check!
Insurance - initial forms being submitted today!
So went to the seminar last night. Drove 3 hours for a lame 1 hour slide show and paperwork then 3 hours home. ughhhh
But it's started!! I really feel for most of the people there. All they really did was a slide presentation of stats comparing the lapband and bypass, a few interesting studies on comorbities and a little about where the band goes. Very little info I thought, but maybe that's because I've learned SO much from LBT and you guys. One stat I found interesting was that after 1 year 75% of diabetes lapband patients were off all meds. 80ish% (can't remember) sleep apnea patients were off their CPAPs. These were the 2 that I remember, but they were all pretty impressive.
And this is terrible of me, but man it was damn good to not be the largest person in the room. I would guess half were larger and in much worse physical condition than me. It was sad really. A forboding of things to come if I don't do something......
Bad news is I overhead a couple of ladies talking about how hard my insurance carrier is to work with on this. But by the time I could get thru the crowd (there was prolly 50-60 people there) they were in their cars. I think one of the conditions is that I HAVE to loose 20 pounds first.
But I'm trying to not worry about it just yet. I've got plenty other things to stress over right now! Work is crazy and DH went to Colorado for a 3-4 day job that has turned into a 2 week job. Nice we have the work, but it's got my schedule all messed up lol. Then I keep having blood in my urine and they did a culture Monday that came back clean so now I see a urologist (sp?) on 6/15. I'm trying really really hard not to worry about that but it's not working very well......
So now instead of paperwork, which I'm sick of, I'm going to go catch up on blogs :)
Yay for progress!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the seminar I went to. It was a good opportunity to meet the surgeon but other than that, not incredibly informative compared to my own personal research. Such is life.
What ins co do you have? Hopefully it won't be a problem.
I hope things calm down and good idea to not stress about the 20 pounds. You can do it and it really is a great start to banded life to start making the changes now. And I know you already are!!
Glad you got that first step done. I also didn't find my seminar that informative since I had already learned so much from my own research and blogs.
ReplyDeleteMy first seminar was really helpful because it was before I had researched ANYTHING. I went to another one required by my doctor and it was too basic because I've already had 2 years of researching everything. Definitely makes a difference. At least you can check something off your list.
ReplyDeleteOkay who is your doc? I might be willing to drive 4 hours to get a fill rather than paying to fly to Denver every time....
ReplyDeleteHey you are close enough to run Imogene! We can all carpool!
You are well on your way. It's hoop jumping time! You can do it. It's sooooooooo worth it.
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