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I will be submitting my paperwork to the insurance company next week...then wait for approval (crossing fingers). How long after insurance approval are the surgery dates? ( i am aware they might be all different - depending on your surgeon, etc. but i am curious what everyone says)

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I am self pay so maybe a little different? When I met my surgeon on 12/28 I got my date for 01/07. So i think it is just what is available. :)

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They waited until I had met all the requirements to send in all my paperwork and I received my approval from BCBS in less than a week and half. It may have been 10 days. It's easier if everything is well documented and plus I had records verifying being Super Obese since High School even though they only needed the last 5 years lol! Just in case...

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Next wednesday is my last PCP, everything else is completed and i already submitted everything to my surgeons office.

I also wrote an entire page of my diet history for the last 10 years. lol :)

I HOPE THIS GOES BY FAST! I think about the surgery all day every day and i started planning my life around the NEW SKINNY ME. ha ha

They waited until I had met all the requirements to send in all my paperwork and I received my approval from BCBS in less than a week and half. It may have been 10 days. It's easier if everything is well documented and plus I had records verifying being Super Obese since High School even though they only needed the last 5 years lol! Just in case...

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It will go by very fast!! I cant believe the day is already here for me to go tommorrow! It is exiting and scary! Hope everything goes smooth for you :)

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Dr. sent in paperwork, approved in 7 days surgery the following week. So about 2 weeks for me.

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3 weeks for me because I have a 2 week pre-op diet.

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I was selfpay. Went the orientation meeting in August. At the end of October they gave me a surgery date of December 9. I imagine it may have taken longer if insurance was involved. My surgeons office is a Bariatric Center of Excellence so she might be busier than others.

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