Wow, I can't believe it!

I went to my first seminar last night and called the office this morning to speak with the insurance representative to see what I needed to do next. I have United Healthcare, and apparently all I need to do is get the letter of medical neccessity from my PCP and my weight five years ago in order for her to be able to submit for approval. She said that United is typically very quick with approvals for my doctor's office, and that she felt confident going ahead and setting me up for a tentative surgery date of 11/30/09!

I am excited, anxious, and nervous all in one! I am going for my pysch consult Thursday and am waiting on the dietician to call me back. I know that then I will also be receive an e-mail with a ton of other appointments to go to, including pre-op with the surgeon. Phew!

So, I guess that I will plug on and work on my prerequisites and hope that everything goes as planned with insurance. I am just a bit stressed, but not in a bad way. I guess that I did not expect to get moved along so quickly, but that is a good thing! :thumbup:

Such a good thing! Glad it's moving right along for you!

I have United Health care too and have the exact same requirements. I switch doctor's otherwise it would of been 4 weeks. I am lucky from start to finish it will be about 6 weeks. Good Luck!

I also have UHC and was approved very fast. From start to band date was about 5 weeks! So now it is the time where I am starting to get my EOB's and seeing how much all of this is costing them...yikes...I will end up paying out of pocket a little over $1,000...that I know of so far (I had already met my deductible) with my 90/10 policy!

Good luck with your journey!!