I am going with the self pay option and was wondering since I don't have to worry about jumping thru hoops with my insurance company. What will be required of me in order to get a surgery scheduled. I'm clueless!!!

I am going with the self pay option and was wondering since I don't have to worry about jumping thru hoops with my insurance company. What will be required of me in order to get a surgery scheduled. I'm clueless!!!

I will be going thru the Cleveland clinic in Cleveland ohio

I had to do a questionnaire for the psychologist (almost 300 questions), meet with all of the staff (doctor, nurse, psychologist, and nutritionist) all in one day, did a separate 2 hour nutrition class, and one blood test that I never got results from and did not fast for it, so I'm not sure what they tested for, but I know it must have been okay because I had the surgery . I did not care about the results since what I'm concerned about is only tested on a fasting blood test. And then did a 2 week liquid pre-op diet to shrink my liver. Took about 1 month from the time of my consultation (meeting with the staff), nutrition class at a separate visit, and then the surgery.

I had to do a questionnaire for the psychologist (almost 300 questions)' date=' meet with all of the staff (doctor, nurse, psychologist, and nutritionist) all in one day, did a separate 2 hour nutrition class, and one blood test that I never got results from and did not fast for it, so I'm not sure what they tested for, but I know it must have been okay because I had the surgery . I did not care about the results since what I'm concerned about is only tested on a fasting blood test. And then did a 2 week liquid pre-op diet to shrink my liver. Took about 1 month from the time of my consultation (meeting with the staff), nutrition class at a separate visit, and then the surgery.[/quote']

Wow!! Thank u so much. I am so excited to start this new chapter in my life.

I was self pay. Had my first visit on a Tuesday, scheduled for surgery the following week Friday. It all happened so fast! I had the first visit, 2nd visit , blood work and then surgery.

You are welcome and you will be fine. I was a nervous wreck up to the time of surgery, I wanted it bad enough, hence self pay (I'm not rich or anything, he he), but it will all work out. Good luck!! Also, when you meet with a nutritionist, ask them if they have a manual to follow, they forgot to give me mine and the surgery staff asked me about it right after surgery, so I called and got it the following week, it had all kinds of information about what to do before the day of surgery, like no deodorant, well I was wearing deodorant because I had no clue.

I'm self pay and it took a long time bc they still had a lot of steps. Psychologist, nutritionist, abdominal u/s, EKG, cxr, blood, some kind of scope thing, then my 3 hr appt, he made me lose 10 lbs to shrink the liver (I have 2 to go) it was a lot. I am scheduled for 8/10.

I was self pay and all I did was seminar, 1st appt, then nutritionist for about an hour, and the preop bloodwork and that's it. No psychologist for me.

Ditto bplchick...same here