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I just heard from my surgeon's office...my sleeve was approved. March 20th is my day! Tomorrow I get my lap band removed. Please wish me luck! Sooo excited!!

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Good luck!!!! My surgery is on March 10th and I will be having it all done at once. I am pretty nervous but excited as well.

Let us know how you are doing since you just had your band removed!

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Congrats!!

How long did approval take? My last appointment was February 3rd I'm anxiously waiting to hear. I think if I don't hear by Friday I'm going to call. If I get denied though I'm going to be devastated.

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Hi Jess! Are you positive the paperwork was submitted? Mine was submitted on a Friday and a week later I was approved for the lap band removal and a few days after that, I was approved for the sleeve. I'd first call your surgeons office & see when/if they submitted your paperwork. If it's been a week, I'd call your insurance co. Good luck! [emoji177]

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I'm not 100%, but I figure since my last appointment was on a Friday, and they are not there on Monday, I'm hoping it was submitted on the Tuesday. So it should hopefully been just over a week

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