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I have done everything required for surgery and now just passed the nicotine testing. . Whats next? Is there more testing or am I weeks out yet?

Anyone else have a forever and a day to try to get this surgery, o keep gaining weight while I wait. . .

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I called the surgery center Jan 28, 2021 and had surgery Sep 13, 2021. It felt like it took forever. I got my surgery date exactly six weeks before surgery.

For the first six months I was preparing for surgery, I worked on living like I would live after surgery - high Protein and low carb diet, lots of walking, etc. I lost 50 lbs.

Then I went and threw a number of food funerals as my weight got low enough that I thought I might not qualify for surgery anymore.

Then I did the two week pre-op diet.

Now I'm 2.5 weeks post-op and I've eaten 310 calories today and I am ready to burst!

You'll get there. Try not to gain too much weight - that's just more you'll have to lose afterwards.

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khamm, the time between consult, testing, and surgery differs widely amongst surgery centers and insurance plans. It could be weeks or a few months. I’d ask the bariatric surgery center where you’re having it.

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it's not unusual for the whole process to take a few months if insurance is paying. If you're self-pay, it usually goes quicker - although they'll still require you to do some of the testing and probably go through any of their required classes.

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God damn Covid postponed my surgery for months and I couldn't even get the testing done because they don't test until you're a month from a scheduled date. Pissed off.

Just take solace in the fact that once you get it, they can't take it away.

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