Hello all,

I have my first appointment on feb 2. I am very nervous. Can anyone tell me what their first appointment was like. How long did it take you guys to get an actual surgery date ??

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I go on Monday ...OH GOSH! Excited. I will also share what it is like. All Dr's are so different and the Insurance companies are as well.

I had my first appointment on December 21st. It's exciting, isn't it? With mine, it was a three hour appointment. I met with a nurse, then the nurse practitioner, the surgeon, the dietician, and finally, the psychologist.

It was both, an exam and interview, to see if I was a good candidate to get into their program. Fortunately, I had a lot of tests done in the last six months for other things, such as a Pap smear, ultrasound of the liver and gall bladder, lab work, mammogram, sleep study, and chest X-ray. I have low cholesterol, bp, and sugar so I guess that's why he didnt have me do an ekg.

But in the month between December 21st and up until yesterday morning, I didn't hear anything from them. I didn't know my next step or if they still needed something. I was going out of my mind. Yesterday morning I decided to call and it's been a whirlwind of calling several places since, getting things faxed to them because they never uploaded all my tests properly the day of my visit--which is frustrating. So stay on top of it.

My preop class is February 6th and I'm hoping to get a surgery date soon, but I'm hoping mid February. So that's two months from start to finish. Probably could've been sooner if I called them a couple of weeks ago.

I had my first appointment on December 21st. It's exciting, isn't it? With mine, it was a three hour appointment. I met with a nurse, then the nurse practitioner, the surgeon, the dietician, and finally, the psychologist.

It was both, an exam and interview, to see if I was a good candidate to get into their program. Fortunately, I had a lot of tests done in the last six months for other things, such as a Pap smear, ultrasound of the liver and gall bladder, lab work, mammogram, sleep study, and chest X-ray. I have low cholesterol, bp, and sugar so I guess that's why he didnt have me do an ekg.

But in the month between December 21st and up until yesterday morning, I didn't hear anything from them. I didn't know my next step or if they still needed something. I was going out of my mind. Yesterday morning I decided to call and it's been a whirlwind of calling several places since, getting things faxed to them because they never uploaded all my tests properly the day of my visit--which is frustrating. So stay on top of it.

My preop class is February 6th and I'm hoping to get a surgery date soon, but I'm hoping mid February. So that's two months from start to finish. Probably could've been sooner if I called them a couple of weeks ago.

That's not bad. I hope everything goes fast for me too. Good luck with everything and thank you for your advice.

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Guess I've been pretty lucky!

BCBS -NJ didn't require 6mos or weight loss. I called surgeon for consultation- they took insurance info over phone - after benefits confirmed I made appt 2 was out to meet surgeon. Took weight BP n forms. I printed on line so they were all filled out. At end of my appt surgeon gave me a date 90 days later exactly!! I've been doing all tests during this time. Nutritionist said I start preop diet 2/14th for 2/22nd surgery. Only thing she had me do was try Protein shakes one day (4x week) and the Vitamins for post op. I didn't know the requirements could be so drastically different!! They need to get on same page for all!!

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Guess I've been pretty lucky!

BCBS -NJ didn't require 6mos or weight loss. I called surgeon for consultation- they took insurance info over phone - after benefits confirmed I made appt 2 was out to meet surgeon. Took weight BP n forms. I printed on line so they were all filled out. At end of my appt surgeon gave me a date 90 days later exactly!! I've been doing all tests during this time. Nutritionist said I start preop diet 2/14th for 2/22nd surgery. Only thing she had me do was try Protein shakes one day (4x week) and the Vitamins for post op. I didn't know the requirements could be so drastically different!! They need to get on same page for all!!

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I agree!!

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