I am waiting on insurance approval... crossing my fingers. I jumped through all the hoops: 6 month supervised weight loss attempt. psych eval, TSH test, medical clearance, PT eval, etc. Not too bad looking at some of the other hoops some have had to jump through. Surgeon's office just sent my packet to insurance this week and they have 30 days to reply. I am looking at October - tentatively 10/7. As I said - crossing my fingers! From St/ Louis, MO