Planning weight loss surgery around the holidays and the new year
If you are thinking about weight loss surgery, or you have already had it, the end of the year brings its own questions: when to start the insurance conversation, how to fit recovery around time off, and how to enjoy holiday meals. This page gathers the practice’s guidance on each, in the order most people need it.
Book a free consultationIf you are considering surgery
Four things are worth sorting out before you pick a date. Each links to the page on this site that covers it in full.
Insurance and prior authorization
Whether surgery is covered is decided by your own plan, not by a general rule. The practice verifies your benefits and, where a plan requires prior authorization, assembles and submits it. That involves paperwork on both sides, so it helps to start the conversation well before the date you have in mind.
Costs and financing
If you are paying yourself, or want to understand your share, the practice’s cost pages carry its own current information on pricing and financing. Figures are not repeated here, so they cannot go out of date.
Your consultation: what to expect
The first consultation with Dr. Davtyan is free and commits you to nothing. It covers your medical history, previous weight loss attempts and which options may be appropriate for you, and it is the place to ask about insurance and recovery.
Planning recovery around time off
The practice helps patients plan a surgery date around their lives, for example before a long weekend or around school holidays. The recovery guide explains what the weeks after surgery involve, procedure by procedure.
If you have already had surgery
Enjoying the holidays after bariatric surgery
Practical ideas for gatherings: planning meals ahead, keeping portions small, staying hydrated and letting the people around you know your goals.
Lap-Band adjustments
If you have a Lap-Band and a busy season ahead, ask the practice about scheduling an adjustment appointment. The adjustments page explains what they are.
Support and follow-up care
Aftercare does not pause for the holidays. See how the practice supports patients after surgery, and contact your surgical team with any question about your own recovery.
Where Dr. Davtyan sees patients
Spanish is spoken at all four offices. The first consultation with Dr. Davtyan is free and commits you to nothing.
Talk to the practice
The first consultation with Dr. Davtyan is free and commits you to nothing. The practice can also verify your insurance benefits and tell you what your own plan says.
This page is general information to help with planning. It is not medical, insurance or financial advice, and it does not describe what any individual should expect. Coverage is decided by each plan, and the timing of surgery and recovery is a decision to make with your surgical team.
