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I had a six month mandatory wait for insurance. During that time I met with the surgeon twice. Once at the beginning to go over surgery options and all that and again two weeks before surgery. Other day than that I just saw the nutritionist.


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I've seen my Nut twice and been given the ok from the psychologist and have a date (7th July) to see the surgeon. About how long will I wait for a surgery date?
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I had a six month mandatory wait for insurance. During that time I met with the surgeon twice. Once at the beginning to go over surgery options and all that and again two weeks before surgery. Other day than that I just saw the nutritionist.






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Mine was almost 90 days exactly. It depends on your insurance requirements and your surgeons schedule, but mine went very quickly. 3 NUT/exercise appts, 1 psych eval, 2 surgeon visits and bam! That was it. The 90 days went by fast.


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First appointment was February 3rd and I had surgery on March 16th. I was a cash patient.


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my first visit with the office was June 2nd. had surgery June 28th.

self pay obviously.

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