My first appt was Sept. 7th..I had already attended the required seminar over the summer before I went for it. I got my date yesterday which is Oct 23rd. So, just about 6.5 weeks! Not bad! Any longer and I might have chickened out!

I saw my Dr in March and could have scheduled fairly quickly. I opted instead for June as our tax year ends on June 31st so that meant there would only be a short time between having to pay the fee and being able to claim.

My first appt and my seminar was on Aug 10, 2009. My surgery was on Oct 1, 2009. So less than 2 mths. My insurance approved me rather quickly (less than 10 days) and I wasn't required to do any kind of pre-surgery diets.

Marci

I am self pay so I picked my date. Although it took me a whole year from my consultation to decide that I wanted the lap band.

I went in February for seminar then tried on my own until end of August. Then spent September doing pre op stuff and banded This Morning!