OK, so, I have been desperately trying to get in to have surgery ASAP. I'm facing kidney surgery in January and the sooner I get the band in place, the better. I'm required by the doctor's office to attend an all day pre-op seminar before they can schedule surgery. Well, they sent the notice to the insurance company and they APPROVED it! I'm just ANXIOUSLY awaiting the letter in the mail so that I can get my class scheduled for November and then surgery in December! I'm so excited! I've been badgering the insurance case worker and the doctor's office, but, it may pay off! Keeo your fingers crossed for me! A December or even LATE November date would be AWESOME!

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Wow, how lucky are you to not have too many hoops to jump through? Congrats! Fingers crossed that you get a date as soon as possible! Good luck to you!

Well, no, there have been quite a few hoops. I had been TRYING to get around the 90 days that my insurance requires and it's been a LONG fight JUST to get to this point. They approved it before my last appointment and I'm hoping that I can get into the required November Pre-op class where they'll schedule my surgery at that time. So, I'm looking at December if I'm lucky. I have a couple co-morbitities, but, I have another condition with my kidneys and I'm facing potential kidney surgery in January. Having the band done ASAP would mean that the surgery would be MUCH smoother. I had my Urologist send in a LOT of paperwork to my insurance company and they wouldn't accept anything. So, that's some of the hoops I've had to go through. I started this whole process in June. I know that there could have been MANY more hoops and what I had to go through wasn't as involved as what others, but, it's still had me highly irritated lately. Finding out that the insurance company sent the pre-cert letter last week was just AWESOME!