A time and place for everything

Apr 14, 2011

Well, it has been about 9 days since I went to El Paso to meet w. Dr. Lara @ Las Palmas.  Needless to say I will NOT be returning.  After sitting there for nearly 6 hours, doing a "class" of sorts, meeting with the NUT, filling out paper work, and then finally meeting Dr. Lara, it just seemed like a huge waste of my time.  They were completely disorganized, and it felt like a hotels revolving door.  Other than the fact that they didn't bother to tell me that medicare will NOT cover VSG.  After hearing conflicting stories that yes they do, no they do not.  When asking them point blank they said they were not sure, but they thought so.  So there my husband and I drove to, nearly 5 hours away to be told that NO it is not covered.  Huge waste of my time and energy.

After leaving El Paso with these feelings of complete loss, I took a week to process all of it, and realized that not all facilities are the same, I have now found a hospital in Flagstaff that will do the RNY (not my first choice, but right now I am desperate for anything to help me).  They have been super helpful with the early stages, and even knew that since I was coming from out of town they would make the most of my trip to Arizona.  I have to go to yet another seminar *eyeroll* and they scheduled me the following day to meet with the surgeon for pre-op so I don't have to make another trip out there for it since i live nearly 5 hours away.  (I guess that's the good thing about living smack dab in the center of New Mexico, just about any border is 4 to 5 hours away lol).

So far my impression of them is beyond amazing!  I have been speaking to Betsy through email all week and feel more confident there than i have felt about anything in this whole process.

So here's to getting back up on the horse and hoping for a smooth road so I can stay on schedule with getting my surgery this summer when I wont have to worry about getting up to get my kiddo to school, or picking up her and her friend everyday after school.  I can just be selfish and focus on ME for once

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