I'm just starting and curious. I think I'm going to be trying for a late September/early October surgery. I have my first intro seminar this month and while I would love to get it done before Summer, I know most surgeons will take longer than that. It either has to be early June or not until Sept/Oct. Summer's not good for me (home with the kids).

So just looking for some basic timelines.

Thanks!

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My insurance did not require a 6 month wait. I had my first consult on 1/29/16 and had my surgery on 3/14/16. In that time I had to have 2 psych consults, 3 nutritionist visits, 1 pcp visit, an upper endoscopy, a sleep study, and a breathing test with a pulmanologist.

My insurance is requiring 3 months of weight loss management. I attended my seminar back in February and scheduled for my 1st initial appointment April 18. Hoping and praying for an August Surgery. Hopefully it will all go by fast.

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My insurance required 3 months supervised weight management. I had my first consult 12/24/15 with the nutritionist. During that time I had 3 nutritional visits, 1 psych consult, upper endoscopy, sleep study, cardiologist clearance, abdominal ultrasound, chest X-rays and medical clearance from pcp. My paperwork was submitted to insurance on 24 Mar 2016 and found out I was approved 5 April 2016! My surgery is scheduled 28 April 2016 so I am on the 4th day of the required liquid pre-op diet.

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I went to a few seminars at various doctors, starting in late summer 2015. My first visit with my would be surgeon was in October, I had an EGD test November 1 , And ended up having surgery on December 28 following a two-week pre-op diet and a two week liquid liver reduction diet; I was a self pay case as my insurance would only pay a small portion, I went with the hiatal hernia program that the doctor offered

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Edited April 18, 201610 yr by ironpoorer