Hello,

I'm new here and and a million questions. First off.....How long did the process take for everyone. I am going to a seminar which is the first step before my consult. the office tells me it's a 2 to 2 1/2 month wait time from seminar to surg. She says due to the testing and prep.

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I'm new here and and a million questions. First off.....How long did the process take for everyone. I am going to a seminar which is the first step before my consult. the office tells me it's a 2 to 2 1/2 month wait time from seminar to surg. She says due to the testing and prep.[/quote']

Are you cash pay or insurance? Cash pay moves faster because of extra requirements/approval time for insurance. At my office, cash pay is about 6-8 weeks. I was insurance, so it was 4 months for me from first appt to surgery (included 3 month pre op diet required by insurance).

Insurance.....I'm getting married in October so I really want it a few months before or after just not in September or October obviously lol

6 months for me. Medical Mutual.

My insurance did not require a waiting period.

So my first consult was mid September and after getting all the pre op tests scheduled and done

Surgery was done in mid November.

So 3 months?

I did not have to do the supervised diet stuff due to having a higher BMI so my seminar was in early October, first preop apt October 18th, and surgery December 10th.

It mostly depends on your insurance and their requirements. Mine took 6 months, but well worth the wait!

Seminar 6/2012, first visit with surgeon 9/2012 with 6 month preop diet and surgery 3/2013

Seminar 2/13 1st appt in surgeons office 2/25/13 testing, testing, more testing. Ins approval, surgery 5/16. So 3 months for me.

From seminar (3/8/13) to surgery (5/28/13). Not even 3 months. My insurance was a breeze and I was able to schedule all my appointments back to back. Make sure you call your insurance company upfront and ask what the requirements are to be approved. That way, you can get them out of the way while you are doing your testing. Good Luck!

Thanks for the prompt replies guys!

Update....I went to the seminar and spoke with the surgeon after..... and I've had a lot of the pre op testing in the last year due to other issues. He said they can still be used since they were done with in the last twelve months...so yay! I work for the hospital that I'm having it done at so I know my insurance should be easy to deal with. My first appt is June 11th. Hope it won't take too much time. I'm very excited and ready to get the surgery.

Thanks for that lovely information about some tests that were taken in the last twelve months can be used. What insurance company/hospital do you have? I will see if that can happen when I get to that point. I start my classes on June 12th. So it should be around my third class that my lab work should be done which is June 26th or so.

I have Humana...and as far as the surgeon I'm using says that I can use my sleep ap test and endo testing, as well as the others. I've had a lot of health issues related to my gall bladder that sent me in all different directions of testing in the last few months. I guess it depends on the doc and the ins.

My first appointment with surgeon was Feb. 6th and I had surgery April 3rd. BCBS of NC.

There's so many things that can affect the timeline. For me, it was 4 months. My insurance almost pulled a quick one last minute and made it 6.