My final weigh-in and pre-surgery consult is October 2nd. I'm wondering how long it will take for insurance approval and how far surgery dates usually are. I'm getting nervous (and excited too) and I kinda want to get it over with, plus I want to have an idea of how to plan ahead. Any experiences that you can share as far as the timeline goes?

I have Cigna. Approval took about 10 days. Surgery was scheduled about 2 weeks later. Good luck!

Oh, wow. Stuff is getting real. Thanks for your reply!

I got approved next day but wasnt scheduled for 6 wks

I think it totally depends. My surgery was scheduled before I finished the requirements (just blood work, EKG, etc., no preop diet), and before submitted to insurance. Of course it would have been cancelled if the approval didn't come through.

But I stated upfront that I had a tight timeline and small window for time off, so they worked with me.

My insurance cam back approved in under a week, I think 3 days. So my process went very very quickly, which is what I wanted.