I'm just wondering how long it took ya'll for the whole process. I'm meaning from the first meeting until the day of surgery. I know with the program that I'm going through (I have health insurance that covers the surgery) that they said it could take 3-18 months depending on how fast you can get all of your testing done.

Oh wow I have state health insurance so they get back to you right away. I'm hoping it only takes a few months. I guess I will just have to wait and see

My first appt was late November, 2014, and my surgery is scheduled for August 17. My insurance required a 6-month diet but, once the paperwork was filed, they approved the next day!

I attended the seminar in January was approved in mid June and having surgery tomorrow July 20

First contact with surgeon's office in December, seminar in January, six months of supervised wt loss(-30 lbs) with surgery date of 14 October.

My fist appt was in December... Had to do 6 month visits with my pcp and within those 6 month schedule appts with nut,heart doc, sleep study, psych etc... My paper work was submitted to insurance In May and it took about 3 weeks to hear back that I was approved....Had surgery this past June on the 24th... So this entire process took 6 months....

Edited July 21, 201511 yr by Sleevefornellie