How long did it take you to get approved?

[jjyogalove 5]

Hello all-Newbie here!

I was wondering how long it took for you to get a surgery date after your initial consultation. My insurance is terrible (its student insurance, and covers nothing), and so I will be self-pay. Since I won't have to go through an insurance rigamarole, I'm wondering how long this process will take.

My consultation is scheduled for December 12th. I'm both nervous and excited. I want to get an idea of whether I'm looking at this happening in 7 months or 1/2-I really have no frame of reference!

Thank you! :-)

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Approval is insurance related so you will probably have almost no wait. I have insurance and first consult was in September and surgery was in March.

[jnevr480 66]

I was self-pay. It really depends on the surgeon. Mine had things he still required so I had to get in to do those things and then find a date that he had available to do the surgery. From visit to surgery was about 2 months.

[1Corinthians6:19 53]

I am self pay as well. My initial consult was on a Monday and I was approved 3 days later.

[1Corinthians6:19 53]

Forgot to mention that my surgery was scheduled a week after my approval because I only had to do 1 week pre-op diet. Usually they have you do two weeks.

[1Corinthians6:19 53]

I am self pay as well. My initial consult was on a Monday and I was approved 3 days later.

[Wendydarling19 310]

2 months. I had my surgery 3 months almost to the date of my initial consult. I also work at and have insurance through the hospital it was performed at. The doctor is one of our attendings, I'm sure that had something to do with the easy process.

[angelasakh 1]

I woke up November 17th 2014 and desided that I am done with diets and getting LapBand, got approved on Tue 12/2 and my pre-op diet starts tomorrow and surgery on 12/19.