sillyjilly
OMG!! Very excited!!
Jul 25, 2009
7/25/09 I am going thru the Geisinger bariatric program which consists of 6 months of education, classes, tests and monthly appointments. A psych eval is also part of it and has program fees for the educational materials which is a binder that is very informative and Barbara Thompson's book. I've finished up all six months of appointments at the beginning of this month. And the letter to insurance was written at that time. Because of the backup in the surgery schedule, we've been told that it is sometimes up to 6 weeks to get into the surgeon after meeting our 6 month requirements and then another 6 weeks before we have the surgery. I got my insurance approval letter a week and a half after my July 6th appt and then this past Monday, a message from the General Surg dept to schedule an appt for a consult with the surgeon. I called this past Tues and was given an appt for August 25th!! Can you believe that far out?? I honestly expected a wait but not that long but the girl said as she told me the date that she was sorry. I told her it was OK and that I expected it. Again, she apologized but said that she'd call if there was a cancellation. I figured what are the chances, right?? Well, guess what?!?!? 3 days later on Friday morning about 8am, she called me on my cell and said she got a cancellation and she has an opening for THIS TUESDAY, THE 28thm; 8am NO LESS!!!!!! I'm taking this as a sign that I'm being rewarded for being so diligent in everything I've needed to do to get this far. By 9am, most likely, I'll know WHEN my surgery date will be. I know I won't be able to sleep on Monday nite.
I feel so blessed that this program is the program that it is and for the caliber of people that are involved. Never once are we made to feel like failures for getting ourselves into the shape we are but rather we are respected for making this decision and taking control. We are praised for losing weight no matter what the number; large or small. I've been lucky in that I've lost continuously over the past 6 months but I'd bet that they still give kudos for those that haven't lost at all just to keep the positive influence.
