Hi just curious if anyone is looking at a date around that time? I went yesterday for my consult and they said about 3-4 months if I do everything. I started my pre-op diet today they want me to lose 10lbs... 20lbs would be ideal but not to stress the number just start eating healthier.

I went for my consult last week and my appointment with the nutritionist is next week. The doctor told me it when I complete my trusty little check list, that we can submit all the paperwork to the insurance company (he said approval typically takes 2 weeks) and schedule a date. The longest requirement is the 3-month nutritionist/psych program, so that puts me in October/November time frame for surgery.

I too was told to lose 10 lbs before surgery, which the nutritionist should help with, so here's to the next 3 months going FAST!!!!!

Good luck!

I will have my first consult next week and will be looking for an October/ November surgery day. I have no wait with insurance.

I'm looking at Oct. or Nov. as well.

This came as a surprise to me as I was told 2 weeks ago on my 1st visit it would be a 6 month pre-op supervised diet with my Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL

The insurance specialist at my Dr.s office called me last week and said that BCBS of IL had just posted on their site that it had changed to three months instead of six!!!

Now I have to get my butt in gear and get all my appointments in FAST.

I know this all seems like it should be really great news, except at the age of 53, I am also starting back to school this fall as well.

You might say "my plate is full" ,but I am doublely excited!

I'm looking at October or November, too. I'm self-pay, so I have less hoops to jump through. They asked if I would like to have it sooner, but I have so much going on between now and October that I really can't take the time to slow down!

I'll do 11/20 if my doctor has an opening...otherwise, I will do October 16th, 23rd, or 30th.

11/20 would be ideal b/c 11/25 & 11/26 are holidays so I won't have to take the time off of work!

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I'm set to go October 26th. I could go earlier but I'm an environmental consultant and I have to wait until field season is over. I need all my stomach muscles to sample groundwater and it would be a career limiting move to take myself out of the running for almost 2 months in high season. Groundwater sampling is roughly the same as a good pilates workout and you don't want to do that anytime after you've had abdominal surgery.

It's my choice to wait, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it.

I should have surgery in Oct or Nov.

My next appmt is with the surgeon and after that I need to see the nutritionist. At that point they will give me the surgery date.

My only concern is going through bandster hell during December. That would be very hard...

Good luck to all!

OMG, lol with the holidays its gonna be hard. I know someone who got banded two days before Thanksgiving (her fav holiday) and said it was hard but that she was okay because she knew she would have to deal with the temptation.

I think about that too... my husband asked me why dont I just wait until after the holidays so I can enjoy. It was tempting but I knew it would just be 10 more lbs to lose!

I am looking at a possible November date. I have to complete a 3 month multidiscipline program for insurance which was part of the center's pre-op program anyway. So hopefully I will be ready by November. I thought about the holiday but someone reminded me that it would only be for this year.

hello, i am new to the forum, i got aproved by insurance already and i am scheduled for surgery oct 1, i am having a little hard time starting on diet, i have to loose 17 pounds:w00t:

I know, I have to lose 10-20lbs. I started a "diet" Sunday and here it is monday and I am starving LOL. I hope I can lose some weight before my visit with surgeon Aug 20th. I sure I can do the ten.... But maintaining weight loss and following thru has always been an issue for me... Good luck everyone, nice to not feel alone:smile:

Hi just curious if anyone is looking at a date around that time? I went yesterday for my consult and they said about 3-4 months if I do everything. I started my pre-op diet today they want me to lose 10lbs... 20lbs would be ideal but not to stress the number just start eating healthier.

:w00t:I will be having my surgery November 10th, I am soooo excited!!!:bored:

I am doing my surgery sometime in October - I am currently doing my 6 months for BCBS NY which completes on Sep 6. BUT I am going to double check w/ office to make sure that they didn't reduce to 3 months too that would be GREAT!!!

I will be having my surgery November 10th, I am soooo excited!!!

Wow you musst be so excited to have a date... I meet with the surgeon 8/20, I hope i will get a date then too.

I started my process in May and I just got approved on July 30th (it only took 2 days to get my approval back with tricare) My surgery date is October 6th. I wasn't told to lose a specific amount of weight, I had already lost approx 5lbs since I started the process (how I did I have no clue water weight maybe???) I am supposed to start a low carb (65g or below) for two weeks prior to surgery, thats all I was told.