Wednesday I went for my last PCP appt. before surgery. He doesn't want to see me anymore until I have been released by my surgeon.

So . . . now all my paperwork is with my surgeon and I go to see him on April 6, at which point it will be submitted to Aetna. I have my countdown to the 6th on my calendar, but I have no idea about the time frame between paperwork submission to Aetna and approval. Any ideas??? It would help tremendously at least if I knew an average window of time from submission to approval.

I'm getting SO EXCITED!

You can totally ask the surgeon's office of Aetna insurance timeline. My timeframe for BCBS was up to 3 weeks for authorization and then the surgery schedule was roughly 2-3 weeks out. I was notified by my insurance on 3-9-11 exactly 3 weeks after submission. The surgery coordinator called me 3-14-11 (3 business days and the whole weekend i waited...ahhh) My surgery date is set for April 11th... first date that fit's into my sisters schedule.

I wanted her there and she well... demanded to be there Otherwise I would have gotten it done april first (cool date) due to a cancellation. In the end 10 days won't make much of a difference (i keep telling myself)

So total wait time was/is 6.5 weeks... GEEZ that seems a lifetime when i put that way.

Wow, that DOES sound like a long time. I feel like now that I've done my 3 month program, I am ready to have the surgery NOW! I just hope there are no delays because something is filled out wrong.

Good luck on the 11th! I wish you a smooth surgery and comfortable recovery. And then a beautiful new life!