I know, with this surgery it can all happen very quickly if your lucky enough to get the funding, or can afford to pay. A lady just down the road from me had a band fitted in Dec. She went to her gp who phoned the pct and faxed the ladies details, the pct said yes in one day. she saw the surgeons team one month later, he took one day to give her the ok, and there was a cancellation the the following week, so from gp to op took 5 weeks. I know this is not the norm but when you hear things like that you think i want that to be my experience!