Hi everyone! I am just starting the process, and i am excited to be here. I meet with my surgeon in two weeks for the inital consult. Any idea of what to expect? What are the next steps? My insurance does not require a supervised diet.

Without a supervised diet, (lucky you) I would guess 3 months or so til surgery. Most clinics require nutritionist visits and a psych eval with approval from both. Then submit to Ins for approval. When you get it youll meet with surgeon and schdule a date. You'll need a physical with your reg doc, usually with in the 30days before surgery. So don't schedule it til you have your date. I needed a chest X-ray, EKG, and lab work in that 30 days too. I had to quit smoking and pass a urine test to prove it. Some people have to lose 10% of excess wt before surgery. Some have a liquid diet ranging from 1 day to two weeks. Whatever one they have you do, it's to shrink the fat off your liver before surgery. Good luck! Welcome to the journey of your life!

I am six weeks post op and have lost 55 lbs so far, 24lbs since surgery July 30th.

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Thank you so much for your response! That sounds good to me! I was hoping to get in this year, because my oop is met, but that could be tricky.

Congratulations on your loss! You have done an amazing job!

Hi Katie, Welcome!!

You might want to check out:

http://www.rnytalk.com/topic/2315-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-weight-loss-surgery/

lots of good information posted by one of our own.

Good luck

Thank you so much! That was very informative!

Welcome to the group

That was informative! Thank you!!

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Katiebug12, I have an important tip for you regarding the insurance OOP. I always assumed that mine was based on a calendar year. Didn't find out until surgery time that it is based on the the policy anniversary date. Yours might be different, but it's worth checking out so you don't have any unexpected surprises. It's fortunate in my situation that it didn't make a monetary difference for me; however, I did learn that my husband had surgery on the LAST day of the "policy" year. Uggh! Had I known, we would have changed his surgery to a day or two later! Anyway... check it out...

Thank you MsCook! That is very important. Mine is def a calendar year, but that is a good point. Thankfully, my deduct and oop are low, so even if i dont get in this year it is ok. I have ms so my mri's and ms treatment alone get that met pretty fast. It will probably be met again by feb. lol.

good luck katiebug!

I just had my consult w the surgeon and he said since i dont have to do the 6 mo diet either, as soon as i get my nutritionist and psychiatrist appts done they can submit for insurance approval and schedule an appt. He said it just depends on the insurance but approx 1-2 months depending on how quick the ins comes back. Good luck!