March Surgery Dates

[medicpup2 18]

Who has a March Surgery Date and when were you approved by your insurance if you are going through insurance.

[medicpup2 18]

My surgery date is March 19th and I got my insurance approval yesterday Feb 19, 6 working days after submission of all my paperwork!!!! Aetna HCA.

[Lily66 425]

Surgery 3/11/20, approval rec’d mid January but surgeon was booked out and a conference thrown in, as well. I’ve been working on exercise and better habits in the meantime. Cannot wait!!!😃

[Pansypicker 32]

My sleevesurgery is 3/6. I am traveling to Las Vegas as a self pay. My insurance does not cover WLS. I am starting the pre-op diet tomorrow. So its starting to get real for me. It's honestly all I think about. Hard to concentrate at work. Super excited though!!

Edited February 20, 2020 by Pansypicker

[Marthalynn 11]

I am having revision from lapband ( that slipped after 11 years and will be having gastric bypass paid by Medicare on March 26. Looking forward to starting my weight loss journey!

[Slimmy-mommeee 92]

My surgery is March 2 and I'm on my preop diet now. My insurance approved me in 9 days. IBC -Personal Choice

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[Nermada 149]

March 10th revision from vbg to rny for me.

Best of luck to all!

[StarlaK 9]

Me too. My surgery date is March 30. Seems like forever away. Good luck to all of us March babies! And everyone else. Don’t want to be selfish. Lol

[NikkiOwl 24]

My date is March 2. It was 9 days for approval with BCBS.

[Mello1 227]

Hi fellow RNYs! My date is March 17th and I was approved in January. I probably could have had it in February, but they couldn't catch up with me. BCBS-Fed.

[VolleyMom5 0]

March 10th for me!

My insurance gave my surgery coordinator the authorization code the same day they faxed my compliance paperwork. Moda Insurance.

[jlow347 30]

FYI, I found in Amazon a Medical Alert card for bariatric patients. It asks Restaurants to allow us to order from a kids menu or lunch menu because of our stomach size. I’m having surgery next week, so it’ll be a while before using it. It lists on Amazon which Restaurants they know will accept it, although others may as well. It’s $5-$10.

[Jessiejess1973 16]

My date was 3/11 but I was self pay. However, insurance paid for the hiatal hernia repair.

Regarding the medical card, I had a sleeve in 2013 and have been ordering from kid’s menus ever since. No one has ever questioned it. It’s possible to you may never run in to this problem but I guess it doesn’t hurt to get the card anyway. Just wanted to put that tidbit of info out there.

[Sabs211 51]

Had a one anastomosis gastric bypass March 16th on the NHS in the UK.

[DebbieDeb76 0]

On 2/20/2020 at 9:17 AM, Lily66 said:

Surgery 3/11/20, approval rec’d mid January but surgeon was booked out and a conference thrown in, as well. I’ve been working on exercise and better habits in the meantime. Cannot wait!!!😃

I also had my surgery on March 11. How are you doing?? I managed to eek by before the pandemic took over. One more day and my surgery would have been cancelled.