I went into this thinking I was gonna have to do three months medically supervised weight loss, then last week I found out that I have no supervised weight loss required and just a few appointments to take care of. Those appointments are scheduled for this week. My patient advocate says I can have surgery next month as my insurance normally approves in a week. At first I was really excited that I didn't have to wait months for surgery as I have been doing nothing for the last month but reading about it and participating on these boards. But now that October is drawing close and I have so little left to do I feel like it's all happening really fast and I'm getting nervous. Maybe all the people that have to wait months have a good thing, I don't know maybe it's just my nerves getting the best of me. Or maybe I should give myself a few extra weeks to schedule surgery, I just don't know

I was in the same boat. As my BMI was 50, my supervised diet was waived. Also, BCBS of MI does not require formal approval. As long as you meet the pre-reqs you are automatically approved.

Given all that, I had my surgery 6 weeks from my first appointment. I felt the same way. It moved SO fast that in a way I felt totally unprepared. On the other hand, I was thankful I didn't have to prepare for 6 months.

Go for it! Don't look back! I'm so happy that I was able to take the path I did. I took advantage of those 6 weeks and lost 47 lbs pre-op. I'm now just shy of 6 month post-op and down about 155lbs total and below my personal goal weight.

If I had waited those 6 months, I would be just over a month post-op and in a totally different place. No better time than the present!!!