So, my pre-surgery physical went fine. When I was at the doctor, though, I heard from the office manager, and she said they had received my official insurance approval from Aetna (my provider) for 1 day [surgical]. Uhhhh, what? SOOO needless to say, I freaked out a bit. (I am supposed to have surgery June 27, and get release on the 29th - so one day surgery, plus two days.) I attempted to call the surgeon's office, but unfortunately the lines were tied up. I was able to leave a message, though. So I've been concerned about this all weekend.
Well, this morning on the way into work, I got a call from their office. Amanda, the "financials lady" as I refer to her, explained to me that the way it works is that the insurance does the 1 day (or they put in for the one day), and then the nurses at the hospital take care of squaring the extra days away with the insurance. On the approval letter, though, it did say that if additional time is needed, it can be requested blah-blah-blah (can't remember it off the top of my head). Sooo, that must be how that works! What a relief.
So, tomorrow is my pre-surgery class. I'm kind of nervous about it and want to try and think of all the questions I may have. There is such a wealth of information they give you, it's hard to remember it all. I pretty much have to write everything down in notes to myself, starred in margins, lol. I'm also typing up my post-op dietary regiment for my mom to review, so that it's very clear to her what I can and can't do. She was saying to bring vegetables up, and I'm like uhhh, no, not yet.I will still be on the full liquids part of the diet after that. But I do want to share this to make it really clear.. for her, Dave, and anyone else who wants to or needs to know.
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