Hi everyone-I am so happy to have found this site and have spent hours reading posts! I am tentatively scheduled for gastric bypass on July 6. I have two more weigh ins at my doctors office, A psych eval, a nutrition class to take and a routine gastroscopy on June 3. At this point my main anxiety is due to not knowing if Aetna will approve me--my surgeons office has patients complete everything and they send the file at that point. I could literally find out on July 4 that I haven't been approved ????. I would love to find someone out there who is also scheduled for early July to be a support buddy. I know I'm going to need one and would love to do the same for someone else! Interestingly enough,

I did find out yesterday, I will only be on a three day clear liquid diet pre-surgery and thought that was so odd compared to everything I've read here!

I Hear Ya I am under Aetna as well. In my case my surgeons office will not submit it to Atena until June 8th, that is the 90 day date from my first nutritionist meeting/class although I completed all of my pre-op requirements (endoscopy, pysch eval, cardiac clearance, primary care clearance), a couple of weeks ago. I've also lost 30 lbs. since mid-march to get myself in the best position possible for surgery. T o be extra good I've been to their support group and also met with a recommended personal trainer.

It's quite a gauntlet to navigate but I guess it makes sense to thin out the heard of those not fully committed to the lifestyle change. Right now is the hardest part because I'm just in limbo for 4-6 weeks before I know I'm approved and they schedule a date for me. I'm hoping for mid-late July but who knows...

Best of luck!

I will be mid July as well and have aetna. The whole process to go through to make myself healthy stinks. It is a long three months for sure.

July 1st!!

Im July 14th and in the same 'hope they don't deny me' boat!

@@moltoguy, I'm confused about what you said about nutrition classes....my surgeons office is only requiring one meeting with a nutritionist as part of the approval process....what are you doing?

I'd love to stay in touch with you July folks--is there a way we can do that?

Hello MoBeans63,

I think the three nutritionist appointments over a 90 day period is to document for insurance that I have a completed 3 months of a 'supervised' program. I've been in weight loss programs before but not for many years.

The first appointment was a one on one and the next two were group. Basically just power point presentations for the group sessions. The group sessions were kind of weird, 11 patients jammed into a small office for a 30 minute presentation. Honestly in also may be just another "add-on $$$ requirement" but they won't submit until 6/8 which is 90 days from the first appointment.

I'm July 13th! Counting the days... Would love to stay in touch!

@@ohjul, I'm July 13th also!

I'm July 9th!!

Hey there! I am also July 6th, can't wait! I was approved in early April but chose to delay the surgery until July because I am off of work for the summer months. 34 days to go!!

I had to do 3 months of nutrition counseling, 2 individual meetings and a group class. I also have another group meeting with her before the surgery to learn exactly what the stages are before (liquid) and after the surgery. BCBS required 6 months to get approved but since I had been a member of Weight Watchers in the past 3 years they allowed me to use that for 3 months.

I would love to keep in touch with all of us July people. So excited that it's almost here!

I have my surgery July 14th, 2015 in Montreal Canada Super excited and nervous. Happy to stumble across this site though. Lots of information and support

I'm July 7th!

I'm July 13th too at Stanford

Hi everyone-I am so happy to have found this site and have spent hours reading posts! I am tentatively scheduled for gastric bypass on July 6. I have two more weigh ins at my doctors office, A psych eval, a nutrition class to take and a routine gastroscopy on June 3. At this point my main anxiety is due to not knowing if Aetna will approve me--my surgeons office has patients complete everything and they send the file at that point. I could literally find out on July 4 that I haven't been approved ????. I would love to find someone out there who is also scheduled for early July to be a support buddy. I know I'm going to need one and would love to do the same for someone else! Interestingly enough,

I did find out yesterday, I will only be on a three day clear liquid diet pre-surgery and thought that was so odd compared to everything I've read here!

Hi everyone-I am so happy to have found this site and have spent hours reading posts! I am tentatively scheduled for gastric bypass on July 6. I have two more weigh ins at my doctors office, A psych eval, a nutrition class to take and a routine gastroscopy on June 3. At this point my main anxiety is due to not knowing if Aetna will approve me--my surgeons office has patients complete everything and they send the file at that point. I could literally find out on July 4 that I haven't been approved ????. I would love to find someone out there who is also scheduled for early July to be a support buddy. I know I'm going to need one and would love to do the same for someone else! Interestingly enough,

I did find out yesterday, I will only be on a three day clear liquid diet pre-surgery and thought that was so odd compared to everything I've read here!

Hi, this is my first post on this board. I am having my surgery July 4th so it can be my Independence Day and I can Celebrate each year after!

Yay TEAM JULY!