Hi Jennifer, My name is April, I'm 25 married to my Air Force man for 4.5 years now. We have an adorable son named Lucas who's 19mths. We are stationed at Keesler AFB, in Biloxi, MS. I've been here for 7 years and hubby has been her for 4 years. The program is just getting started again here at Keesler since Hurricane Katrina flooded our hospital. I went to the pre-op class a few weeks ago and am just waiting to hear from Dr. Dolans nurse with my date. So looking forward to joining everyone on the loosers bench..

I have some that look like that. One they have 2 different dates. So you will be able to get all your appointments. Some places may not be able to see you right away. They did not submit for your surgery yet. They submitted these so that you can see the other doctors that you need to see before they submit for the WLS surgery. They did this to me. The nurse at the surgeons office put in all the referrals for me. They were for me to see the psychatrist, for my endoscopy, the nutr. consult (even though it was denied), and my ultrasound. If you don't have a referral, then you will have to pay out of pocket. Where it says not requiring a physician present, that means you will be seeing a nurse or lab tech. You can also call tricare(1-877-TRICARE) or go to www.mytricare.com and register. It is a great website to check on claims and referrals and authorizations too. Good luck. I am in the same boat as you. I have my ultrasound tomorrow and my endoscopy Wednesday. Then all I have left is my pscyh. evalu before I submit for WLS. I am so ready.

Make room for me cause I'm coming your way. We got our orders changed and we are coming back to NC. DH has to check in to New River in February 08. We will be coming to house hunt in November. We are staying with friends over Thanksgiving, in Jacksonville. I am okay with the change, I guess. I still want to go back to Japan but we still have a few years to end up there. So I want us all to get together come next year.

i am not sure bt i dont think that tricare even want the 5 years..i know that they didnt ask me for it and i didnt even do a mental eval either, i wonder if it has to do with the region that one is in...

OOhhh I like this post. This board IS always dead. Donna - Fort Gordon is He** jr. then Okay so I'm 28 - Air Force Wife - My husband is a Staff Sergeant - He does secret things. When I ask him how his day was - he gets to tell me what he had for lunch - which I already knew cuz I packed it No kids (yet) but an awesome puppy heh. My surgery is September 12th too! Thats bout it -Sara