I have my initial appointment on Tuesday. I was told that this appointment would be 4-5 hours in length as I would be attending a seminar and meeting with all of the staff.

How long after meeting with surgeon was it before you knew that he was going to accept you as a patient?

My insurance requires 6 months weight loss plan OR 3 months comprehensive plan (meeting with NUT and psych etc. on a regular basis). Do you think there is a chance I could have the surgery by the end of October? We have just about hot our deductible so my out of pocket expense will be much less if done by then.

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i know for me.. i went to the seminar and it was there that i scheduled an appt to meet with my doctor. He handed me a checklist the day of my appointment of things i needed to get done. That was dec 2012 and i had my band done april 2013. Best of luck to you!

I attended a seminar on may5th, on May25th met with the team ( surgeon, nut and psych) I had six months supervised diet with my endocrinologist. Paper work is getting ready for submission, hoping for a July surgery. We're on May, October seems very realistic .

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I am 3 years post-op RNY surgery. From the initial appointment with the surgeon until I had the surgery it took 9 months. There were 6 months supervised weight loss program, then over a month waiting for the insurance company to approve, then classes and pre-op testing, then second round of pre-op testing, then scheduling the surgery.

I think it would also depend on the type of surgery you are having.

My initial meeting was in September and needed 6 month supervised weight loss. Had mine done 8 months later.

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