The Wait (and weight) Continues!

Well, I know it has been almost 2 months since I wrote last. I have been kind of discouraged. The doctors office did submit my information to the insurance company. At about 3 weeks after it was submitted, I kept getting this feeling that I should call the insurance company to check the status of things. I finally called. It was a good thing that i did because apparently a mere 3 days after the dr's office had submitted the authorization, it was reviewed and returned back to the dr's office because they wanted more paperwork. So, I called the dr's office to find out what the insurance company needed. They said that they had not yet heard from the insurance company! ARRGGHH!!! I told her that the insurance company e mailed her on the 11th of January. She found the correspondence and called me back. The insurance company needed me to get a psych eval (even though the website says that it is not required) and they needed to see a total of 6 dr visits in a 2 year period where my primary dr & I spoke about my weight & charted it. The next step for me was to call my primary dr and see how many charted visits we had. Every stinkin time I go to the dr we talk about weight but he does not always chart it because it is such a given. So after speaking with him, we realized that I had 4. So, I made an appointment to see him again to specifically talk about weight. I also e mailed my marriage counselor to see if he would be willing to do my psych eval. He obliged and we completed that and the dr has the letter from him.
So, now I am 1 dr visit away from being able to resubmit. I have my 6th and final (hopefully) dr's appointment with my primary dr on Friday morning. I will also be getting a letter of medical necessity from him at that time. So, I am praying that we will be able to submit to insurance on Monday, March 8th. That is exactly 2 months from out prior submit.
I just can't wait to get this surgery approved & scheduled. This is something that I have been wanting to do for a very long time. I am planning on updating as often as possible so that i can remember everything that I went through during this process.