Scheduling Surgery Date

[Bianca S. 195]

Hi so today is my final doctor supervised weight management appointment and we hope to have received everything to submit authorization 😊.

Now once I have been authorized, do they give you Surgery date or are you able to have a say in when you want to have it? (I am a college student and can’t afford to skip class)... just curious

[jbond1825 10]

I was approved last week and they asked when i wanted to do it. I told them may. So may 6th is what it is. My doctor sayed if we force a date on you your not going to be ready to change.

[Boldilocks 312]

They gave me my date 3 months into the 6 month prgram and must have just assumed that everything would go to the timeline. I'd maybe be proactive and call your surgeon's office and give them a date range that would work, or a date that they could do if after if you're waiting until the summer. My approval letter was valid for 6 months, so there is some leeway I think.

[Debbi Moore 38]

They gave me a list of dates, I just picked the one that worked for me.

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