Approved!

w00t! I found out yesterday that UHC has approved my surgery. Now I'm just waiting on the surgeon's office to call and give me a surgery date. All you guys who've had Dr. Ross, how long did it take for them to schedule you? Thanks!

Hurray Hurray! It has been a great day.

congrats...I just got approved too. Have you a surgery date yet? Mine is March 23rd. with Dr. Glen Strickland in West Columbia.

Mine is on the 22nd with Dr. Ross here in Spartanburg. Guess we'll be recovering together eh?

Congratulations Tracy! We're practically neighbors-I'm in Wellford. I'm in Dr. Boar's program at Bariatric Solutions in Greenville. It cost $2500. to get my foot in the door. That covers the behavior mod., nutrition classes, etc. I was shocked to see how many people that were in the program-just waiting for a surgery date. Initially, I thought it would take 6-8 weeks to get into surgery. I'm clueless now. How long did it take from your first appointment to this point of having a scheduled surgery date? Thanks and congrats! Roxane

Howdy Neighbour. How you liking this snow?? I went to Dr. Bour's consultation and was impressed with their set-up, but just couldn't afford the initial fee, especially since I wasn't sure if I'd be approved under my former insurance, Cigna (they were horrible!). My first appointment with Dr. Ross was in September of last year, then I fought with Cigna for quite some time. When we moved over to UHC in January, the office got busy on my case again and got me approved in 5 weeks. I have an appointment to see Dr. Ross next Friday, then I start pre-op for my surgery on 22 March. So, yeah, it's moved rather quickly. They have a very good nutrition and support group program for post-ops, so I'm pretty optimistic. Hopefully, you'll have a date soon and maybe we can meet at the Middle School in Duncan to walk or something. Go out and make snow angels now! That's where I'm going!