Surgery Consult June 3rd

[JDowdy 0]

So I have done a lot of research into making sure which surgery is right for me and my surgery consult is finally June 3rd. I have already turned in the mound of paperwork they wanted from me and the medical release forms, met with the Bariatric Nutritionist for an evaluation, my Bariatric Psychiatric Evaluation is scheduled May 26th, and I already did the seminar required. Plus since I have tried for many, many years to lose weight I have everything cataloged for my weightloss journey in my carb manager app that I used to keep track of meals, weight, carbs, calories, Protein, and fat. My question is how long after the consult do they schedule your surgery or do they set it up before you leave the office to give you a goal to work for?

[kcuster83 1,505]

Once I had all my classes and appointments completed, I had my last appointment with the surgeon (to be cleared for surgery) the following week (April 23rd) and I was scheduled for surgery within a month (May 21st).

Now, 6 weeks later. No regrets!

Good luck to you and your journey.

[liveaboard15 1,294]

Once you complete all the pre op testing, Its typically very quick but of course some surgeons could be booked out for a while. Once i completed all my pre op testing the surgery was scheduled for i think a 3 weeks later. and only because i had to do a 2 week pre op diet.

[ShoppGirl 5,072]

It is pretty quick once you complete all the requirements but many people if they are going through insurance are required to do a 3-6 month medically managed weight loss attempt. It’s just an insurance hoop you have to jump through which requires you to go to an appointment monthly and get weighed but it has to be completed before they submit to insurance for approval if it’s required.

[JDowdy 0]

My regular Primary Care Doctor had the foresight to start the monthly weigh-in back in February so that is in my records for the insurance hoop.

[ShoppGirl 5,072]

16 minutes ago, JDowdy said:

My regular Primary Care Doctor had the foresight to start the monthly weigh-in back in February so that is in my records for the insurance hoop.

Ooh good.