Am I crazy? lol I am really trying to speed the process along as much as I can. I'm really wanting to get this done before the 1st of the year. I've already done my 2 support groups. I've talked to my ins and I'm not required to do any supervised diet. Just have a BMI of 40 or over and I do. I even went and got a referral from my PCP and then was told my insurance didn't even require that! I got all of my medical records, even though insurance doesn't require a 5 year history. I talked to the insurance coordinator this morning and she said she has seen patients come in, have all of their appointments finished before their consultations and have surgery two weeks later. OH I HOPE THAT COULD BE ME!! lol I doubt it though, I know they have to get my insurance approval and all. I have United Health Care which I heard was pretty easy. The only thing I KNOW i have left to do is the Pre-Operative class. Any advise on anything else I can do to speed up the process? I have the consultation 9/23 at 8:30, the psych eval at 11:00 and the nutritional counseling at 2:30. lol wish me luck :thumbup:

Good Luck.. I have UHC thru my hubby who works for Union Pacific.. I hope they are as easy on me as they are for you.. I hope everything works out for you..

How did you schedule all that in one day? And know exactly what to schedule? I have UHC for Railroad and would like to do the same. Any info would be great..My seminar is on Nov 13th..

Depending on your surgeon.. My surgeon's office takes care of them all at different times. After the initial consultation they schedule the other appointments for different times.. UHC requires a 6 month medically supervised diet.. IDK if it helps but ask someone in your surgeons office how long the process is with UHC.. I finished all of my appointments within a month.. Now I'm just waiting for the gathering of paperwork to send for approval.. If you have any questions.. Send me a Message..

man you are so lucky i have uhc and they told me i wasnt approved for wls so that suck big time but a lot ok plp from oklahoma have gotten thier serg. with uhc so i am kinda confuse about that..

Not all UHC requires a 6 month diet, mine did not. I think it depends on your coverage and what your employer selected. When I went to the seminar they gave me a packet of what all they require you to do. In the packet they gave me the name of the psychiatrist. I called the front desk lady at the surgeons office and told her that i was hoping to get it done before the first of the year and asked her if there was anything I could do to speed up the process and she went ahead and booked me to see the nutritionist on the same day as my dr's visit. And it worked, I have my approval from UHC and my surgery is scheduled for Nov. 16th! :sneaky:

I had all my appointment in one day! I had to travel far to get to my doctor. the Surgeon's off help me set up appointments the next day. i had upper GI, then went to physician for EKG and check up, then had meeting with dietitian, then meet with fitness person, THEN had the physic appointment. I got my surgery date that day too. The date was penciled in just in case there was a problem but it is firm now. the only thing I needed to do when I got home was have lab work done and a chest xray.

The staff also set me up with an on line seminar that i was able to log on to.

I did all this Oct 18th and 19th. I am having surgery on December 8th. That is a day that I picked out because i have a long way to travel to get there! It will be my Christmas present to myself!:thumbup:

I have my approval from UHC and my surgery is scheduled for Nov. 16th! :thumbup:

Congrats! I did something similar. I saw everybody on September 29th, had one followup on October 14th, and I got my surgery approval on October 20th. My surgeon had a scheduling conflict, so we've agreed not to do the surgery till December 6th. But that's soon enough!

Good luck!

Dave