How long did it take you folks before you got a date set? Not counting arbitrary delays like 3 years or 6 month diets. Start to finish including first meeting surgeon to finishing screening tests. Just trying to see what the typical amount of time it takes.

might depend on your insurance... I am on medicare... so I had to go thru a minimum of 6 months worth of nutrition classes ( 1 class a month ) some insurances only require 3 classes. It also depends on what you have to do for the bariatric surgeon as far as clearances go, which means going to other Dr's..having to schedule appts. I was required to get clearance from my primary, a cardiac, and a pulmonologist.. all of those required some time to make and GET the appt.. Either way..the sooner you start.. the sooner its here

Mine was 1.5 months from from 1st support group meeting which was 4/23 to surgery date which is june /6th..thats only because I switched insurance and they had no requiremnts just the hospitals which was psych,upper GI,endoscopy,2 support groups,medical clearance,sleep study , pre op blood work which im doing now n meet the surgeon which is today..good luck..if your ready,try n stay on top of appts n get them as soon as possible..I always called to check if anyone cancel so I could move my date up and was nice about it..

Mine was 1.5 months from from 1st support group meeting which was 4/23 to surgery date which is june /6th..thats only because I switched insurance and they had no requiremnts just the hospitals which was psych,upper GI,endoscopy,2 support groups,medical clearance,sleep study , pre op blood work which im doing now n meet the surgeon which is today..good luck..if your ready,try n stay on top of appts n get them as soon as possible..I always called to check if anyone cancel so I could move my date up and was nice about it..

6 months.

4 months. I was required to complete 3 months of medical weight management. So I had plenty of time to get all of my pre-op tests completed. I finished all of those tests within one month. I heard back from my insurance within 2 weeks. I had to complete all the pre-op requirements before my case was submitted for approval. Overall, it wasn't bad; it gave me time to really make sure this is what I wanted to do.

I could have had mine in 2 weeks after meeting the surgeon but I needed to wait on my vacation so it was a month and 6 days.

Mine was a little over a month - I met with the surgeon on May 2nd and finished all of my Pre-op clearances (blood work, H. Pylori test, NUT consult, letter from my primary doc station my weight loss attempts and joined a bariatric resource program my employer required) by May 10th - it was submitted to insurance that day. I had my sleep study to rule out sleep apnea on May 15th while waiting to hear from insurance. Insurance approved the surgery on May 20th - they scheduled my surgery on May 23rd for tomorrow, June 5th and I started my all liquid Pre-op diet on Sunday, May 26th. I did all of my Pre-admission testing etc last Wednesday the 29th - bloodwork, respiratory consult, X-rays, ultrasound, EKG, another NUT consult and meeting with medical doctor who cleared me for surgery (about a 3.5 hour appt). And here I am now - surgery tomorrow (I need to be there at 12:15 and surgery is scheduled for 1:45). I was very lucky though that I didn't have to do any other supervised diets or NUT consults...

Mine has taken 8 months. I did my informational seminar in October 2012 and my surgery is scheduled for June 28.

I had to do seminar, meet with surgeon, 6 months of nutritionist, psych eval, barium swallow, labs, and an EKG.

Thanks for all the responses! My insurer says I qualify and am 100% covered. Seminar with their approved doc tomorrow, hope to get it all wrapped up by July, from the responses so far it sounds feasible.

I had my first appointment on April 8.. I had to make all of my clearance appointment.. The surgeons office gave me a list... And I am getting sleeve on June 11.. I finished all of my appointments on May 29.. And I scheduled my surgery on May 9.. I had to meet with three times to go over everything

I had my first appointment the first week in April and surgery May 21st, so almost 2 months.