Just left my initial consultation. Met with doctor, dietician, and insurance coordinator. This visit counted as my first month visit for my doctor supervised diet. Will do psych eval over the phone and since my surgeon is thee hours away they said my PCM in my city can do the 2nd-5th diet visits. They will submit everything in April since my final diet visit has to be with them in Dallas. Hoping for a late April or early May surgery date. Think in all it's going to cost me 4500 with insurance since the doctor isn't in network but the hospital is. My journey started in July and this is my second doctor due to insurance network issues. Not starting over again..... Can't wait to get that approval !!! 6 mos is super long but by then I will be able to take off a month with pay. I'm so grateful about that:)

Congratulations. 6 months will go by fast.