My consultation is scheduled for Tuesday. How soon after can I expect my surgery?

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Depends on your insurance requirements. I had to do a 6 month supervised diet along with multiple medical clearances. My consult was August 2016 and I'm looking at March 8, 2017 for surgery.

Edited January 12, 20179 yr by kmeys0130

It depends on your insurance requirments, but with me from consultation to surgery date was only about 6 weeks! (We were trying to get it done by the end of the year!)

Edited January 12, 20179 yr by NCGURL

I started everything in October 2016 and am probably looking at a March 2017 surgery. I have had multiple tests and clearances that have had to happen. I am wrapping them up now, and will have to meet with the surgeon one more time and he will schedule me for surgery at that appointment.

That depends on your insurance as well as your surgeons, requirements.

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Mine was six months. It felt like I had at least one appointment for something each week.

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Six months for me. First consult was sometime first week of May 2016, surgery was Dec. 21

Welcome to the Group : ) So I have NJBCBS with my insurance as soon as you complete your requirements you can have it done they don't give us a timeframe.

Thank you all for your input. I had my consultation two weeks ago. My labs and EKG were done yesterday. Now just waiting for a gall bladder ultrasound and psychological test. Hoping to be done next week for a March bypass....starting to feel overwhelmed but excited for a healthy life.

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