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I have finished all my doc appointments for approval and now I just have 3 more nutritionist visits. When do you get your surgery date?

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I didn't get mine until I finished all required appointments and insurance was approved. After that, I returned to the Surgeon's office and they called the day after with my surgery date. You'll find a lot of variation on this topic.

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I started the process in November '19 and completed my requirements at the end of August. I had 6-months of documented appointments with my PCP as well as 3 with Nutritionist, 2 with YMCA exercise program and 3 with Psych. Unfortunately, our insurance switched on 9-1 (after I had completed all appointments) and there was a couple of weeks delay until they turned it in for approval. Once I received approval, the Surgeon's office called to schedule the pre-surgery appointment. That was held last Thursday. Friday they called with my date. Looonnngg process but my date is Nov. 4th!

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I started the process in March, got derailed by COVID, saw a new surgeon in June and had my surgery date on July 11th. I had surgery July 23rd. I didn't have to jump through a lot of hoops because I was self pay.

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I had to get clearance from a nutritionist, psychologist, pulmonologist, cardiologist, and had to complete a 6 month supervised weight mgmt plan and a sleep study. Once I had my last appt, I had to get a nicotine test, THEN I got my date. I started all of this in March, my date is November 5th. I think every Doctor has their own requirements, then insurance requirements can add to that.

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