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on August 13, 2008 3:27 am
My insurance promised me today they would notify me in regard to if I'm approved or not. So no sleep. Too excited. 
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Surgeon Testimonial Michael Green, Jr. M.D. Dr. Green seems like a good surgeon, and everyone seems to have nothing but positive things to say about him. He has answered all of my questions regarding the surgeon and seems very competent. I do, however, think he has some staff and scheduling issues that need to be handled. Appointments book sometimes over 6 months in advance for routine consultations (read: if you're a new patient, you may have to wait a really, really long time to start the surgery process). Once you do start the process, communication with his staff seems somewhat difficult at times -- it's almost as his staff is stretched too thin to handle the number of patients. Anyway, staff issues aside, he does have an aftercare program setup and he does emphasize it. He addresses the risks of surgery numerous times. I haven't had the surgery yet, so I don't have many comments on his bedside manner. I'll update after I have the surgery. Member Interests
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Allnighter on August 13, 2008 3:27 am
Happy Thoughts on August 5, 2008 6:20 pm I finished my last nutrition appointment today! Again! My insurance company wanted another one, which will probably make it impossible to have the surgery this summer and delay it until December....but I guess I'll be alright. crap.....radio distracted me. I was going to write something else, but since I forgot and nobody actually reads this stuff.......
Be the first to leave a comment.oh yeah, I'm working on potential ways to coerce my doctor to perform the surgery sooner then later (so I can get it before I have to go back to college life). All I've got so far is shameless begging and dignified begging.
Grrr on July 9, 2008 12:23 am I finished my last nutrition appointment today! Now I start the relentless bugging of Dr. Green and his staff to get a surgery date. I really, really hope I can get a date before mid-August. And he (the doctor) did promise me his staff would. Not sure though if the scheduling robots (for lack of a better word) will allow this to happen.
Be the first to leave a comment.I've still got to lose some weight. I was actually up just a little at my nutrition appointment (although the nutritionist said it was very likely "water weight"). I'm gonna keep at it though. I'm fairly sure it's possible. Yeah so there.
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on June 21, 2008 6:36 am So....my first blog post-y thing. So, I was thing all last night about how unreal this whole process is. I tend to be a little bit pessimistic about things, a glass half-empty type person, at least most of the time (old engineer's joke - the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. don't everyone laugh at once...). It seems weird that everything IS working out, and that I haven't had any issues yet in the pre-op process. I'm having issues losing the pre-op weight, but it's my issue, not an issue with someone else involved. It's actually an amazing thing, really. Perhaps I should adopt a more positive outlook on things.
Be the first to leave a comment.My Story I'm David. I became heavy, oh....from about infancy, and have just steadily gained weight over the years. I was approved by insurance for gastric bypass surgery, and now I'm going through all the appointments and such before you can have the surgery.
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