I first had an appointment with my surgeon on aug. 19th. I did everything required of me and on Sept 7 th my paperwork ws submitted to insurance. By Sept 12 I had approval and the surgeon's office wanted to schedule me for surgery on Sept 19th (which would have been 1 month exactly from my first appointment). However at the time I was diagnosed with H pylori (a stomach bacteria) and I was taking some antibiotics to treat it. So they rescheduled me for surgery. I had my surgery 2 days ago on Oct 3rd. So for me it was about 7 weeks give or take....