PHI 12 Month Wait

My 12 months PHI waiting period is up on the 23rd September.......how long after that do I have to wait to get the appropriate forms etc filled out to go ahead and have surgery?

My PHI Kicks in on the 24th March and Im having my operation on 28th March. The surgeons office is sending through all the paper work once I pay them (which has to be paid one week before surgery).

hello

i had organised and had surgery booked 11months before my phi kicked in lol i signed final form to book hospital day after phi kicked in but everything was already booked

mel

My PHI kicks in on 1/6/11 and I have spent the time since I took it out researching the procedure, doctors, complications etc. I have also lined up appointments with my GP, the surgeon, a dietician and psychologist. It's also been good to have that time to get myself organised (eg buy an underwire-free bra, heat pads etc) with the things I'll need following the surgery. In one way it's been a pain to have to wait (because I want it NOW) but in another way it's been great to have 12 months up my sleeve.

My PHI kicks in on the 4/7/11, I am booked in for all appointments and the op is booked in for the 25/7/11 as that was the soonest I could get in after PHI kicks in (the surgen will be on leave till the 25th.)

The nuse I saw months ago when I had decided to go ahead said call me a few months in to your waiting period and they will have it all booked in ready for straight after the 12 month wait.

Am loving what I'm hearing :) I have made my initial appointment and hopefully they will help me out from there, as I have arranged a few things in the hopes that surgery will be on or soon after the 23rd lol. Have left a month after that date before anything is on (I have a wedding, a birthday and clinical placement with my studies at the end of October). I hope I will recover quickly like most people I have spoken to about it! And would LOVE to have lost a decent whack in the first month for that wedding! Lol. Thanks all :)

Hey Ryjackmama...........My 12 months PHI waiting period kick in Nov 2011 the 1st........