DeterminedKayla

I’m new to this site and I was just curious is there anyone whose insurance makes them wait several months before the procedure and your procedure is set for around February? If you don’t mind share your stats etc.
I am 5’4 HW:298 CW: 280

I’m new to this site and I was just curious is there anyone whose insurance makes them wait several months before the procedure and your procedure is set for around February? If you don’t mind share your stats etc.
I am 5’4 HW:298 CW: 280

I too, started in Aug and will be getting sleeved in Feb.
59 years old, 5'5" 285 lbs It's now or never for me!

Mine! 6 months. I started in August, so I'm late Jan/Feb timeframe, too.

Mine was a 6 month pre-op nutrition and ended up about 10 months total.

I have aetna I had 4 nutritional meeting 1 meeting once a month for 4 months. It took another 10 days to approval my surgery is next month nov14. So when it's all said and done about 6 months

Honestly, it all depends on the following:
1) Your Insurance guidelines to have it covered
2) Your surgeon guidelines to feel comfortable performing the surgery
For example: Myself
I had to do 6 months worth of appointments and testing. I had to do a EKG, Pysch Eval, stress test, visit the dietitian and nutrition. While doing this, I had to keep track of my food intake and lose some weight. After that I had to wait for the insurance to approve me and then wait for my surgeon to schedule a date. All and all my process took close to 7 1/2 months.
Now, every surgeon and insurance company is different. It even varies by state as a well.

Good luck! I hope that everything goes well for you!