Angie C.

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Well I never thought this day would come but it did. My surgery was on April 28, 2009 at 7:30 in the morning. I was a little nervous but mostly relieved that this day had finally come. I was pretty sleepy that first day so dont remember much except themtelling me to take deep breathes to wake up which in my mind that is what I was doing. The next day I felt better until I had to have that upper GI man that stuff is gross but everything passed through okay so I could finally start drinking water. I moved around more and my daughter came up to see me. She was pretty quite I am sure she didnt like seeing me like that. But she put on a brave face for me and they even took me on a couple of walks. I was released on thursday and felt pretty good, the car ride was rough but managed okay. Friday had a small episode with fainting doctor said I was dehydrated so I started drinking more. Getting out walking more which feels good I just wish these gas pains would stop.  This morning I chocked on 1 of my vitamins so I am going to have to switch that. Even with that I am still feeling pretty good. I am almost 10 lbs. down and hope to keep going strong.  

Okay so I am truly pissed off today. The only thing I want to do is get my clearence done so that I can submit them to TriCare so they can approve my surgery that is it. Of course it is never that easy is it. Everytime I call to make my appointments they say I do not have insurance ummmm....YES I DO!!!!!! I have been battling this all week so tomorrow morning I am going to call yet again to schedule an appointment and if they say I am not in the system then I am going to go down there myself and rip someone head off. This is such bullshit!!!! I am so close but yet stupid people are managing to hold me back. I just need some tests run I mean really how hard is that !! AAAGGGGHHHHHH !!!!!!!

I knew there had to be a wrench thrown in somewhere because everything was going entirely too smooth. Well it all started today. I was supposed to be at the hospital today for my scope and of course I was at the wrong hospital so that got re-scheduled for next week. Then in the mail I received paperwork asking for all kinds of tests that need to be done. So I call my local Army hospital and they say I no longer have insurance. Which I know I do!!! Took care of that on Monday before I went to work. Turns out I have to switch over to TriCare Prime instead of Standard. So I go online fill out the paperwork hoping to get it faxed today. The stupid thing is that they cant switch anything over until Sept. 1st. So that means I cant get in for any testing until after that. Which all of this paperwork needs to be done before they can submit it to insurance and then I have to wait 6 more weeks to see if I get approved. Now I understand why people get frustrated with this process.

Well that is over with and it was alot easier than I had thought it would be. Picked my surgeon which is a Dr. Tanner. I am a bit nervous about that since I have never met the man before but I am sure I will feel more at easy once I do met him. I am hoping that his office will call me to set up an appointment with him as soon as possible. Only time will tell with that one.

I have to admit this process has been fairly easy for me but that is what makes it so overwhelming for me. It is like I am waithing for the other shoe to fall and be denied somewhere down the road. I go for my evaluations on July 16th and not sure what to expect. I have been reading the message board and certain things help and others make me more anxious. I guess I will just have to wait and experience it for myself. But still scary and overwhelming. I dont know how big of a support team I am going to have but I know I need to do this for myself so I can be happy and health.