When will I find out my surgery date?

heidisue
on 1/31/08 3:44 am - Coon Rapids, MN
Hello all! I am in the process of getting approved for gastric bypass surgery and I was just wondering if anyone could tell me at what point they were given their surgery date? I am scheduled for meetings with a bariatric doctor, physical therapist, and dietician next week and then I believe everything will be submitted to my insurance company for final approval. I was just wondering if the hospital will call me and let me know that I have been approved and give me a surgery date then or if I will have to meet with my doctor to be given my date. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Rick A.
on 1/31/08 12:52 pm - Far Northern, CA
Heidi, Welcome to this amazing journey. My program director called mw with my surgery date, but I had to go through about a three month process before I found out. I had to have a phsycological evaluation and meet with the nutritonist before I could meet with the surgeon. The surgeons office put together a report and along with the other information it was submitted to my insurance company for approval. After approval (which for me took less then a week) I got a call with my surgery date. The whole process took about 3 months from start to surgery. Use this time to learn all you can about the surgery and what will be required of you. If I can answer any of your questions please let me know. You can also read my profile by clicking my name under my picture. Good luck on the most exciting thing to happen to you in your lifetime. Life is great, Rick
LadyPhoenix
on 2/1/08 4:07 am - NY
hi rick - welcome to the WL Family I started my journey Oct07 & finished testing by Dec07 my surg dat is mar07 - so figure 6mths or so. This is an agressive pace, but i wanted to get it done soon. i met with pshyc eval, NUT, carardic, sleep ap testing, gastro testing & a few others. also ins. companies are diff, so appv. quicker than others. chk with yr surgeon, he/she should be able to give you an appx date when yr surg should be.
Janice B.
on 2/3/08 2:57 am - Misawa-chi, Japan
Hi Heidi, I was referred in Jun, got into the surgeon in Sept, they sent off the letter to insurance in Nov, had my date in early Dec. Everyone's schedule and everyone's surgeon operate (haha) differently, so go with the flow and do what you can to prepare now. Welcome aboard! Janice
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