One step complete - cleared Nutrition. Need to clear psych hopefully Thursday and they'll submit to insurance! It's getting real!

great! moving right along then!

Awesome sauce!!

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they'll submit to insurance!

@@KristenLe

hey chick

smile and a giggle here from syracuse, ny

read mmmmmany of your good responses to OP

informative, little humor

you always write nice posts

now i find you are waiting to submit to insurance!!

no surgery yet??

what????

you are a NEWBIE

can't wait to meet you in sleeveland

i'm saving a seat on the losers' bench

next to me of course!!

good luck

speedy recovery

kathy

@@proudgrammy Thanks very much! Look forward to being on the Losers Bench!!!

Congratulations hun!

I don't really get the whole health care system in the states, it seems so foreign to me... but i am assuming this means you are getting close till you get a surgery date??? You must be excited! Do they give you a time frame?

Congratulations hun!

I don't really get the whole health care system in the states, it seems so foreign to me... but i am assuming this means you are getting close till you get a surgery date??? You must be excited! Do they give you a time frame?

It's foreign to us too! Lol. Once insurance approves I can start pre-op testing and then meet with the surgeon for a surgery date. I'm hoping for late August or early September.

God its so complicated!!!!!

For us its... get a referral from your doctor. .. meet surgeon... decide on surgery.. get a date... meet with nut/psych... get chopped up. .. simple!

It took me 3 weeks from start to finish and thats including my pre op diet!!

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3 weeks from start to finish and thats including my pre op diet!!

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don't know if that's a worlds' record

sounds pretty close

happy for your weight loss

keep on winning while you continue to lose

good luck

kathy

congrats

Thanks kathy...

We don't really have the whole insurance stuff here... so i guess that makes it easier.

We have private health insurance. . Which cover a large portion or you can self pay...

It was pretty quick... but this time i didn't need to see the psych... they already knew i was crazy from when i had my band lol

@@KristenLe

Congrats! Hope everything goes smoothly and quickly for you.

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That's pretty much how my process went. Except in my case add 3 months between 'decide on surgery' and 'get a date' because my insurance required a medically supervised weight loss plan before approving.

But still, relatively painless.

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