I made the call in January, filled out a mountain of paperwork, had my first appointment in February where they did all the blood work and explained the process. My surgeon did a scope April 1st, I got cardiac clearance at the end of April, then consult with Dr Weiss at the first of May where he gave me a surgery date of May 21st.

My total out of pocket was $750 but after co-pays for the scope, cardiac clearance and other appointments I only had to pay $157.82.

I have Cigna which required 6 months of nutrition and weight loss counseling. After all the hoops were jumped through, my surgery date was set at June 11 which will be 8 and a half months from the start. I've already met my out of pocket maximum for the year so the surgery will be completely covered.

I met my surgeon February 11th and had surgery May 12th.

I met my surgeon on February 5th and was sleeved on April 15th. I have BCBS New York and co-pays have been around $ 150.

I met my surgeon on February 5th and was sleeved on April 15th. I have BCBS New York and co-pays have been around $ 150.

I looked into surgery in mid october. Met with the doc the beginning of november and was sleeved on dec 18th. So it was about 6 weeks from the start and my ins covered it. I have spent about $700.00 out of pocket for copays and a few blood works that werent covered.

Hello all! I have to do a 6-month supervised diet and exercise program (ill be finished Aug 29th) (Aetnas requirements) and then after that ill submit my paperwork and hopefully get an approval within 3-4 wks (hopefully sooner). Its a struggle sometimes but it gets easier..... my last weigh in cant be more than the first weigh in.... so I have no doubt that ill do well and complete this program successfully so that I can have surgery.

I started looking into this last November and had my first of six required medically supervised weight loss visits, which I hated at first but really allowed me to educate myself on the surgery and be more mentally prepared. My surgery was 5 days ago, May 29, and it feels like it took forever but I'm here now.

I started the process in November 2013 with a visit to my doctor. Paperwork in December, bloodwork in January, then 6 weeks of pre-surgery classes, including a few counseling sessions. To be fair, they would have put me in the class that started late February, but I had to go into March due to my work schedule and traveling. I was done with the class mid-April, and could have had the surgery in May (again had to postpone because of work schedule and traveling). BUT .... my surgery is scheduled for June 20. Very exciting. Basically 8 months (which is what they told me it would take). It is a lot faster than it used to be. I heard of people waiting 18 months before.

Congrats on getting here with the rest of us. It is a life changer Patrice1. Here's to rest of your journey and especially to the rest of your new life. It will be amd is worth everything you went throught to get here. Good luck to you!!