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Once you were approved for the surgery....how long until you had your one on one consultation with the surgeon? Then after that how soon did you have your surgery?

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Well every state is different I had to go through the six months weigh in before getting approved for surgery, once that happens was when I met with the surgeon

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I met with surgeron the first appointment then on my pre-op appointment. 6 months I had to go for visits with the nurse practioner and NUT. Took a few days to get insurance approval then was scheduled for surgery 3 weeks from then.

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I met him on my 3rd visit and will again on my preop visit on the 13th. I was approved on March 28 and surgery is scheduled for May 1. Started program in November, 2011. Approval took exactly 2 weeks.

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