Hi everyone,

I decided to have surgery after a small amount of time (one week after first seminar with extremely diligent research of various medical journals and studies ) and from my first meeting with the surgeon to surgery date was only five months. I feel like the brevity of the experience was an advantage for me not to talk myself out of it. Anyone else have a fairly quick experience?

Edited December 14, 20178 yr by Tealael
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My timeline was similar, primarily because my health insurance policy didn't require me to jump through as many hoops as other peoples' insurances.

I decided on bariatric surgery in October 2014 and attended my very first consultative visit at the end of that same month.

Paperwork was submitted to insurance in November. Insurance approved it on 12/26/2014.

I met with the surgeon for the first time and scheduled a date of February 4, but didn't make it due to inclement weather. I was sleeved on 4/20/2015.

So, less than 6 months elapsed between the first consultation and the actual surgery.

I self-paid so I didn't have to wait for insurance or anything. One month from my first consultation to getting slashed up.

1 hour ago, Phinley said:

I self-paid so I didn't have to wait for insurance or anything. One month from my first consultation to getting slashed up.

Looking at your stats and i'm interested in your before and after. May you post one?

I went in for my first consult in May, had my surgery in December. My insurance required 6 months of medically supervised weight loss, psychiatrist, upper GI (which ended up requiring an endoscopy due to what they found), chest X-ray, EKG, and labs.

Everyone kept the ball rolling and kept me on target...went very fast and worked out great:)

I had my consult May 23rd and was sleeved September 27th. I was five months into the six months of the required physician supervised weightloss program when I had my consult, which helped a lot. The biggest wait was for the surgeon's availability.

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9 hours ago, sandra305 said:

Looking at your stats and i'm interested in your before and after. May you post one?

Sure. My only before pic is a crappy selfie though thanks to a chronic aversion to cameras.

Sure. My only before pic is a crappy selfie though thanks to a chronic aversion to cameras.

Wow! I can really see the difference. You look fabulous, fit and trim!!!

Congratulations,

Candy

Wow,

I don't feel so alone anymore

I see alot of people here have been waiting close to a year sometimes more and I can't relate

Tea

Edited December 15, 20178 yr by Tealael

My process was ~2 months. Also self pay. October 5th 1st appt to November 28th surgery.

Thought about it for 6y years. Researched for years. First appointment was 5 weeks before surgery. Self pay as well.

I only considered it after I found out my new insurance (Medicaid ) would cover it without a ton of hoops to jump through unlike my previous insurance Empire

Edited December 15, 20178 yr by Tealael

I started looking into it it in feb 2017 and had surgery in June 2017. Definitely was a good experience for me! I'm almost 6 months out and 51 lbs down. I was a low bmi compared to most and am very happy with my results so far!


Mich W
Hw 223, SW 217 CW 172.8 GW 135

I had my consultation on October 12th, EGD on Nov 1st, Insurance approved Nov 20th and my surgery is scheduled for Dec 29th. So about 2 1/2 months. I would have had it sooner but my first EGD they found an ulcer, so i had to do a repeat on Dec 2nd. And it was gone so i was able to schedule my surgery!!

I went into the program 7/19/16 and was sleeved 12/30/16 but I was approved the last week of November, I chose to push it out past the holidays because I have two small children, so I could have had it done a month earlier. My program only required a 90 day program at the time but it's since moved to a 6 month program in the past year.

Does a lower BMI mean you'll lose less or slower?