…etc..any help would be greatly appriciated.<br><br>Brandy

But how I’ll do in the future after I have my
surgery. From being such a terrible binge eater and
gaining all this weight my body had to carry in the past,
I’ve learned from my mistakes. No Doubt, I DEFINITELY
don’t wanna go along that road, down towards the deep
hole again in my life EVER AGAIN!!! I’m scared that
I’ll mess up! Any suggestions? What should I do? I
want to lose a lot of weight and LIVE!!! I don’t want
food to take control of my body and life ANYMORE!!!

Hello everyone! I just need some last minute words of encouragement. I’m scared
because I’ve never had surgery before. I’m so affraid I won’t wake up.
<br>Brandy

I haven’t posted in some time but I finally had
the procedure done. Sept. 5 was my big day. And then
sept 7 was my other big day due to some misfired
staples and a HUGE leek. Of course I developed several
complicaions and spent 31 days in the hospital. I am home now
and feel great. I am still on a feeding tube because
the top of my pouch is still leeking slightly but hey
I feel good nontheless. It’s been 48 days since I
had a bite of food or a drink of water. The food
doesn’t bother me but jeez I am thirsty. Dropped close to
80 pounds since surgery day so I cant complain. I
dont want to scare anyone off so I didnt elaborate on
my complications but if anyone needs details drop me
a line.

Can you believe this one..got a nice little note
from my family independence worker yesterday to call
her about my case..so I did. She asked me what was
going on? I asked her"what do you mean". She said well
I got a report saying that you had your stomach
stapled to lose weight and that medicaid paid for it!" I
said yes they sure did. She wanted to know if it was
medically necessary since I (get this) "wasn’t THAT big" I
told her yes, indeed it was medically necessary and
that YES i was in fact cosidered MORBIDLY obese! The
nerve the nerve the nerve. I also gave her my Docs name
in case she had questions. It is easily solved
problem-all I have to do is write a statement as to what I
said….but what is wrong with people today? Don’t they have
plenty to do and worry about than MY business!??
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I know I posted that I have insurance approval.
Although, now, I will be changing insurance at the 1st of
November. Hopefully, I will get approved just as easily.
Wish me luck.<br><br>Dottie<br>Pre-op

I really want to have bariatric treatment done.
I’m physically ready, but mentally, I need some help
in that area. <br><br>I’m able to go without my
favorite foods for a while, but I really get nervous when
I see others eating my favorite food. Because I was
once a TERRIBLE binge eater. <br><br>Yesterday, I met
with one of the nurses and 2 other people who work in
the surgery department. They told me wat was required
to be a candidate for surgery, the do’s & don’ts.
<br><br>Unfortunately, I don’t trust myself with food, from all the
mistakes I’ve made in the past. After hearing what the
nurse had to say on what they expect from the patients,
I’m afraid to eat now. Because I know I will mess up
and mess up my system now.<br><br>Plus, I live with
"2 skinney" people who don’t have a weight problem,
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Hello,<br>I am so excited. I do have approval.
Now I have to do the pre-op testing. Through the
grace of God, things are working out really well. I am
hoping to have the surgery before the end of the year.
My family is more accepting that I am doing this. I am getting nervous about having surgery. I want
to make sure that my children are taken care of.
<br>I want to thank all of those who replied to my last
message. It is so nice to be part of this support group.
Thank you for your words of
encouragement.<br><br>Dottie<br>Pre-op