hello. well i am real sorry that you have had to deal with all of this. From my own personal experience in getting sent over to Germany with my husband ( april 04), the medical clearance I had was a joke--They sat with me in an office, asked me if i had any problems, etc. I said no, and so they stamped my paper and I was on my way with official medical clearance. I found the entire process of trying to get done what i needed to go overseas to be extremely disorganized, and very frustrating. What i have heard, is that all family members are screened ( hopefully more throuroughly than I was) so that they can make sure the facilities which will be near you can handle the care you may need. I have no idea where in England you were going. Are there military hospitals near there? I'm not sure their reasons, but if ultimately they didn't have large medical facilities near where you'd live, I'm not sure i'd want to go either. In Germany, they have a lot of large hospitals and therefore, i think it wouldn't be an issue in Germany. Although I have come back to SC for this year b/c my husband has been deployed, we'll be going back to Germany in May 05'. Several of my friends there in Germany had the gastric bypass (open) done there in Germany in German Hospitals.

Earlier this year(April), we got orders to England in September. We just found out that they aren't recommending medical clearance for me. The email my husband got said they lacked "general medical services". Other than type 1 diabetes that is under relatively good control and the WLS, there is nothing wrong with me. How can England not be equipped to take care of me? Anyone else ever not gotten medical clearance to PCS overseas? If so, what did you do? Is there a way to fight this? What really ticks me off, is they could of told us this months ago instead of waiting days before we are supposed to leave. We spent over $600 on passports, sold our van, I quit my job, and now they say we aren't going to England.

oh.. lol I forgot this. I am so excited.. My hubby is overseas and we have been seperated over a year and I get to see him the middle of Oct. I am sooooooooooooo excited..

Aloha! I'm trying to get names and numbers of bariatric patients for a "support group" in Hawaii. If anyone knows of any military dependants on Oahu that want to come and be a part of these meetings, please email me or respond to this message. Thank you!

Hi, Iris! My name is Iris DeVine! Glad to meet you. My hubby was active for years and is now in the Air Guard here in Missouri! He is in Iraq and is to return next week. My surgey is on the 15th of this month! So, I hadda do all the technical stuff while he has been gone! I'm having the Lap-Band. Well, glad to meet you. Iris D