Re: What more is left before surgery?

[Guest guest]

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MAy I ask you a question? How old are you? I thought SARPE was that

thing they put in the roof of your mouth, and you had to crank it

daily to expande you palate, but after a certain age, it doesn't work

anymore. Is that what you had done? I had that as a kid, and it

relapsed, so now I'm having to get upper and lower.

Anyway, on to insurance. Yes, I also have UHC, and it was a long

fight to get pre-authorization. They kept losing paperwork that THEY

SIGNED FOR over and over again. I finally called my HR department,

(6 months went by, and no answer -- I was still in " Pending Review " )

and they called, and 2 days later, I got authorized! I have my pre-

auth letter, and the doctor's office has theirs also.

We had some sort of insurance consultants recommend UHC (they are a

company called Lassiter-Ware Insurance Consulants) and that was who

my HR person called. They got stuff done quick!

So, what are you going to do about getting denied? What was their

reasoning?? Can you have someone higher up in your organization call

someone over at UHC, or to the company that recommended UHC?

-Blake

> > Hello all.

> >

> > I think I'm getting close to my sugery date. MY Ortho said that

he

> > just needs to close up the bottom gaps in my teeth, and that

would

> be

> > 8-12 weeks. My next OS visit is in 8 weeks. I was told my

surgery

> > would be in 'June', but I was hopeing it would be earlier. So,

> what

> > I'm wondering is, in 8 weeks after I see my OS, and he thinks my

> > teeth are closed and I'm ready for surgery, how much longer will

it

> > be after that?

> >

> > I mean, I think I'll need models made again by my OS. But what

> other

> > steps will I have to take? Blood tests? Other visits to

places?

> > Will I be taking a lot of breaks from work to make Doctor

> > appointments up until my surgery (like all through May?)

> >

> > I just want to get an idea of what I'll be doing up until

surgery --

>

> > I've read enough about how I'll feel AFTER surgery, that's for

> > sure! :-)

> >

> > Thanks everyone!

> > -Blake