So my insurance approved my surgery. I have the chest xray,blood work and upper GI to do, i have that all scheduled for Aug.4th. How long after your appointment with your MD did some of you wait to actually have the surgery? I'm soo excited. I wish it was tomorrow.

If your surgeon requires a pre op diet then you should get that started now, and you should be able to call ur surgeons office and the surgery scheduled. I had mine scheduled before all my test, also your surgery has to be within 30 days of you EKG, so I was told, Looks like you might become a August Bandit too. Good luck.

From my first phone call to the surgeon to set up my consultation until the day of surgery was about 3 weeks. It was really quick and luckily, my surgeon didn't require me to do a preop diet. Actually, they could've done my surgery on July 3rd instead of the 14th, but I coudn't do my preop for it, because I was teaching summer school. It seems it all depends on your insurance, really. If you don't have to jump through hoops, and have a short or no preop diet, then it can be really quick. Good luck!

Who is your insurance with Crzytchr? I heard it could take up to 90 days to get approved. Thanks

I have insurance and from my phone call to the surgeon to the surgery date was less than a month. I was really motivated though and did all my preop in one day and stayed on top of the insurance company. Also, it depends on your surgeons schedule. My surgeon had a cancellation on my surgery day and worked me in.

For me, seminar to surgery was 4 weeks (including all the pretests etc) Your speed now depends on how busy your surgeon's office is!

everything took me 2 months bc of all those doc visits...my insurance accepted me within 2 weeks

Who is your insurance with Crzytchr? I heard it could take up to 90 days to get approved. Thanks

I have BCBS LA, but it really depends more on your employer/group plan than the actual insurance company. Mine required weight history and some co-morbities and that was it. I think approval from them took 1 day. It also helps if you have an experienced person in the surgeon's office working your file.

I went for my first appointment in March 2009, however, I had already completed the six month supervised diet with phentermine and ali with my primary doctor, along with the sleep study and everything, but for what ever reason couldn't get a hold of anyone for my nutritional consult or psych exam near me right away so I put it off and thought I could lose weight on my own... wrong...

well June 20th 2009, I called around got my psych and nutrition appointment for the 29th and july 1st, paperwork sent to insurance on july 10th initially for Gastric bypass, then denied told only band covered... resubmitted for band on July 17th, Approved July 21st, surgery scheduled August 4th due to surgeon on vacation last week in July. it was all in all pretty quick, once I got my butt in gear.:laugh:

thanks everyone. I went to the sureon today and my surgery date is September 9th. So excited.