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Hey there! I'm new to this forum (but have been on such things previously). Awaiting my surgery date on August 27/10 and could not be more excited. Don't have insurance (not sure if it's covered in Ontario anyways?) so I'm paying for it myself, but I think I'm worth it!:thumbup: Hopefully will get to know you over the next while! Thanks!

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Hi Shauna, welcome to LBT! Glad to have you!

Take a look around, you will find loads of information here. It's how I got started!

All the best.

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Hi Shauna!

I have an august surgery date as well. I was just approved by CIGNA and have my surgery scheduled for 8/30/10. I have been going through the approval process for a little over 6 months now and am so excited. My nerves are starting to kick in now though b/c I have never had any sort of surgery. Good Luck on your journey!

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Hi Cigna here too still waiting for approval ..how long did it take you to get approved?

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Hi Shauna,

still waiting here to for approval from insurance.

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Hi Healthy1-

My surgeon submited the paperwork to CIGNA last wednesday and they approved it before Friday. I called to check on Friday and they said it was approved- I gave the office a call and they went ahead and called to get the authorization number and scheduled my surgery. I received the letter in the mail today from Cigna saying it was approved.

I was expecting it to take forever and was presently suprised. I was shocked that it was so easy to get approved- other than the 6 mos diet with my PCP and the other evaluations. But for me time went by pretty quickly. My surgeon's office even had an opening on August 2nd which I could have taken but b/c my Husband and I already had vacation time scheduled from work for the end of the month I stuck with that.

My surgeon's office told me when they first submited the paperwork that it usually took 2-7 days to get a response.

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