This past week has been super crazy and went by a lot faster then I thought it would.
I was just getting used to receiving random calls from my surgeons office and not automatically expecting the worst. Wednesday they called me with some bad news. My insurance company had withdrawn their approval for the surgery.
WHAT?
Ughh, I couldn’t believe this was happening and happening 4 days before surgery is scheduled!!! I am really proud of myself. Instead of crying and feeling like I couldn’t do anything, I immediately picked up the phone and called my insurance company. I didn’t know what that would do, if anything, but I just HAD to do SOMETHING.
For the next hour or two I did not know what the hell was going on. I spent it on hold for the most part. First the insurance company tried to get in touch with their approval department. Their approval department didn’t know anything about a withdrawal of approval. Okkkaayyy…. After tons more on hold music, I recommended to the insurance company that we call the surgeons office and get them on the phone so we could figure this out.
Finally, they figured things out. I’m glad they did but I still don’t completely understand what happened. What they told me was that the hospital had made an error when they submitted to the insurance company for approval on my hospital stay. Not the approval for the actual surgery (there’s a difference?) so that’s why the approval department didn’t know about this. Anyways, in the end, they approved it and we are still on for Monday. But at this point.. I guess anything could happen.
In the meantime, mom arrived safely on Friday morning from Jersey. We drove to Fort Myers that same morning and have been here ever since. Friday night I had my “last supper”. The family indulged me and we went to Sonny’s BBQ. Everyone took my lead and ordered All You Can Eat BBQ Ribs. Mmmm
Yesterday I did my first day of an all liquid diet. Mommy really helped me with this. All I had to do was tell her I was hungry and she got me my next “meal”. Protein shakes, chicken broth, jello, italian ice, apple juice, water..that’s it! Meanwhile the family was enjoying some nice smelling pork.. and cuban bread.. and all kinds of yummy looking stuff. It was hard, but I did it. I got anxious about not eating real food and my cousin distracted me with some old pictures of us when we were growing up. It worked because I stopped thinking about food and started posting old pictures on Facebook.
Today is day two. If I got through yesterday, then I can definitely get through today. We are leaving today to get back into Orlando and prepare for my week of recovery. I’ve got to be at the hospital tomorrow at 6 am. Fun stuff.
So.. today I say goodbye to plus size clothing, squeezing into a booth at a restaurant, praying the bar clicks on rides at the theme parks, uncomfortable flights on airplanes… I could go on and on but you get the point.
Being overweight sucks. Not only is it generally unhealthy, but it’s damaging to my self esteem and soul. I know I’m beautiful the way I am, it’s not about that. It’s about feeling great in my own skin, feeling comfortable in my own skin, feeling healthy in my own skin. Not just BEING beautiful, but FEELING beautiful.
Just a quick thank you to everyone that has supported me through this journey. It’s not done yet, and it will be awhile before it’s done, but getting to this point has been hard, and I could NOT have done it without you all. So thank you. <3
I was just getting used to receiving random calls from my surgeons office and not automatically expecting the worst. Wednesday they called me with some bad news. My insurance company had withdrawn their approval for the surgery.
WHAT?
Ughh, I couldn’t believe this was happening and happening 4 days before surgery is scheduled!!! I am really proud of myself. Instead of crying and feeling like I couldn’t do anything, I immediately picked up the phone and called my insurance company. I didn’t know what that would do, if anything, but I just HAD to do SOMETHING.
For the next hour or two I did not know what the hell was going on. I spent it on hold for the most part. First the insurance company tried to get in touch with their approval department. Their approval department didn’t know anything about a withdrawal of approval. Okkkaayyy…. After tons more on hold music, I recommended to the insurance company that we call the surgeons office and get them on the phone so we could figure this out.
Finally, they figured things out. I’m glad they did but I still don’t completely understand what happened. What they told me was that the hospital had made an error when they submitted to the insurance company for approval on my hospital stay. Not the approval for the actual surgery (there’s a difference?) so that’s why the approval department didn’t know about this. Anyways, in the end, they approved it and we are still on for Monday. But at this point.. I guess anything could happen.
In the meantime, mom arrived safely on Friday morning from Jersey. We drove to Fort Myers that same morning and have been here ever since. Friday night I had my “last supper”. The family indulged me and we went to Sonny’s BBQ. Everyone took my lead and ordered All You Can Eat BBQ Ribs. Mmmm
Yesterday I did my first day of an all liquid diet. Mommy really helped me with this. All I had to do was tell her I was hungry and she got me my next “meal”. Protein shakes, chicken broth, jello, italian ice, apple juice, water..that’s it! Meanwhile the family was enjoying some nice smelling pork.. and cuban bread.. and all kinds of yummy looking stuff. It was hard, but I did it. I got anxious about not eating real food and my cousin distracted me with some old pictures of us when we were growing up. It worked because I stopped thinking about food and started posting old pictures on Facebook.
Today is day two. If I got through yesterday, then I can definitely get through today. We are leaving today to get back into Orlando and prepare for my week of recovery. I’ve got to be at the hospital tomorrow at 6 am. Fun stuff.
So.. today I say goodbye to plus size clothing, squeezing into a booth at a restaurant, praying the bar clicks on rides at the theme parks, uncomfortable flights on airplanes… I could go on and on but you get the point.
Being overweight sucks. Not only is it generally unhealthy, but it’s damaging to my self esteem and soul. I know I’m beautiful the way I am, it’s not about that. It’s about feeling great in my own skin, feeling comfortable in my own skin, feeling healthy in my own skin. Not just BEING beautiful, but FEELING beautiful.
Just a quick thank you to everyone that has supported me through this journey. It’s not done yet, and it will be awhile before it’s done, but getting to this point has been hard, and I could NOT have done it without you all. So thank you. <3
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