Required time to get surgery scheduled

[Kathryn Harney 0]

Just wondering from my first visit how long it will be before my surgery can possibly be scheduled?

[kakatlady612 1,053]

Quickest I've seen so far is month, a lot of people up to a year, depends on whether you're self pay or relying on insurance, what pre requirements your surgeon has. They will want to make sure you realize what a lifestyle change it is, how committed you are, it's not the easy way out,you know. I'm not young any longer RnY works the best for me but if I were in my 20,30 or even 40 the advice might be a sleeve gastronomy. Explore your options, learn as much as you can, do you have any friends, family or even acquaintances who have had WLS, be your own advocate as much as possible. I've only been on Bariatric Pal 2-3 months but I've learned so much from the vetran posters here. I'm satisfied I'm ready for what ever may come. My surgery will be 50 miles from where I live, would not want to travel to Mexico, if that's your thing then go for it, I just prefer my surgeon to be fairly near in case anything goes wrong with my recovery. At any rate thank you for the question and I hope I helped a little.

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[MrsGamgee 756]

To echo what kakatlady said, it really depends on your program, your doctor, and in the US, your insurance. The program I'm in is actually closer to 2 years, but I'm in Canada.