Hey there! I'm new to this forum (but have been on such things previously). Awaiting my surgery date on August 27/10 and could not be more excited. Don't have insurance (not sure if it's covered in Ontario anyways?) so I'm paying for it myself, but I think I'm worth it!:thumbup: Hopefully will get to know you over the next while! Thanks!

Hi Shauna, welcome to LBT! Glad to have you!

Take a look around, you will find loads of information here. It's how I got started!

All the best.

Hi Shauna!

I have an august surgery date as well. I was just approved by CIGNA and have my surgery scheduled for 8/30/10. I have been going through the approval process for a little over 6 months now and am so excited. My nerves are starting to kick in now though b/c I have never had any sort of surgery. Good Luck on your journey!

Hi Cigna here too still waiting for approval ..how long did it take you to get approved?

Hi Shauna,

still waiting here to for approval from insurance.

Hi Healthy1-

My surgeon submited the paperwork to CIGNA last wednesday and they approved it before Friday. I called to check on Friday and they said it was approved- I gave the office a call and they went ahead and called to get the authorization number and scheduled my surgery. I received the letter in the mail today from Cigna saying it was approved.

I was expecting it to take forever and was presently suprised. I was shocked that it was so easy to get approved- other than the 6 mos diet with my PCP and the other evaluations. But for me time went by pretty quickly. My surgeon's office even had an opening on August 2nd which I could have taken but b/c my Husband and I already had vacation time scheduled from work for the end of the month I stuck with that.

My surgeon's office told me when they first submited the paperwork that it usually took 2-7 days to get a response.