I had my endoscopy today. It went ALOT better than my ultrasound. My surgeon preformed the endoscopy. He was nice enough. They did my labwork. They gave me some numbing spray in my mouth and then the "good stuff" kicked in. I felt it in my feet first and then my head. Next thing I know, I was awake and it was time to go home. I was so nervous when I got there. I was so worried about swallowing the scope and now I don't even remember doing it. I am now another step closer. I only have my psych eval left and then I submit for approval. I am so ready.

I have lost about 24 lbs so far. I am smaller than I have been in about 18 yrs except for a stint on phen-fen. I am a workaholic and tend to overload myself. But, I got behind with surgery. Right now prices for building a home are quite low, so those who can build are really in a hurry to do so. Thus, I work myself to the bone. It will get better. I hope. Diana

hi everyone my name is adrie. i am a marine corps wife stationed in virginia. i have 3 babies and have been trying to lose weight for a looooooooooooong time now. it never came off after my youngest was born, and the docs havent figured out why. i have my referal in and my initial appt at walter reed on sept 4. for now, my bmi is 44.5. i dont have any co-morbidities...atleast they havent found any yet. i just joined this site a week or two ago and i've noticed that everyone on here is so friendly...look forward to hearing more about everyone's journey.

thanks for the welcome i found out what happened with the tricare situation. i guess the docs office called me to make an appointment before tricare called them to see if there was any availability. i must have been the only space available at walter reed, because right now there are no appointments available. the lines of communication got tied up, that's all. but, i do have a choice of going to walter reed or a civi doc because of the mixup

WOW, I have no clue. I see civilian Drs so my experience was a little different. I had no problems getting the approvals I needed and everything went very smooth for me. Every Dr and every program is different. So, it is hard to compare. What matters is that you get a good and experienced surgeon. I put in a request for the Dr I wanted to see. Good luck and keep posting. Diana