New Here, USAF Wife Getting this done for me!

Hi I am new here. I have been thinking of doing the WLS since I saw Al on the Today show. If he can do it so can I. I have recently met a woman that was the same size as me and she had her surgery done on WPAFB in Ohio, and I just moved here! So I am making my appt. on Friday and I really think I would be a good match for the surgery. I just need something to work. I am getting bigger by the day it seems and I have stopped all the grazing and I am still big...OH WELL, Not for long I am sick and tried of being FAT! I want to run with my 3 little girls and I want them to be able to say THAT's MY MOM!!! Not just oh yeah that's my mom. I want to be able to exercise like I used too. I just want to be able to climb the stairs at my new house without getting winded. Oh well, I just wanted to say hi and join in on this chat board. If anyone has had the WLS on a military base feel free to post or send me an email. Thanks for the support. Qiana

Hey there ur at my hubbies home town ....well kinda... he is from troy ohio. i will tell ya this surg is great.... i know its a diet but i dont think of it thatway... to me its more of a new way for me... My hubby is USMC so we are at camp lejeune nc... i work at the naval hosp on base and i can actully work again... just a heads up on tricare prime make sure that ur PCM is with you all the way with havin the surg... and dont let tricare push ya around... and just 1 more thing the new tricare does do the surg lap most docs dont know that but they do... it was written in the new coverage policy in july of 2004... talk to ya later .... Manda ~42 09-09-04

Hey there. I just wandered over to the board this morning and saw your post. I was wondering how you were doing in the surgery process? I am here at minot AFB with my hubby and I had the surgery in July. I was supposed to get it done at Wilford hall in San ANtonio but we got orders here and I actually got it done faster up here. Tricare was very easy for me and I never had any problems with them. They approved me in 10 minutes. Hope you are getting all the care you need over there. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!! Tina open rny 7-6-04 319-230-159