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Posts Tagged ‘insurance

Surgery in 7 days

Posted by: bonniebytheounce on: December 25, 2008

Good News! I finally got approved for surgery (due to a insurance SNAFU that actually worked to my advantage) and am going in for Gastric Bypass, not the Lap-Band, on New Years Eve. Let me summarize to get us all up to date.
My primary insurance through my husband’s job was lost when he was recently [...]

It is a good thing I’m pushy…

Posted by: bonniebytheounce on: September 23, 2008

So my Dr’s office has this tendency not to answer their phone (I found out later there is a more direct number to the office). After a few days of calling trying to get my psych evaluation scheduled and taken care of, the last thing on my list of requirements before they can schedule me [...]

Team Sports

Posted by: bonniebytheounce on: September 17, 2008

I’m as social as the next person, probably more so at times, but I never imagined my very personal journey with weight loss would be a team sport.
I have yet to do anything by myself in this process. No one-on-one appointments, no skinny minnie (nutritionist) shaking a finger or two at me behind closed doors… [...]

Weight Loss Surgery Orientation

Posted by: bonniebytheounce on: August 30, 2008

Or… “How I learned to fork over $200 for information I could have gotten on the Internet”.
I’m attempting to be funny and not bash on the process. Maybe I’m not succeeding because Im eager to just get this pre-work over.  I realize there is a reason for their process and it got the ball rolling, [...]