I am sure this is different for everyone, but am trying to get a general idea here. I will be done with all my requirements by the end of this month. My insurance has always approved things really fast, within a week at the most. So my question is how long did it take after that to have your surgery? Was your surgeon's schedule booked up for a long time or where you able to get a date within a couple of weeks or so? Just curious.

I have a couple of things timewise to work around and getting a general idea of when I might be able to have the surgery would be really helpful.

I was scheduled within hours of having my approval from insurance. Had surgery a couple of weeks later.

Was told my insurance is taking 3-7 days to approve and my surgeon is scheduling 1-2 weeks out.

What a great question! I was wondering that same thing. I have BCBS of North Dakota and they seem to approve things quickly but I had been wondering if it would take longer for something like this or not.

I was approved and given my surgery date at the same time. It was 3 weeks out so that I could go on the liquid diet for two weeks.

Glad I asked! Sounds like things could happen fairly quickly. That's good news but also means I need to really get prepared more!

I think this really depends on the program.

I know with mine, I had to be approved before I could even start the process. When I got going they said it would be 8-10 months before the surgery took place. They changed things around a bit as I was going through the classes though so it really only took about 5 months.

In my program, you don't get to meet the surgeon until you are approved.

I saw my surgeon, went through the three months of meeting with him and all the other docs and then he scheduled my surgery. Then they submitted to insurance for final approval (there had been a pre-approval right after I first met with the surgeon). My final approval didn't come in until Thursday before surgery on Monday.

The entire process for me was 86 days.

Mine got approved on march 21 and I had my surgery march 31. It moved pretty quickly.

Mine got approved on march 21 and I had my surgery march 31. It moved pretty quickly.

I started my process in dec 2013, 4 visits with my surgeon, last visit early march. I had endoscopy done in feb, nutrition and psych clearance in jan and regular doc visit and blood work in feb, last visit at the surgeon in early march, docs submitted and approved march 21 and had surgery the 31. It all depends on your insurance.

I will find out how long approval will take next Wednesday. I meet with the nutritionist and they will submit for approval after that appointment. Getting excited!!!

I got approved and was scheduled for surgery a week later.

I got approved for revision a week ago Monday. I still havent heard from anyone at the doc's office to set up surgery.

Ready to get this show on call your doctor's office be proactive be your own advocate

No worries, Jenn. I call and leave a message every two days. If she hasnt called me back by next Monday, I'm just going to make a random appointment with my surgeon and complain directly to him.