Thursday, September 24, 2009

Surgeon Meeting Minutes


Here is a picture of my surgeon, Kevin Krause. He looks nice doesn't he? Well he is nicer than nice. A real gem of a guy and very well respected. The meeting went really well. He told me I was an excellent candidate and considers me low risk. He is very positive about lab-band surgery in general. (He also performs RnY). There were 3 patients in the meeting, where he explained the procedure and answered any questions we had, then he met with us individually. Get this, one of the other patients was an ER Doctor! He was in his scrubs and came up to the meeting directly from the ER. That really put me at ease. I mean, if another MD is considering this, than you know it is a well thought out option. So, I am pretty excited and feeling very positive today! The office manager Sue, calls the shots in the office and seems really nice and very helpful. I told her I need to have this surgery done before year end to save myself $2500, since we have already met our deductible. She doesn't think it will be a problem. My insurance is different that BCBS, who usually approves it pretty quickly, but since I met the requirements, she thinks it will go through. She will be submitting it in about two weeks for approval, then I will hear back from her. And we can proceed from there. If all goes well, I am hoping I can have the surgery sometime in November. Keep your fingers crossed!

6 comments:

  1. YEAH! You are getting so close and I think it makes a world of difference if you get a doc that cares about you as a patient.
    Guess what I wore yesterday for the first time! The black and white shirt you sent me! I wore a black cami underneathe, but I wore it to work and everyone loved it. I will just pretend it doesnt say 3x! lol

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  2. Amy...that 3x on it means nothing, it is more like a medium! Surprised they didn't kick you out of work for being too sexymommaish! lol

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  3. That is exciting Linda. My surgeon is in MX so distance along kinda makes the good patient care thing a bit more difficult- so having a surgeon you like, trust and respect who's in a reasonable proximity is a huge leg up :-)

    Will they be setting a date soon? I hope so.

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  4. I'm so glad you like the doctor and staff! :) How exciting is all this!? Wow!! :) Time will fly for you, I'm sure!

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  5. I've been dying to hear how it went. Sounds like you are in the best of hands and that you feel more comfortable now about proceeding. Good LUCK!

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  6. That is awesome your doctor is cool! It will help w/ your ease and comfort and trust throughout this whole process. I love mine too!

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