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okay i just got home from work and i have yet something else to get. just when i thought i was in the clear something always pops up. so now the problem is that i dont have a clearance from my pcp for the surgery oh my gosh it never ends. so even though im mad tired right now i have to be at the doctors office bright and early on my day off mind you and tell them about this clearance thing. it has to be done in the morning because i have my pre-op testing at the hospital at 3 pm and i have to have it with me in order to get the tests done. this is crazy i was finally starting to relax and now my stress is back up again. so anyway i guess we will see how it goes and i will update this later today.

well i have good news i stayed home today because i was so tired from doing overtime at work. so i called aetna this morning to find out about any decesion on my paperwork and it was still pending. so i called back like right before they closed for the day and yeah im approved. i feel so good right now i cant even express fully what im feeling right now. my date is on the 10th so like 2 weeks to go until my re-birth as they say.

it's been a couple days since my last blog due to the fact that i have been upset about the progress of the last week. so i have been calling my pcp office since last monday about my referral and today i was getting ready to do battle when they said its ready for you come and get it. i felt so relieved then 5 minutes later i called back to make sure it was the right one i didn't want to happen like what occured last week. so yeah i confirmed it was the correct one and went to pick it up. i even took a cab there so that i could get there quick and be able to fax it to mary so that she could fax my info to aetna before they close for the night. so im looking for a decision this week and i can do my pre-op testing done on december 1. so i will be thinking of nothing but that the rest of the week.

its now 12:20 in the morning i just got home from work and i am so mad i called aetna and they said i was denied because a i didn't have a referral letter from my pcp to the surgeon performing the surgery i could just scream. nobody told me about this and i feel like this will never end. so the plan is to get up early this morning be at the pcp for 8 am tell them that i need this document today and beg and plead because they don't usually give referrals for the same day you request them. hopefully get it and go to work and fax it around the corner from my job. now they have to re-submitt everything all over again. so hopefully mary will get it today and fax it today and they make a quick decision before the thanksgiving holiday. this has to be the last hurdle because my energy is almost gone because of this long process.

waiting is so hard because i just want to know already. i have called aetna like 3 times already and it is still pending. but i did find out that the surgeons office put me in for a date of dec10th. i wanted a november date but you know what that just gives me the time to get my stuff in order. i might be moving around that time but things will go the way they are supposed to. i bought my protein mix from gnc just the 1 pound of banana cream so if i dont like it not such a big deal. also my vitamins and b12. my measuring cup and cup for my shakes. i start taking them tommorow for my 3 week induction diet to decrease my liver. i will call aetna on tuesday and hopefully there will be a decision.

im so happy right now i just talked to the coordinator and finished the nut session after playing phone tag yesterday evening and it was so easy just a bunch of questions like do i understand that i have to change the way i eat hell yeah i do and im ready. she said she is putting in the paperwork today into aetna and i can relax a little bit and we already know that they might disapprove it because of the missing two years but she said for the appeal that sapala would talk personaly with aetnas doctor to get it approved because they have done it before.so now the waiting begins but im just glad im at this point and it seemed so far from when i began this process in june but yeah im a few feet from the finish line.

i feel a little better today i faxed all my info and results to the coordinator a few minutes ago and called her to confirm that she received it and yes she got all the pages. now i will wait for her to call me back so we can do the nutrition part over the phone. so god willing i will know something by next week. im planning on calling aetna every frigging day until i hear about a decision.will add to this post later once i do the nut session.

i can see the light at the end of the tunnel. i did my last weigh in today. all in all i lost and gained weight so im the same weight i was in june for my first month of the 6 month supervised diet. i also picked up my letter of support from the pcp she incorperated my weight from the last 5 years within the letter because im missing 2005 and 2006 but you can see that i steadily gained weight from 2002 forward until now. hopefully it wont cause me to be declined. im already stressed out to the point where i will really lose it if it goes that way. but i will be positive and have that energy around me. so i know mondays a holiday so if i fax all my info to mary she probably wont see it until tuesday. im hoping for my paperwork to be sent to aetna this week and to know something either way next week. i want a date for the end of november. so i would like for yall to say a prayer for me and i can start the next chapter in my life.

well hello again so lets see the last couple days have been okay. its just that i have been so stressed out that im barely eating anything. no appetite for food really. i have to force myself to eat anything. i lost 4 pounds at my weigh-in last friday and today probably another3-4 pounds. i have copies of all my test results and had a nagging question about my 5 year weight and so i called the coordinator mary a few minutes ago and yes i have to get actual pyshical copies of my progress notes from my chart. friday when i mentioned that to my pcp they said that was unlikely and she would just incorperate that into the letter of support. so yeah nov 9th i will have to clarify that to them and i will not leave that appointment with out the copies. i want my papers into insurance at least the week of the 12th.

okay so i just got home after running around all morning. first stop was to pick up my pulmonary results then it was a race across town to make my appointment with my pcp. i was seen by another doctor and had to explain what i needed. got weighed lost 4 pounds so down to 279. gave her a sample letter that she could follow so that all my information needed is included in the letter of support. also found out that im missing 2 years out of my 5 year weight history.2005 and 06. although i do have 2002,03,04,07. so now im thinking okay i know ihad a couple er visits in 06 but not sure about 05. so my mission for next week will be to go in person to the hospital and request my records. i did speak to the coordinator for my surgeon and she suggested that i get the pcp to just write a statment that those two years i was reasonably healthy and didnt need to see the doctor for any particular reason and my weight stayed consistant. hopefully that might work. so i go back to pcp for final weigh-in on november 9th i have all my paperwork so i will fax everything to my surgeon and maybe the week of the 12th i will know something or the next week at the lastest. im feeling so nervous but just wanting to get to the finsh line which would be when i hear those two sweet words your approved.