So my first doctor's appointment is Tuesday and I'm waaaay nervous. I keep thinking, "what if I dont qualify" (of course I then look down on my plumptious stomach and realize THAT wont be a problem). Strangely enough what popped into my head when I got the appt was, "What am I going to wear?!" *rolls eyes at self*

I know that I'll have a bunch of hoops to jump through, but how long did it take ya'll to go through all the steps and get a surgical date? My dad took 7 months, but he kinda seemed to just meander through it all. I'm definitely more proactive than he is so I'm hoping for 3-5 months. Is that realistic?

Thanks!

~Lyra

My informational session was at the beginning of November. My surgical date is 2/6- so from start to finish (or should I say from beginning to beginning!?) it will have been three months!

I attribute the speed at which I've gone through the process to being SUPER proactive about my appointments, getting paperwork in, calling to make sure my paperwork was received by the appropriate people, calling insurance to check, double check, and quintuple check that I had all of the requirements fulfilled, took my full five year obesity history record WITH me to my first surgical consult, and just generally rush, rush, rushed! Once I made the decision I was fired up and ready to get 'er done!

With my first surgery for the lapband it took the longest getting all the paperwork put together and then waiting for the insurance to decide if they were going to cover the surgery or not. I think that it was 2 - 3 months from my first orientations session to my surgical date.

My Insurance required 6 months (consecutive) of dietician monitoring so for me, first visit with the doctor was on 06/29/11 and my surgery was on 12/21/11.

My insurance requires 6 months of monitored diet, as well. My third class is schedled for February 21st. I will eligible for surgery in May, but I will wait until June (due to my work schedule). Good luck!

My insurance had a 6-month requirement, but I wasn't given a date until almost 10 months after my initial consult, and my surgery is tomorrow, which is 11-months since my first appointment. I had a lot of stalls in the process, though.

Wow...I'm hoping that I can schedule my surgery in June.

Good luck!!! Keep us posted!!!