Initial Consultation Tommorow

What happened during your initial consultation? I'll be at Walter Reed. I've been waiting about a month now for this appointment, and they told me to just bring myself (as opposed to paperwork or weight loss diaries, etc...

I don't know about Walter Reed. Hopefully someone will come along that has been there. My Dr sent me a packet to fill out and have ready. It was a medical history, and a list of my diet attempts. I spoke with the PA and went over some of the things and then I talked with the dr. He asked me lots of questions about my medical history and discussed my weight loss attempts. Then he explained in detail the surgeries and how he goes about everything. He even talked to me about the hospital and where I would be staying. He then got my paperwork ready (his insurance girl puts it all together) and sent it to Tricare. They got in in late Friday evening and I was approved Monday morning. I got my psych eval done very quickly and then they made a preop appointment. At that time I met with the Nutritionist. The dr gave me a preop physical at that time. Next was surgery itself. It all went really fast for me. We have a small population here and it doen't take long to get surgery scheduled. My dr's office took care of most everything for me and the process was easy for me. I hope you have a good experience. I have civilian drs and Hospital. Tricare was very easy to work with. Diana