My pre-op consult in March 10. I have to be on a pre-op diet for 2 weeks. I know the surgery will be at least 2 weeks from my consult date. How long did it take after the consult for surgery to be scheduled? Any input is appreciated.

Hi. Are you self pay? If you are going through insurance they usually have a variety of tests they want done first. Not sure if you are female or not but my doctor even wanted to make sure I'd had my yearly mammogram and pap smear. They also wanted on file a general physical and EKG. If you have recent tests on file they should accept those.

My doctor had a 10% BMI loss requirement. I had accomplished that in about 3 months. He also required attending 3 mindful eating group sessions with a Psychologist. My surgery had to be postponed for other health reasons. If things had gone according to plan it would have taken just over 3 months from consult to surgery.

To be truthfull the waiting can actually be good for you. Half of this battle is mental. You need to embrace a new relationship with food, you have to learn to eat slower, you need to identify emotional situations that lead you to eat; and determine what foods trigger you to eat more food. It took me 6 months to get restriction. So for six months I was on a diet. I had been on a very strict diet before sugery but I found this to be more difficult. Presurgery I did not weigh food. I thought I was eating low carb but I would say I am eating even lower carb now.

OOps did not notice your screen name. My guess is thingirl is a girl.

I had my pre op consult on May 5th 2009 and surgery June 16th 2009 so within a month or so depends on insurance requirements.

I think 3 weeks. It wasn't long at all. My insurance approved within a day and I had to do a pre-op diet for 2 weeks.

So far I've had 2 surgical consults but that's because my original surgeon left the practice. My 2nd consult was in April and as of right now I am still waiting for a date, should have one by the end of the week. It all really depends on what your insurance requires or if you do self pay it will depends on what the surgical office requires. Good luck!!!