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Soontobeskinnyme · May 12, 2015

Just finished my last options class, am curious how long after the classes did you have surgery?

cantseemytoes · May 14, 2015

I finish my classes with Kaiser Fontana on February 27th. My surgery is scheduled for June 6th, but that's only because the final approval slipped through the cracks and didn't get requested from my pcp until I called for an update (check with them if you don't hear from the in 2 weeks). One of my classmates had surgery on May 6th. They told us that it would have been sooner, but the woman in charge on scheduling was on vaca for a week. So for that area, if everything goes well, it should be about 8-10 weeks for surgery. Just remember to call them if everything goes silent for 2 weeks because you don't want to get lost in limbo.

Soontobeskinnyme · May 15, 2015

The called me on Wednesday and I scheduled my psych evalv and last appt with Dr. Turner for the 27th, that happened pretty quickly. After those appts how long did it take to hear from the surgeons office?

cantseemytoes · May 15, 2015

I met with Dr. Murali and did my psych on 3/31. I was called to schedule with Dr. Chin, the surgeon, at the end of April. But again, that was because they never sent Dr. Murali's request for final authorization to my primary care physician. In the end they rushed scedulibg my appointment with Dr. Chin because I told them it was delayed because of them. I met with Dr. Chin this Tuesday and he asked if I had a preference of dates and worked with my work schedule. So I'm scheduled for June 3rd.

My classmate, on the other hand, saw the doctor and had her psych mid March and met with Dr. Chin a couple of weeks later. She was sleeved May 6th. So for her it was one month from psych to surgery. For me 2 because of their mistake. If you haven't been called to schedule the meeting with the surgeon within 2 weeks after meeting with doctor Turner, you should call them.

Good luck!

Soontobeskinnyme · May 16, 2015

Thank you so much for the information I truly appreciate it I'm anxiously waiting!!! June is right around the corner!!! Good luck to you, keep in touch and let me know how everything went

cantseemytoes · May 16, 2015

Will do and let me know how you progress. :-) it'll be here before you know it!

cantseemytoes · May 29, 2015

@@soontobeskinny how is your process going? You met with Dr. Turner this week right? My surgery is less than a week away. I made a mistake in an earlier comment. My surgery is scheduled for June 3rd not the 6th. Only 5 days to go!

Soontobeskinnyme · May 30, 2015

Hello there, yes I met with Dr. Turner and everything went great, they should be sending me referral to the surgeons, now I have to wait for them to contact me, how long did you wait? Wow less then a week away I bet your so excited!!!!

Soontobeskinnyme · May 30, 2015

I just got my answer if our previous conversation. If I don't hear from anyone next week then I'll give them a call. My case manager called me of Friday and said they were sending the final ok to my doc so hopefully they did.