Progress Report
I realized I hadn't put up a new list of things I have to get done in a bit so here goes:
Echocardiogram - 9/8 at 9am
Persantine Thallium Test - DONE!
Electrocardiogram - DONE!
Chest X ray - DONE!
Abdominal Ultrasound - 8/31 at 8:45am
Pelvic Ultrasound - 8/31 at 8:45am
CBC, Electrolytes, BUN, Creatinine - DONE!
TSH - DONE!
Prolactin - DONE!
Cortisol - DONE!
Upper GI Endoscopy - 9/15 at 11am
Psych Eval - 8/24 at 2pm
Nutritional Consultation - Waiting for insurance authorization
Documentation of 15 pound weight loss - Still working my ass off on the treadmill; starting to deal witht he eating portion of this weight loss this week. According to my scale, I am down abotu 3 pounds but I have no idea how it will show up on the surgeon's office scale.
I am being as patient as i can be. My new fear is that once all my tests are done, nothing will show up at the surgeon's office so that i can move forward. After I finish all of my appointments i am no longer in control of this process and that scares me; not because I need control but because I have first hand experience with these asshats' versions of doing their jobs. I just hope that people move my reuslts forward and over to my surgeon. I want to keep this going. I figure i am probably still looking at a December surgery date, now. Let's say I am done with all of my tests by September 22. I figure it will take at least 2 weeks to get everything to the surgeon. That gets us to October 6. Maybe I will get in to see the surgeon 2 weeks aftet that, so October 20. My surgery date will then be 4-6 weeks after that, so late November, early December. This is all based on getting my approval from Blue Cross in record speed. Most people I have read abotu who have to deal with Blue Cross of California have gotten their approval in 24-48 hours, though. I wonder if they had really proactive people working on their side at their doctors' offices. *sigh* I just feel like no matter how hard I work at this, I will be constantly sabotaged by medical staff who just don't give a shit at all. Nothign I can do, I guess. It just makes me feel shitty.
Echocardiogram - 9/8 at 9am
Persantine Thallium Test - DONE!
Electrocardiogram - DONE!
Chest X ray - DONE!
Abdominal Ultrasound - 8/31 at 8:45am
Pelvic Ultrasound - 8/31 at 8:45am
CBC, Electrolytes, BUN, Creatinine - DONE!
TSH - DONE!
Prolactin - DONE!
Cortisol - DONE!
Upper GI Endoscopy - 9/15 at 11am
Psych Eval - 8/24 at 2pm
Nutritional Consultation - Waiting for insurance authorization
Documentation of 15 pound weight loss - Still working my ass off on the treadmill; starting to deal witht he eating portion of this weight loss this week. According to my scale, I am down abotu 3 pounds but I have no idea how it will show up on the surgeon's office scale.
I am being as patient as i can be. My new fear is that once all my tests are done, nothing will show up at the surgeon's office so that i can move forward. After I finish all of my appointments i am no longer in control of this process and that scares me; not because I need control but because I have first hand experience with these asshats' versions of doing their jobs. I just hope that people move my reuslts forward and over to my surgeon. I want to keep this going. I figure i am probably still looking at a December surgery date, now. Let's say I am done with all of my tests by September 22. I figure it will take at least 2 weeks to get everything to the surgeon. That gets us to October 6. Maybe I will get in to see the surgeon 2 weeks aftet that, so October 20. My surgery date will then be 4-6 weeks after that, so late November, early December. This is all based on getting my approval from Blue Cross in record speed. Most people I have read abotu who have to deal with Blue Cross of California have gotten their approval in 24-48 hours, though. I wonder if they had really proactive people working on their side at their doctors' offices. *sigh* I just feel like no matter how hard I work at this, I will be constantly sabotaged by medical staff who just don't give a shit at all. Nothign I can do, I guess. It just makes me feel shitty.
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