Pre op question

[JannesseEdvin 0]

Hi everyone my name is jannesse and im new to this ...im getting the gastric sleeve bt i have a few questions i have horizon nj health im seeing dr patel in cooper hospital nj rite now...ive did all the testing so far my insurance requires three month weightloss so ill be going to the first one next week the 22nd my second one is may 21 and the last one is june 17 thats the last of my appoinments i havent yet seen the psycologist or nutrionist Does anyone k ow when does this take place and also how long after the weightloss appt Dies a surgery date come??

[Imanurse 27]

Once all your appts have been met and you have been cleared and have to ok from insurance from 3 month monitoring your surgeons office will contact you to schedule surgery.

I would say about a month after your last appt. give or take

Edited April 16, 2014 by Imanurse

[JannesseEdvin 0]

Thnxs so much!!

[shoopaie 26]

If you haven't already, make sure you schedule all your appointments for psych as early as possible. Usually they take a bit to get in with them, plus it may take couple weeks for the psychologist to write up his report and get it to your surgeons office. It can be an unexpected delay that most folks don't think about. Usually once all your paper work is submitted, it can take the insurance company a couple days to several weeks to approve. Mine took an entire month for an approval. Good luck to you!!!

[JannesseEdvin 0]

Thnx