Has anyone had a major surgery before WLS? During the workup for WLS 2 masses were found so I had 2 benign abdominal/pelvic masses removed a month ago. My WLS approval was submitted to insurance for approval last week and by time I get approval back from insurance it will be over 6 weeks or more from my previous surgery. Dr. advised he may push me out more even if approved because he doesn't like back to back surgeries, which I understand. Just wondering if anyone else experienced this and how long you had to wait between surgeries. I know everyone is different, just curious since Dr. Didn't tell me just said would discuss after we get word from insurance.

Depends on insurance plan but mine was good for 3 months

Good news, insurance called and told me I had 1 year from approval. So I am clear. Whew!

last summer I was supposed to have some problem lymph nodes in my belly biopsied, but I ended up having an urgently done hysterectomy and then couldn't do the biopsy because they said they needed more time between. when my bariatric surgeon did my VSG, he took a look at the hysterectomy scar and the lymph nodes but didn't feel the lymph nodes needed biopsied at that time, which is good because if he had then they would have closed me up without my sleeve until the results of the biopsy were in. He said everything looked normal.

I know this thread is a couple months old but I figured you may know. Once insurance approves how long is it good before you need approval again? I was just approved but now my cardiologist wants to do a procedure and said I need to wait until after to discuss time frame for wls.

this will vary with different insurance plans. my federal BCBS standard had it so that once I got my approval, it was good for 12 months, which allows easy scheduling without having to resubmit everything.