I finished all the requirements to have my surgery submitted for approval yesterday! Yay! My question is purely for my entertainment unless someone else has the exact insurance as I do. (NC BCBS) How long did you have to wait for approval once it went to insurance?

Mine was submitted Wednesday. I keep checking my email to see if I have something from the surgery coordinator. I have UHC. I am beyond ready.

I don't even know how I will find out...

Who submitted for you? My surgeon's office has a surgery coordinator whose whole job is gathering and submitting the paperwork. She has been awesome.

The bariatric coordinator... she's done everything. All I do is show up!

I guarantee she call you when they get approval. If it is stressing you then call her or shoot an email her way the end of the week? I expect I'll email mine if I don't hear some thing inside of two business weeks.

I have Bcbs of nc and I was approved in 2 days. Doctors office called me to let me know were lucky to have an insurance with lean requirements !

Edited July 11, 201511 yr by TeeNahh

Yeah we are! I know people who have had to jump through hoops! When I went to the initial seminar, I was asked what my insurance was. When I said I was a state employee and BCBS, the lady was like- finally, an easy one! Fill this out!

Teenahh... how long after approval did you have surgery?

I know i was worried it was going to take forever to get approved. From the day I got the phone call I was approved to my surgery date - one month. I wanted it ASAP.

Also they are fast because my doctors office had me approved for the sleeve in 2 days and it was supposed to be for the bypass and it still only took 2 days for the approval again.

I was approved in the end of May and I had my surgery june 30th.

Soo excited for you, how long has it been ?

I sat on the fence about whether or not to do the surgery for a couple years. I finally did the seminar in the fall but didn't start the process til the spring. I'm a teacher so I was trying to time it so the surgery could be done in the summer but I'm not sure I got it all done in time. I can't imagine doing the pre-op diet and getting ready to back to school!

The pre op diet is 2 weeks before your surgery date. And you need a solid 2-3 weeks to recover after surgery. This Tuesday will be 2 weeks and I feel almost normal.

Just tell your doctors office you need it ASAP - if that's what you want. Not sure when school starts for you though.

I would head back to work in about 7 weeks time... but the first week of that would be without kids. The doctors office knows that I'm hoping to do it in july/ early august. One of my friends had bypass on August 1 of last summer and she didn't miss any work.

Have you had your surgery?

Yes, last Tuesday. You'll have plenty of time to do it !

Thanks for the encouragement!

How has recovery been for you?

Hi I started this journey in Dec. I have NJ Horizon BCBS and am still waiting for approval. I call my Drs office every month and she said its under appeal and not to give up? Any suggestions to speed things up?

I.am talking to my regular doctor Thursday about it and how to go about getting it done ,scared but so ready to start living