quilterpam

Hi,
I have been to the seminar and met the doctors. I go next Wednesday for my one on one with the doctor. I have medicare, so no problem there. I have my primary care doctor in total aggrement with me. How long usually between initial meeting and the surgery. I have no heart problems,but do have diabetis , high blood pressure and colesteral.



Smiles, Pam

loki8481

depends on your doctor and your insurance.

my insurance made me go through 3 months of seeing a nutritionist, which was the biggest hold-up in my case... once I was done jumping through all the hoops (nutritionist, letter of support from pcp, psych evaluation, etc, etc) and my surgeon's office sent my stuff off to my insurance company, I had approval within a day or two and my doc's first open date way 2 months after that (though I elected to push it back a month and a half further back since it worked better for me schedule-wise)

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as of 11/04/09

goal #1: 225 pounds (my weight freshman year of high school) -- reached on 9/13/09
goal #2: onderville (199)

Milestones:

12/04: pre-op diet start (406)
12/18: surgery (383)
04/03: century club! (306)
04/11: twoterville! (299)
09/13: goal #1 reached! (225)
10/23: double century club! (206)

quilterpam

Thanks for your answer. Hopefully I will know more after my meeting with the doc. Thursday.
Smiles, Pam

DogMom

I had Lap RNY GB on May 26th. I also have Medicare and had no problems with approval. I have no heart problems but had high blood pressure and high cholesterol in addition to other health problems not caused by weight. My initial consult was 3/3/09 with the surgeon. Good luck!

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5/26/09 SURGERY DAY!!!!!!!!!!
Day of Surgery 282lbs.

6/12/09 Down 20.5 lbs (17 days post-op & 1st post-op weigh-in)
6/18/09 Down 23.5 lbs.
7/10/09 Down 35 lbs.
7/30/09 Down 43 lbs. (2 months post-op)
9/18/09 Down 62 lbs. YAY!

quilterpam

Hi, thanks for the heads up. I have been reading a lot of posts and have heard alot about how bad you feel afterwards. How do you feel?

Smiles, Pam

msmandy

My insurance took 100 days to approve my surgery. I had to go to my doctor for a 90 weight loss program before they would approve. It also helps to have a high bmi (above 40).

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JONES5150

my wait was about 6 months just because of scheduling witht everything you have to do it on there time!! Good luck to you!!!

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Height 5'3"
Highest: 235
Surgery:221
Current: 196 as of 8-16-09
Surgeons Goal: 140
My goal: 125
Surgery Date: 06-19-09

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quilterpam

My thoughts and prayers go with you on that important date!!!
Smiles, Pam

poet_kelly

It was about four months from the time I first met with the surgeon til I actually had the surgery. I did not have to do a supervised diet, which made it a little quicker for me than for some people. The time passed pretty quickly, and I was busy with a lot of appointments I had to go to: dietician, psych, physical with my PCP, pre-op testing, endoscopy. I also had to take a class at my surgeon's office.

Kelly

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RNY 11/4/08

surgery/current/goal
270/152/130

Elle341

Hi Pam,
I agree with the previous posts. It all depends on your insurance and dr. It took me 3 months from my initial visit with my surgeon to have my RNY surgery. Good luck to you!

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