How long did it take from your first consultation until surgery day?

[Seastars 175]

...and also because, like OutsideMatchInside, I didn't need to change my lifestyle. I was already very fit, ate high Protein, no junk, had logged my food and diets for years. Didn't drink/smoke. So I had a ton of appointments (blood tests, EKG, dietician visits, psychologist etc) to squeeze in but I didn't have to, say, demonstrate weeks of months of diets, or high-protein meals. I just handed off my existing logs.

[Catmom4 149]

My first consultation with my surgeon was August 3, 2015. My insurance required at least 90 days nutritional counseling. My sleeve was done December 17, 2015. My surgeon was very busy towards the end of the year so it was over 4 months from first visit to surgery date... It was worth the wait! I'm just over 6 months and I've lost 65 since surgery plus I lost 25 pre-op from August to December... 90 total!! Soooo loving my sleeve!!

[lessismore4me 47]

My first consultation was on April 1st and I had my surgery June 28th. So 11 weeks I had a lot of preoperative testing to --psyc eval; endoscopy/colonoscopy; and cardiology stress rest.

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[ttdish 315]

Mine was about six weeks, but could have been sooner if that worked for my schedule. The ONLY benefit of self pay is the quick path to surgery, lol

[4u2nvyme 96]

My consultation was february and my surgery was june 28. All depends on insurance requirements too

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[catlady2012 73]

My process was 6 months.. insurance required a 3 month supervised weight program and I had several cardiology appointments before being cleared.

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[JohnGraySmiley 88]

About 8 weeks. Consultation in first week of March and surgery was May 10. I wanted to have surgery before I went back to work from helping my mom with cancer treatment. All psych exams, nutritionists appts, & heart tests were scheduled quickly and I called my insurance company first to see all requirements. So mine was a total of about 8 weeks. I was done with all pre-op stuff in about 4 weeks but the surgeon didn't have an earlier surgery date for me.

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[ML573663 18]

About 8 weeks. Consultation in first week of March and surgery was May 10. I wanted to have surgery before I went back to work from helping my mom with cancer treatment. All psych exams, nutritionists appts, & heart tests were scheduled quickly and I called my insurance company first to see all requirements. So mine was a total of about 8 weeks. I was done with all pre-op stuff in about 4 weeks but the surgeon didn't have an earlier surgery date for me.

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Thanks for your advice. I would like to see if mine can be scheduled before I go back to school. What insurance do you have?

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[JohnGraySmiley 88]

BCBS

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[karine76 82]

My consult was on June 3^rd and surgery on June 27. went really quick.

[ML573663 18]

My consult was on June 3^rd and surgery on June 27. went really quick.

Omg that was very fast. Did you self pay?

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[Tssiemer1 549]

I had my consultation in September. Was supposed to have surgery in November but my kidneys had other plans. Had sugary on May 10th.

[karine76 82]

My consult was on June 3^rd and surgery on June 27. went really quick.

Omg that was very fast. Did you self pay?

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Yes it was self pay. Don't know any insurance that covers this over here and if I went with our free health care there was a 3 years wait just to get an appointment with the doctor.

[illailla 79]

Consult was April 19 surgery was June 21st

I took the later date..the first date offered was June 7th

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[Lifestylechange45 20]

Consult for lapband was Dec surgery Feb

No consult for revision went to doctor in May surgery June. I have very good insurance no copay

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