How long did it take everyone to get through approval process for surgery and actually have the surgery? I have completed all of my medical appointments to formally apply to the program. I should have the application packet to my doctor next week. My final class is the second Friday in June. Do you think it's too optimistic to hope that the remaining approvals will be completed and I can have this surgery by mid-August?

After I am formally admitted to the program, I have a day of appointments at the surgery center: gastro, nutritionist. After that I meet with the doctor on a separate day. During this period, the program will be seeking approval from my insurance. After the approval is in, the surgery is scheduled.

My approval took just a little under 3 months. After that, if I recall correctly, my surgery was scheduled approximately 3 weeks after that.

It took me 7 weeks to get approval and was the longest wait of the entire process

My insurance approval took 3 days. I'm now scheduled for July 15, the earliest appointment.

My took about 10 days for me. Surgery is June 15th.????

Actually, I should have worded my response differently. My approval didn't take 3 months, but I was required to undergo a 3-month program (meeting with dietician, doctors, etc.) prior to the surgeon's office sending the "packet" to Aetna, showing I had met the requirements. The approval took a little over a week, I believe.

10 days after completion of my 90-day multi-disciplinary program.

Mine was approved 3 hours after submission.

I'm wondering the same thing, my surgeon coordinator said she started the submission process on Wednesday. I don't know if that means everything has been submitted & now I'm just waiting approval or if the submission is done in steps.

They told me yesterday my insurance takes two weeks (they were submitting yesterday) so I will be waiting anxiously to see if that is true. Good luck.