Hello friends, I'm curious if anyone can tell me how long it took for you to get approved for surgery from your first Orientation Meeting? I had my first meeting with the doctors on March 8th and still waiting for all the follow-up appointments.

Thanks.

My surgery is 25 May... I can't wait as I've been on liquids for 7 weeks dues to swallowing issues

Hello! My surgery is scheduled for May 25th too. I started this journey in Nov 2016. I've lost and gained between 4 & 5 pounds. I have appt tomorrow with behavioral doc and certain I still haven't​ loss anything significant. Very frustrating.

I have final consultation with Surgeon on May 10th. Feeling tad defeated with pre-op weightloss expectations! {Heavy Sigh}

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8 months ! I had to do a 6 month weigh-in for insurance and it took about 2 months afterwards to get my file submitted [emoji51] my surgery is May 3rd.

Right around the corner. God bless!!

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Hello friends, I'm curious if anyone can tell me how long it took for you to get approved for surgery from your first Orientation Meeting? I had my first meeting with the doctors on March 8th and still waiting for all the follow-up appointments.
Thanks.

I had my Orientation last week 4.20.17 and I not only met with my surgeon but also my coordinator. All of my pre-op visits were scheduled at that time which consists of 5 nutrition w/ 2 of those via phone; 1 physical therapy; and 1 psych eval. All of these will take 3-4 months and then it is submitted for FINAL approval. Which I'm told by my coordinator that her history with my insurance company usually takes 2 weeks on average. So I am looking at August/September 2017 surgery date. I think much of it depends on what your insurance requires then what your provider's program requires as well. My insurance only requires me to go to a surgeon and hospital that is a "Center of Excellence" and that my PCP provides a letter indicating he feels I will benefit from WLS. So all of my appointments are required by my program.

Ta Rena

Started in October, scheduled for May 31.

Started in October, was scheduled in April 26th. 5 days post-op. [emoji846]

I started in August......RNY scheduled 5/15