I ask this because it seems like a very tight window.

I'm having to satisfy a 6 month supervision period under the NUT with monthly meetings that begin on July 7th. Program nurse said that this begins the 6 months.

She seemed confident but I'm clueless as to how this stuff generally tracks.

I'm hoping to have all the other requirements done earlier in the 6 months so I'm simply waiting on that 6th appointment to roll around in early December.

To be honest. ..you're probably looking at a January or February surgery date. Due to your NUT sends the paperwork to insurance upon completion of the supervised diet. Following that you will have other appointments which have to be done with 30 days of surgery...after that you will still be waiting on approval from insurance. ..which could take a day to a few weeks. My approval was about a week after supervised diet.

Edited June 15, 201511 yr by caligul

Gotcha.

I sure was hoping for sooner. Mid December ties in perfectly with my work schedule.

Best of luck to you on your new journey.

One thing this experience will teach you and that's to have the patience of a saint! Here's hoping for a speedy process!

Thanks everyone!

Patience is something I can use, too.

Sidelined lately due to some injuries made me feel like a kid being grounded as punishment.

Was beneficial though as if forced me to sit and think. Think for days on end. Took a pause from everything and just healed up and considered the possibility of actions I could take to get my life back from the current and future monster of obesity related injuries.

I'm coming out of that with focus and resolve to do this bypass and gain my life back.

Patience will be tested because once I make decisions......I want immediate results. Who doesn't, right?

December? Great.

January? Great, too.....more time to plan and adapt, although it'll just suck paying up all the deductible cost upfront. Heck, it's going to be spent next year, anyway.....just going to get it paid earlier than later.

I'm on the 90 day plan, but even still they said that I should plan for an entire month after completion to get approval, so I would think logistically it would probably be Jan/Feb for you, but there's always a chance. I'm wanting Dec myself instead of Oct because my husband's work shuts down for 3 wks before Christmas and that way he won't have to use any vacation time and I won't have to worry about him teachings our home schooled kids while I'm down recuperating since we take mid Dec off as well.

I am hoping for a years end surgery too. My 6 months will start July 23rd and my last will be the very beginning of december. I already have my Pre op scheduled for Oct that will cover all the required appointments. The coordinator at the center was great, as soon as my physician sends over the last appointment they will send everything to my insurance. Also I have a health care advocate with my insurance company that will oversee the approval so that I can have it approved as soon as possible. So hopefully, fingers crossed, we can make this work.

I started a SECRET FaceBook Group (closed, nobody can see you are there) For July 2015 people only. I hope this can expand as a individualized community so we can help each other out through the same stages of this journey. I hope you can join. (1) The only way to join is to send email invites, not a link. You will need to private-message me your email address, the one linked to your FaceBook profile. An email invitation for the FaceBook group will be sent to you.

I hope you are doing well, and hope to see you soon!

My total process has been about 8 months. Surgery is in one week.

Edited July 29, 201511 yr by loo loo

I am hoping for a years end surgery too. My 6 months will start July 23rd and my last will be the very beginning of december. I already have my Pre op scheduled for Oct that will cover all the required appointments. The coordinator at the center was great, as soon as my physician sends over the last appointment they will send everything to my insurance. Also I have a health care advocate with my insurance company that will oversee the approval so that I can have it approved as soon as possible. So hopefully, fingers crossed, we can make this work.

The math of your schedule isn't working out for me.....but then again, I suck at math.

Hope it all does come together on time for you.

I am also hoping for end of year surgery. My last nutritionist appointment is October 27th (have to do 6 months due to insurance requirements). I called the Dr.'s office and was told that the end of year is their busiest time and they can't guarantee I can get it before the end of the year. I also need to do it by then. I work in a tax office so I need to be ready to go again by the last week in January. Good luck to us both!!