For those who had surgery in the US and used insurance... From your initial consultation with the surgeon, to the day of surgery ... How long did that entire process take?

My initial consult with the surgeon was at the end of June, I think around 6/26/14, however I had taken the hospital's required seminar at the beginning of that month, and got my "passport" with all my insurance requirements. I had a 6 month physician supervised diet.

I completed the diet in December, and faxed my diet sheets, letter from my PCP and psych eval to the hospital the same day I had my last diet appointment. A week later, the day before Christmas, the insurance rep at the surgeons office called and said they had gotten approval for the surgery and tried to set me up for a date in January, but I needed to give my work notice, so I had her schedule me for February 9th. So about 8ish months from beginning to soon to be end (new beginning).

I started my process May 26, 2014 and had surgery by December 29, 2014 - so seven months total.

Mine was about a year as well between diet and all the pretest. The tests alone took 3 months. ..got my approval after the weight loss but my doctor likes to do testing to make sure there are no surprises.

I met with my surgeon on Dec 3, 2014 and had my surgery on Jan 16, 2015. About a month or so.

My first consult was June 18th and my surgery is scheduled for Jan 19th,,,7 months here for me as well.

My Dr referred me for nutrition classes in March 2013 that started May 1, 2013. The classes lasted 12 weeks. I lost the required weight and had the surgery on September 23, 2013.