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My insurance called me last week to tell me I'm approved!!! Yeah!!! But nothing yet from the doctors office and I've left several messages. I'm so excited I can't focus. How long is the time in between? Are there that many surgeries going on? I would have thought waiting for the insurance would take longer. Please share your experiences-

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I have no idea but I had the weirdest experience.. I called my insurance yesterday at 10am and the lady told me "Well it looks like we got the request on the 2nd of this month and it's still pending so call back at the end of the week" in reality it was sent in on the 27th of June, No big deal fine ill call back at the end of the week...Fast forward 4hrs later I get a call from my insurance coordinator from my surgeons office saying I've been approved.

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Took insurance 10 days then I got my surgery appt. scheduled the same day BUT surgery was 2 months later. Time is going quick though. Surgery on 7/16. Good luck.

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I have no idea but I had the weirdest experience.. I called my insurance yesterday at 10am and the lady told me "Well it looks like we got the request on the 2nd of this month and it's still pending so call back at the end of the week" in reality it was sent in on the 27th of June, No big deal fine ill call back at the end of the week...Fast forward 4hrs later I get a call from my insurance coordinator from my surgeons office saying I've been approved.

Wow! It's crazy for sure. Thank you for sharing. I know I'm in good company and we're all headed in the same direction. All the best to you- see you in the skinny side:)

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<p>Took insurance 10 days then I got my surgery appt. scheduled the same day BUT surgery was 2 months later. Time is going quick though. Surgery on 7/16. Good luck.</p>

Thank you SherB! I'm so looking forward to this! Your surgery coming up fast- keep us posted on how you do and all your learnings. Best of luck to you and that you get through surgery with no issues.

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