Pre-op RNY Journey

[MsGr8scot 1]

Hello memabock, 7 weeks of liquids would drive me crazy, good on you for staying sane. Best of luck with your surgery.

[Black911 87]

My surgery is 25 May... I can't wait as I've been on liquids for 7 weeks dues to swallowing issues

Hello! My surgery is scheduled for May 25th too. I started this journey in Nov 2016. I've lost and gained between 4 & 5 pounds. I have appt tomorrow with behavioral doc and certain I still haven't​ loss anything significant. Very frustrating.

I have final consultation with Surgeon on May 10th. Feeling tad defeated with pre-op weightloss expectations! {Heavy Sigh}

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[ilgc 17]

8 months ! I had to do a 6 month weigh-in for insurance and it took about 2 months afterwards to get my file submitted [emoji51] my surgery is May 3rd.

[Black911 87]

Right around the corner. God bless!!

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[TaRena 32]

Hello friends, I'm curious if anyone can tell me how long it took for you to get approved for surgery from your first Orientation Meeting? I had my first meeting with the doctors on March 8th and still waiting for all the follow-up appointments.
Thanks.

I had my Orientation last week 4.20.17 and I not only met with my surgeon but also my coordinator. All of my pre-op visits were scheduled at that time which consists of 5 nutrition w/ 2 of those via phone; 1 physical therapy; and 1 psych eval. All of these will take 3-4 months and then it is submitted for FINAL approval. Which I'm told by my coordinator that her history with my insurance company usually takes 2 weeks on average. So I am looking at August/September 2017 surgery date. I think much of it depends on what your insurance requires then what your provider's program requires as well. My insurance only requires me to go to a surgeon and hospital that is a "Center of Excellence" and that my PCP provides a letter indicating he feels I will benefit from WLS. So all of my appointments are required by my program.

Ta Rena

[hmills653 365]

Started in October, scheduled for May 31.

[Myaiku_Kuraitani 245]

Started in October, was scheduled in April 26th. 5 days post-op. [emoji846]

[sarahwv 0]

I started in August......RNY scheduled 5/15