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Most of the preop stuff is very specific and needs to be ordered by your surgeon - or so I thought.

Every referral I've had was good for one year so if I delayed my surgery till Feb of 2014 I'd be fine

I was told by my surgeon i couldnt do thr eval till i finished the 6 month diet. But from what ive seen and heard every surgeon does things differently.

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In my case it was the medical group that managed my hmo -

i couldn’t even schedule an appointment with the surgeon until i showed detailed documentation of 6mo of dr appts and nutritionist -

then and ONLY then could I apply for the ok to see the surgeon - get the referral - and schedule that - he was running out 6mo for an appointment

then I met with him and the ton of pre-surgery referrals started -

it’s been a trip... a very very very long trip

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every single office operates differently - and ultimately they want to make sure they get paid - since my dr has been doing these for a VERY long time - theres solice in knowing he’s got both me and HIM covered.

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My insurance was so unfair! I jad to do a 6 month supervised diet! Just make sure ur psych eval is good for that amount of time. I had that rite before my file was submitted to medicaid. And make sure ur doc test u for h-pylori before u submit to ur insurance cuz they will ask for that.

Thanks I will ask them about all that. So far tgey haven't ask me to do anything other than what my doc has already done

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Welcome to the group. I'm missing on a lot here. I have a crazy schedule. I'm hooked on Facebook it's good but I'm needed in here so I better be here. I reach my goal weight a while back. I had WLS 5/30/12 211lbs in 6 months I went down to 125lbs then 115 current weight I'm 9 months post up. I feel wonderful. You will have a great life change. You feel good inside & out.

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Welcome to the group. I'm missing on a lot here. I have a crazy schedule. I'm hooked on Facebook it's good but I'm needed in here so I better be here. I reach my goal weight a while back. I had WLS 5/30/12 211lbs in 6 months I went down to 125lbs then 115 current weight I'm 9 months post up. I feel wonderful. You will have a great life change. You feel good inside & out.

Yea I'm a FB junkie too! Lol!! Great work on your weight loss!

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