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[Kiki13 0]

Hello all! I am Kiki and I am looking forward to being banded soon. It feels as though I have waited so long for this already. I just finished my last supervised diet a week ago and my Dr. s office sent out my info on Friday. I am patiently waiting for a reply back but so far nothing. I know I should just relax but I'm worried about being approved. I really have my heart set on getting banded in June. How long does this take!!!

[Dutchtraveller 0]

Hi Kiki,

The complete process from my GP to the actual lap band operation took me about 5 months. But I live in The Netherlands so things are probably a lot different between here and the US.

I hope that you will know more soon, good luck with the wait!

Greetzzzz

[54Shirley 105]

With mine,,, he looked at the Calender, and picked a date.

[Diva01 1]

I have one more nutrition visit next week and then my stuff will be sent to the insurance company. I'm hoping I can get a quick approval (like 2 weeks) and be banded by June 28th. My surgeon (Dr. Speigel) only does surgeries every other Thursday and I would like to be healed before school starts in August. Good Luck!

[ButterflyM 2]

Well I was just informed today that my insurance approval went through on yesterday!!!! So from the initial information session to yesterday was 7 weeks & 1 day. Only problem is I think my surgery date might be Aug 8. Im trying to get it moved up to end of June or Mid July. But Aug is only 8 1/2 weeks away! good luck I was impatient as well. It took imy nsurance 4 days to approve

[mindylou 1]

From the time I attended my 1st seminar to now is 1 year. Surgery is scheduled for June 9th. I had to have 6 months of supervised Dr visits. Then everything was submitted to the insurance. The first time I was turned down but resubmitted and got approval. I'm now on day 4 of the Protein Drinks and can't wait until June 9th. Be patient it has been a long haul but well worth the wait.

[cathylynn23 0]

I had my first appt in December and had surgery in March...My insurance approval took 2 days! I had to do a few things before they would approve surgery though. I had surgery approval in April and had surgery May 12th....Good Luck