I just decided to pursue the gastric sleeve and I have my first appt next week. I know there are medical tests and insurance hoops to jump through, but whats the normal length of time from the first appt until surgery?

I luckily was not required to complete a six month doctor supervised diet, I began with my visit to the surgeon mid-January, and had 10% weight loss, all tests and hoops jumped by beginning of April and then surgery completed May 15th

If you have a 6 month diet required its best to add another month on top of that for the time it takes to schedule appointments and tests

My insurance company waived my 6 month documented diet because my BMI is over 50. So from initial Seminar to Surgery is about 3 months. I want summer surgery so it didn't matter how quickly everything moved along. I guess it could depend too on how busy your surgeon is, if it's a high volume bariatric facility.