Hey I want to know what is everyone experiences with the start to finish meaning from your first appointment to the surgery date please help because I got all my requirements done but I still have to weigh in for 6months in a row before I can get a date

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8 weeks

mine was over a year, but that is because my testing found a medical problem that needed to be resolved before moving forward.

8 weeks , over a year lol omg

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The problem I'm having is I know it's coming one day meaning my surgery date and I keep eating like I'm crazy because I know there is a end to the madness lol soon

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I went in for my consultation on 1/20/16. My surgery is on 5/12/16. I could have had surgery in April but I needed to finish some things first.

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look, I think most of us had a few little food parties - but the truth is the better you eat now - the more veg and nutritious food you have, the better your body will be prepared to recover from what is major surgery, so just keep that in the back of your mind!

mine is being reviewed by insurance right now!!!! i started process from July 2015 waited 6mo insurance wait. During that time had to get classes in and testing. After that referred to surgeons office waited for consultation and other pre necessary testing. Tomorrow is endoscopy for the surgeons own purpose. I am hoping to get June 15th surgery if approved. This will be a total of 11 mo. Some people sooner, some later it all depends on each. Good luck to you. I'm excited.

7 months

Hey I want to know what is everyone experiences with the start to finish meaning from your first appointment to the surgery date please help because I got all my requirements done but I still have to weigh in for 6months in a row before I can get a date

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My first consultation with the surgeon was on March 15th and my surgery is now scheduled for May 16th!!

How what how what I'm doing all of my pre op things but now date

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I'm super jealous but I will wait

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Luckily my insurance didn't have a requirement for a supervised diet....so I got through my process in 2 months.

Basically it all depends on your insurance requirements as to how long the process takes.....Good luck to you!!!

7 months and that's only because I wanted to make sure this is what I wanted to do. I was initially offered a surgery date within 4 months.

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I had a 6 month insurance "phase 1" that required 12 visits to Nut, 12 PT visits & 12 psych visits. THEN got to meet surgical team to start their testing. Found h pylori on EGD so had to wait 3 months to be sure that was resolved.

I have my final test review with the surgeon in 2 weeks.

They told me that at their center, most people take about a year start to finish.

... Waiting... Waiting...

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My first appointment was last July and I was just approved by insurance. I need to see my surgeon again and then we will set my surgery date up. I feel better after reading these responses because I thought it was taking forever for me to be tested.