Congrats on getting one step closer. I am sorry for the trouble of the sleep machine. I would have given anything to take a machine home. I had to spend two nights at a sleep clinic. But you do what you got to do. I will pray that there will be an earlier cancellation for your cardiac eval. I didn't have to have one of those. Of coarse when I had the sleep study they had electrodes all over and monitored my heart for the nights I had to be there. I don't know if that was why I didn't have to have it or not. It's like everyone says from Dr. to Dr. sometimes your tests differ so much. Congrats again Jaye Jaye

I am one appointment away from submitting to tricare. I had my pulmonary eval done Monday. It went pretty good. I had a chest x-ray done, lab work (5 viles), a breathing test, and an artery test. The artery test was kind of uncomfortable. Actually, I just don't like needles. They stuck a small needle in my wrist. It had a weird feeling. Then I had to take a machine home and do a sleep test. Things went fine until the machine start acting up at 2 am. The lights kept blinking and then the numbers went out and the machine died. So I took it back to the doctor's office the next morning, which is an hour away and I had to go to work. The nurse told me the batteries had died and the machine did not read anything. I was kind of mad about that because I had to take time off from work to drive the machine back. So I have to do it again. So tonight I am going for round 2 of my sleep test. I told the nurse to make SURE the machine had new batteries. So now I have to take more time off from work to drive the machine back again in the morning. But I guess in the end it will have all been worth it. My next appointment is November 2nd. That is for my cardiac eval. I am hoping for a cancellation so I can have my appointment moved up. For all those who have had their cardiac eval, let me know how it was so I will know what to expect.

It has been a while. Glad to hear that things are going well. Great job on your weight loss. 80 pounds in 3 months--that is great. Keep in touch.

Hi! I had the Tri-care handbook at one time and the EXACT wording was your BMI was over a certain amount OR you were 100 pounds overweight. My friend did not have a high enough BMI according to Tricare, but she was 100 pounds over weight. You also have co-exsisting conditions which makes it better for approval from Tricare. I was the exact opposite. I had no co-exsisting conditions, but I weighed over 300 pounds and I was approved. Good luck! Jennifer

Hi, I was wondering...I keep reading how tricare does not go by bmi...I am 5'2", weigh 226 and have high cholesteral, osteoarthritis, rhumitoid arthritis, fibromyalsia, to name a few...I am afraid I won't be approved due to the fact that I probably only have 100lbs to lose. Anyone else had this happen??? Cheri