bowlergirl
aaahhh, is this really gonna happen???
May 18, 2008
Feb. 28th- I attented the lapband seminar and took 6 pages of notes!! i met someone very inspiring there and am so psyched to have my surgery!!! My insurance has a specific exclusion clause- yeah, I could bombard them with miles of red tape and appeals, but I am ANXIOUS to get on with the rest of my life. It's worth it to me to pay out of pocket. I have already secured funding and I am NOT afraid to use it!!
march 2008- ok, I've got my paperwork submitted, now I have to go for my labs, get records from my pcp and i will have my consultation in .........May....may 5th is the first available
I hope I don't blow up before then! the good news is that they went ahead and gave me a surgery date for may 9th
Yeah!!!
april 2008- could I possibly shove anything else in my mouth? If it's not nailed down, it's going in! It's like I have some sick competetion going on between my body and my mind........my mind "I bet i can make you gain ten pounds befoe surgery" body "but I am already stretched beyond my means, and shouldn't we try practicing our new healthy habits?" ......
I am stressing, this day cannot come soon enough!
may 5th- it's here! my consultation is really here. So I'm ready, got my care credit card and my patient packet and I am unstoppable! ok, so when i applied for the care credit account, I was thinking it would be around 14,000 but the doctors office is telling me that because I have sleep apnea, I will have to stay at the hospital which will cost an additional $2000!! This is it, I'm going to be denied my second chance because of 2 large!
I am sick. I call care credit- they will not extend my credit. I am screwed! I'm openly crying now. The staff is asking "should we re-schedule?" Re-schedule? Are you serious? Do you know what this means? $2000 might as well be $20,000!!! I do not have another dime!!!! I have tapped into every resource I have and will be working 2 jobs to pay this off! There is no "reschedule"- it's now or never! I'm quickly running thru my mind anything of value that can be pawned-yes, I am that desperate! I quickly run thru all my past surgeries- NEVER have I EVER had a problem de-satting after surgery! In fact, I have always got to go home after all of my surgeries! ok, this is do-able. the staff (including one of the nurses who is the dr's wife) Gives me the "you poor thing" smile as they tell me "we'll just hold off going any further until you can talk to him" Read: this visit is now over. then I hear "well, he just doesn't let apnea patients go home, but i guess there is a first time for everything"
oww, drive...the...stake...a..little...further......
If you could only hear the inner dialogue in my mind. Wait, does Dr. Wellborn accept bribes....does he like cookies?? Does he need his yard mowed for the next 20 years???
