So I am finished with all my Pre op stuff and just waiting in approval which will come the last weekend of June. My dietitation wants me to take vit d for 10 weeks and get re tested. This puts me at mid June for the earliest surgery date. My problem is that I work 5 days a week and go to nursing school. Work already told me I can take off whatever time I need but if I miss one day of nursing school I'm kicked out of the program. I'm wondering if once I am approved how much say do I have in my surgery date. Could I move it up to 1st of July or would I just have to wait until thanksgiving break or something.?

My surgeon worked with me on a date, but some may only do lapband's on x days per week. You will have to ask the scheduler.

Are you going through insurance? If not then I don't see why they can't work with you. If you are going through insurance it would just depend in how difficult they want to be.

It really depends on the surgeons calendar. One thing you can do is stay in contact with the scheduler. My mother was having surgery and was given a date like 4 months out. We asked that they call her should there be a cancelation. They contacted us with a date that was a month earlier and we took it.

If you are able to go through your insurance. I got my approval from may 23 2012-may 22 2013. I had a whole year to get it done and my surgeon asked when i wanted it. Of course as soon as possible and was banded on monday june 11 2012. I am four days post -op. You should have a choice when it works best for you.

I was told that all of my pre op testing had to be within 6 months of my surgery date, i.e., ekg, echo, nuclear stress test, etc.

I have already done all the testing and stuff. I'm just waiting in approval which they said will come next Friday after they all meet as a group. And I have a one week liquid diet that's all

After approval, my insurance gave a 6 month window to have the surgery in. I could have been banded the same week as my approval , but due to other obligations, I was banded a month later. Your surgeon's office should be able to work with you.

I am putting my off a month due to vacation. I would think that any doctor would be willing to work with you. Good luck