I finished my pre op stuff today and called the surgeon's office to report in, and the gal asked if I wanted to schedule my pre op for her! I have to do a gallbladder ultrasound and an EKG and labs. She also gave me a tenitive surgery date of April 7!!

I was so excited at the beginning of this but now having a possible surgery date, I'm scared out of my mind! All the research and studying I've done has helped, but the "realness" has suddenly hit me. Anybody else go through this? Any words of encouragement besides to just chill and follow the plan?

Thanks in advance!

I got insurance approval the same day she turned it in. It was literally minutes after she hit submit, we had an answer. I'm sure each insurance program is different with their turn around times. As far as knowing a timeline for surgery, I just called my office and asked her when I could anticipate surgery so I could work on childcare for my kiddos. I have my surgery in 10days.

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Yes I'm eager to know how fast everything moves along....I have my Psyhc appt on 4/4/16 everything else is done (for insurance requirements) I'm wondering how long it takes for you to get insurance approval & a date set for surgery?? Want to get like an estimated month where I can plan on surgery.....

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My insurance approval was 1 day. My surgery is tomorrow which is March 28th. My whole process was 6/7 weeks top. Good luck with everything

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I had my surgery the same day as you. How is it going for you?

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I had my surgery the same day as you. How is it going for you?

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Hard. I'm not hungry but seeing all this food my family can eat and I'm relegated to smushy, mushy stuff is really hard! I never realized how hard this was going to be. I'm down 27lbs. How about you??

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My surgery date is April 5 I am doing the d.s. and am on the liquid diet now and scared out of my mind.

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My date is Monday March 28th I'm doing the DS but I'm only doing one day liquid diet on Sunday all day and nothing to drink/eat after midnight. I'm excited scared n nervous all @ the same time. But good luck n best wishes to you. God got us all protected!

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Wow, I didn't think anyone did BP/DS anymore! Usually that's only reserved for extremely high BMI. And even then, most insurances won't cover it.

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