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Mine is 4 months due to having to heal from lapband removal. I have HAP and they have no supervised weight loss requirements

I have Cigna, and it took me from November 21 (my 1st appointment) to this Wednesday (January 16) to get my surgery scheduled. The earliest date I could have done surgery was February 18, so that would have been just under 3 months. I scheduled for March 5th though because it’ll allow me to use my spring break for recovery (I teach).

Now, as a caveat, I’d had a physical and blood work a week before my first appointment so I didn’t have to re-do that, I managed to attend a support group meeting the day of my first appointment, and I had literally 0 medical clearance requirements (EGD, sleep study, etc) because all of my blood work, blood pressure, etc. were good and I’ve had a million EKG’s because my sister has a heart condition that can be hereditary. My surgeon said I was the first patient in months who he hadn’t required any additional testing for. If I’d had to do that, it might have extended things a bit.

Woahhh. Sounds easy af. I hope you get your surgery date soon! Good luck to you.

My healthy weight is 135 according to charts. The last time I weighed that much was age 21 and I remember wearing a juniors size 9 (I’m 5’8”) I think if I weighed around 140-150 I’d still look slim. That being said I’d LOVE to shoot for the moon and get down to 130-135

Most definitely. I have Medicaid. It's a super common, super free insurance. So I'm like "Oh yeah, they are going to make this hard for us."

12 months of supervised dieting sounds like a whole lot. I feel like they try everything so we don't get the surgery. Once we complete whatever they need and they see we are serious, they're like "Oh I guess you really want this. Okay here you go."

I have a year of document attempts too! I hope you're good to go!

My insurance requires that I attend 3 monthly weight management classes. I have 1 more to go. Did you all have to do weight management classes? What happened after you finished?

I had Emblem Health - GHI. Mine required me to go to a nutritionist monthly for 6 months before surgery. I also was not allowed to gain anything in those 6 months and was expected to lose atleast 5% of my body weight. In addition to all the other medical clearances (psych, gastro, pulmonary,cardio) I had to attend one hospital run bariatric support group.
My first doctor's appointment was in October 2017, my surgery was April 27, 2018--so almost exactly six months.

My nutritionist told us not to get gummies. She said "If it looks like candy, and sounds like candy, ITS CANDY."

I have Aetna insurance which required a 90 day pre surgery wright study. My dr had all the necessary info to demonstrate I was a good candidate, they turned I. The pre approval to my insurance on my 90th day and 7 business days later, I had my approval. Surgery was then scheduled about 10 days later, because of Christmas.
I think insurances want you to jump through hoops hoping you’ll forget wanting the surgery!!!

I had my first "official" visit with the surgeon this week. I'm still in the pre-op process, but my insurance is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois even though I live in Texas. My only requirements are to complete 3 consecutive monthly nutrition visits and a psych eval and endoscopy to check for any existing stomach issues. My first dietitian visit is next week along with the psych evaluation. Next week I will get the last 2 appointment dates with the dietitian. According to my surgeon's office once I finish the last nutrition appointment, they will send the packet to my insurance for approval that normally takes 2 weeks. Any one else out there that has the same insurance as I do?

Oh man, I hope so too!!! I'm such a planner and can't wait to start preparing and stockpiling things I'll need later. I gotta reel it in a little bit! LOL! I've been researching and watching videos like a crazy lady.

I have Blue cross/blue shield of Illinois (I live in idaho) they require 1 nutrition class, 1 psych evaluation and to have a certain BMI (which I do) my surgeon wanted an upper GI x ray done to check for reflux and hiatul hernia. I do not have to do any kind of supervised weight loss program. My first appointment with the surgeon was January 8th. My last required appointment is tomorrow morning with the psychologist. Then everything will be submitted to insurance. I am really hoping for an early to mid February surgery date because I am going to England at the end of May and I want to have lost some serious weight by then!

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About 6-7 months

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February 2nd 2018 was my first meeting w/ docs, surgery was July 30. I could have had surgery a month or so earlier than that but I had travel already planned that we had to work around. I have health partners. 

Wreckitangie keep us posted on how long bcbs takes I have basically the same insurance And requirements, I go tomorrow for my nutrition class, I already met with the psychologist. Nurse at the drs office said from 3 days to 30 for the approval, I’m hoping 3 I would like my surgery in feb also.

I bawled and was upset for a couple of days. But BAM, got it done! Haha!

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From initial weight loss seminar getting information until surgery date was 8 months. From initial surgeon meeting until surgery date was 4 months. I have Humana insurance.

UGH! I'm dyinggggg. I've been researching non stop.

That's what I'm talking about! Fight the power! lol.
Nah but seriously, good for you. I get discouraged so easily. I would have been moping around.

Wow!!!! Mine was a month! From start to operating. IT was so great!

I made an Excel sheet and I treated it like a part time job. I spent hours on the phone scheduling and charting what I had to do. Thats the only way to do it. Get 'er done!

I also researched and am continuing to watch every Youtube video, forums, articles etc obsessively. I feel at this point I am TOTALLY prepared, or as prepared as i will ever be! Its a good thing

I guess Im lucky. I had HealthNet. I had my initial consultation in October of 2018 and completed the required testing/labs/appointments (probably 10 in all) by December of 2018. I was required to do 3 "weight management" visits with my PCP. Because of the Christmas holiday I was not able to get a surgery date in December but I am scheduled for next Tuesday 1/22. So it took about 4 months. I scheduled all my labs and specialist appointments and I really moved heaven and earth to get them all done as quickly as I could.