Has anyone changed surgeons? Did it prolong your getting approved. Nothing has been submitted to insurance so I figure now is the best time. I just don't feel comfortable with my choice:(

Will the new Doc make you start over with the diet?

Will the new Doc make you start over with the diet?

It's not the doc that decides this, it's the insurance company. If she has 6 months of documented supervised weight loss, it doesn't matter who it was with.

Has anyone changed surgeons? Did it prolong your getting approved. Nothing has been submitted to insurance so I figure now is the best time. I just don't feel comfortable with my choice:(

If you aren't comfortable with the surgeon you are with now, then change- don't worry about delays. Each surgeon is going to have different tests/ procedures they will want done prior to having surgery, plus depending on their schedule. Some surgeon's are busier than others which could affect scheduling your surgery, so to give you a definite answer is difficult. I would say there will be a minimal delay, but like I said you aren't 100% confident in this person- then make the change now. You want to have all the confidence in the world in that surgeon and his office on that big day!

I started out with the bariatric surgery team at Celebration Hospital. It was taking so long to get any appointments for meeting with people I needed for the pre-op insurance approval that I wasn't going to make it to surgery before my insurance ran out.

I remembered a previous call with a person that recommended the program at Flagler Hospital. I didn't start the approval process with Flagler until July 14, 2011. Melissa Smith is the best person to get you in the program. I feel in love with Melissa and everyone else I meet in the program. They fast-tracked me to surgery which was done on August 24,2011. My appointment with the Celebration dietitian was going to be on August 22.

I felt like a number with the Celebration program and a close friend with the other program. I am an example where the change was not because of the surgeon but the program itself. It was the best decision I ever made.