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My authorization was submitted on Tuesday. If you have Cigna insurance how long did the process take to get approved. I'm supposed to start my diet on Wednesday and the doctors off said don't start until the auth has been approved

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I have Cigna. My paperwork was submitted on a Tuesday and got approval on Thursday. If you were submitted on this past Tuesday, you probably won't get anything back until next week since Thursday and Friday (today) are days off.

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I have Cigna also and like paradise I had a little problem with proper paperwork from my hospital so it took about 2 weeks. If everything is submitted properly by the hospital it shouldn't take more than a week.

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Awesome thank you all :)

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I have Cigna and it took less than 5 business days

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I have Cigna and my paperwork was submitted on a Tuesday and I was approved by Thursday morning.

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I have nutrition class next Tuesday, then I turn in the remaining paperwork to be submitted. How long will it take to get an answer?

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I have Cigna and it took a little over a week to get approved. I have done my pre-op dr apt and now I am prepping for surgery with a 10 day liquid diet and then clear diet 2 days before surgery. I'm scheduled for March 15th.

Good luck with everything. Your approval will come quicker than you think.

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Nice to know

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I have Cigna and have my first appointment tomorrow. I'm concerned about how much patient responsibility will be left after the insurance pays when this is all said and done. I know I have to pay a $50 copay tomorrow, have a deductible that's over $7000 for my family plan(it's me and my son), and then have to pay 20% from there. It seems to me that I'll end up paying more for my portion with insurance than I've read people pay to go to Mexico for VSG. The coordinator who made my appointment said we have a three month requirement with Cigna-have those of you who have already had your procedures been able to schedule close to three months, or has it taken four or five? I have to travel for work in August and hope I can get this in by the beginning of July in order to be ready for the trip.

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Thanks for the info I feel like I am getting so close to having all my t crossed. My doctor will not schedule until insurance approved. I should know more by mid April..... I hate limbo state.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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