April 6th is my date!

[mimi368 0]

I got my surgery date today! It's April 6th! Just 3 weeks from today!

[montynic 1]

Congrats! That's awesome! Mine is April 1st... looks like we will be banded soon! Hopefully you are not as impatient as I am though... :scared2:

[Laura Lane 0]

great news, congrats!!!! wish you the best of luck.:scared2:

[rldm 0]

I'm just wondering, how long from the time you got your insurance approval until the surgery was scheduled? My insurance approved me on March 8th. The surgeons office told me to start my pre-op diet on March 12th but today is the 17th and they still have not called me to give me a date! Now I am getting frustrated. I started this prosses on Sept. 23, 2009 and had a 6 month waiting period mandated by my insurance company.

[montynic 1]

The policy at my surgeon's office is that you must have your insurance authorization in your possession for at least 5 business days before calling and bugging the office to schedule your surgery. (I guess this is to prevent people from calling incessantly.) Anyways, I impatiently waited the 5 days before calling the office and they told me that they had not received the authorization yet... after a few days of calling, faxing, and waiting... I finally got the call back from the office to schedule my surgery. All together, I had my authorization in my hand for 3 weeks before I was able to actually schedule the surgery.

[mamasugar 0]

I got my surgery date today! It's April 6th! Just 3 weeks from today!

Congratulations! I get banded on April 2nd. Plz join the group April Bandster Bunnies as we go through this together.

[Laura Lane 0]

perfect, i wish you the best of luck!!! pleasekeep us posted.

[mimi368 0]

rldm,

I received my insurance approval letter on 3/15/10. I called the surgeon's office the next day and they said that they had received theirs too so they scheduled my surgery for 4/6/10, so it was about 3 weeks in between.

My surgeon's office has you start your pre-op diet when they submit everything to the insurance so you will be ready to schedule when you are approved. Good luck with yours!

[smyz64 0]

I wouldn't think you would be doing the pre-op diet without a date?

[mimi368 0]

Hey Sue,

My surgeon lets you start your pre-op diet when they submit your paperwork to your insurance company so when they get the approval you don't have to wait so long. I guess if you didn't get approved you would have done it for nothing! I actually started my pre-op diet on 3/8/10 and was not approved until 3/15/10. Good luck to you!!!

[smyz64 0]

Mimi368,

That is a very good idea. I have waited a little over 2 months after my approval, but I wasn't done with some of the testing.

Good luck to us!!!

[rldm 0]

I got my surgery date! I will be having weight loss surgery on Monday, March 22nd!

[mimi368 0]

Congratulations Rita! Whoo Hoo!