Pause in the program

[sarahredwood 3]

Hello all,

I started my wild journey back in 2019. I met with a surgeon, did 6 months of meetings with a dietician, psyc evaluation and was finally approved by my surgeon. Then when it came time to schedule the hospital put a pause on these surgeries due to Covid. Fast forward two years later and I still haven’t had the surgery. I just reached back out to the doc to get tha ball rolling again. I also reached out to insurance to see if I would have to start over and it looks like I have to mee the requirements (and I did) within 4 years of surgery. Has anyone else experienced a pause like this and what should I expect from the doc? Just curious what is next and timing. Thanks.

[Tufflaw 463]

Wow that's awful! Maybe try a different doctor/hospital. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but when I scheduled my surgery for revision to bypass, I made my first appointment in June 2021 right in the middle of Covid, and my surgery was November 2021. Some additional precautions were taken in terms of visitors, etc. but otherwise went off without a hitch.

[SpartanMaker 676]

8 hours ago, sarahredwood said:

Has anyone else experienced a pause like this and what should I expect from the doc? Just curious what is next and timing. Thanks.

I did. I originally started in early 2020 and am just now getting around to surgery. You can read the whole sordid story here:

Timing-wise, I pretty much had to start over. I was not able to count any of the nutrition visits I did back in 2020.

Edited September 1, 2022 by SpartanMaker
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[ShoppGirl 3,403]

Well at least you don’t have to start over. I’m guessing the dr will be sorta busy trying to handle the backlog of other patients who are also put on pause. If your flexible scheduling wise I would ask to be put on a cancellation list. Maybe that will get you in sooner.