Today I was at work minding my business and I get a call from the Hospital where I am to be having my hysto in 5 days. The woman first asks for me and made sure she had the right person. She said," I'm used to speaking to people with higher voices... Women. So Mister (Lastname)" She proceeded to tell me "I contacted your insurance today about the Prior Authorization for surgery and they said they will not approve the surgery-" Excuse me?! (I cut her off).
She said "Let me finish please sir" (I apologized). She proceeded to explain that they will not approve me to stay in the hospital overnight after surgery due to the technique the surgeon is using is so minimally invasive (Total Laparoscopic Hysto). So my options were to either take a slightly more invasive yet minimally invasive surgery which would be LAVH OR go home after surgery. I already knew that I did NOT want to have the LAVH (Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysto) because of the longer "bleeding" than the TLH. Since I knew about the TLH and knew that it is common practice for it to be done outpatient I was confident in my decision. Obviously if there are any complications or I am not feeling well then they will keep me overnight and insurance will pay for the night.
The woman was calling them today since for this type of surgery they need authorization only 2 days before. Though there are technically 3 business days between today and the surgery tomorrow is a Holiday (Good Friday) for certain hospitals with Religious affiliations so some offices are closed which is why today is why they did it. If there was any other issue she would call me back today. It is 9:34pm EST and she has not called me back. I will take that as my Green light. After spending 2 weeks in the hospital back in December I am perfectly fine NOT staying in the hospital overnight. A good buddy of mine agreed to give me a ride home since with this new development my wife might not be able to take me home since she will probably be picking our daughter up from daycare when they are releasing me. I find out my surgery time the day before surgery (Monday). I have a 3 day weekend (I am also off for Good Friday). Usually I would want the weekend to go slowly BUT this is one weekend in which I would like it to fly by!
5 more days!
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