My insurance finally kicked in, and i have my sleep study and heart appointment next week! And i'll hopefully have a nutrition and psych appointment set up by the end of this week! I'm so...anxious/nervous/excited. lol. Anyone have tips or pointers they could share with a newb? ^.^

I am with you, my insurance that covers surgery started 1/1/12

Just make sure that (obviously) your insurance covers the band, but more importantly, make sure that if your insurance company has a bariatric contact to call them and ask if there is anything you need to do for them. For my insurance, bariatrics are covered but you must be on a list of patients that have contacted the insurance bariatric contact before they can assure that anything related to the band is covered (including pre-op testing).

Hi, make sure you get your clearance letters from the different specialists before you leave your appt. I had completed all my appointments and I had to call 2 doctors for them to send my doctor the clearances. I found out afterwards that you can request them. Good luck with everything

Thanks for the tips!(: the group of surgeons i'm going with have a lady on their team that handles all the insurance stuff, she's also setting up the appointments i need before i can get the surgery, so hopefully i dnt have to worry about too much with the insurance part!