Having to wait for a surgeon's office to send you materials sucks when you are willing to have surgery tomorrow, if necessary. I have only been working on getting approved since the beginning of November, but I am SO ready to begin the rest of my life. I just wish everyone else that is involved with the process (surgeon #2's office, insurance, etc.) felt the same urgency. The new surgeon's office holds nutrition classes the 2nd and 4th Wednesday/Thursday of every month, and they require all surgery candidates to attend two of them. The next one is this coming Wednesday/Thursday. If I don't hear from the surgeon's office before then, I won't be able to go to it, and I'll have to wait for the ones in March. It's all just very frustrating. My original goal was to have surgery before the end of the year. Obviously, that didn't happen. Now, I'll be lucky if I can have surgery before May. I'm also wondering if I should just schedule for May, anyway, if I get approved, since I'll be out of classes then. My only other break is in the middle of March, and there is no way I'll be approved before then.

easy, easy! they do feel your urgency--but they do also make you take all the steps. they don't want anyone coming back and saying "i never knew THIS or THAT" afterwards. i can relate to your frustration--i started my initial seminars in july 06--or tried to--business travel kept getting in the way...but by the time i got thru all the appt's (in dec), things really moved fast. you'll see--time is going to go by more quickly than you think!

good luck!

girlin

I know, I'm just getting anxious because I have already been through all this once. I got all of my required seminars and support groups done, got all the clearances, got my stuff submitted to insurance, and then found out I had to switch surgeons. Now I get to go through it all again.

I went through HOOPS to get this done. I go to school 3 hours from my doctor and theyd call and be like you remember your appt in 2 weeks, well we have an opening tomorrow, can you be there?..always was. Once they approved me I decided to get it done ASAP. Im in school to, and am actually a senior in college. I decided, that me being happy with myself and thinner and first in line with myself was more important than my grades. I did this for myself, and had a rough week post surgery.

HOWEVER.. I did get alot of sympathy from people, although I didnt tell them what I had done exactly...still even though my test scores suffered, I am feeling much better, and thats what is important

Keep on Hangin!!:mad: even though you want to SCREAM!

I know, I'm just getting anxious because I have already been through all this once. I got all of my required seminars and support groups done, got all the clearances, got my stuff submitted to insurance, and then found out I had to switch surgeons. Now I get to go through it all again.

i hear you! me too! first i had decided on gastric bypass--so i went thru ALL those hoops--including disgusting colonoscopy and endoscopy (nightmare, both of them)--and then i decided i couldn't do that surgery. so--had to start all over again for lap band! but it gets done! really! it'll be here before you know it!!

Lauren, hang in there and go to the classes as soon as you can.

Before you know it it will be time for your surgery.