Who gives the surgery date?

[I'MREADY 0]

my appointments:

seminar #1-July 7

seminar #2-July 23

pa...........-July 27

nut...........Aug 17

dietician......Sept 16

surgeon.......Sept 30

Does the surgeon give you a surgery date and then you have to start the 10% weight loss or maybe the pa gives the date so you have time to start losing before you actually see the surgeon? I'm getting excited since my appointments are getting closer, even though Sept 30 seems like years away. My insurance has to have a recommendation from the surgeon's office before they will approve or reject you.

thanks for any info you can give me

Deb

[bugsbuni70 1]

I got my date from my surgeon. Good luck

[Julia_N 2]

It depends on your insurance and doctor. My insurance required a six-month preop diet. After a predetermination that the surgery was covered, my surgeon didn't even submit paperwork until after I was done with all the appointments and diet requirements. I have my final preop seminar on July 3, at which time I'll get my surgery date. I started in September, had a delay when I was hospitalized for pneumonia, so it'll be about 10 months for the preop process. I hope yours goes more smoothly than mine! Good luck.