newbie and waiting

Hi, I am rather new to the site and going thru the process of approval. I had my initial seminar and visit with the surgeons office on May 10, 2011 and have had nothing but testing appointments since! I have done all kinds of test, ct scan of chest, abg, stress test, heart echo, sleep study, consult with hematology..aahh! I think I have done all of the testing my surgeon requested now except the psych/nut visit. I hope to get this done soon, waiting on them to call me and schedule. I am so anxious and wondering how long it took some to get approval from tricare and how long after approval was surgery. I think everything is moving rather quickly seeing as how I did my first appt May 10, and the office hopes to submit to tricare by July 11th....ugh I have wanted this for years but took me awhile to get a pcp to agree with me that this is a good thing. I have had the same pcp for over a year now and did his diet plan with little success, now I have high blood pressure, degenerative disc disease, PCOS, and being treated for fibro, but really feel its my weight.. current bmi is 39.8-42.2 depending on what scale you use...any help or information with the tricare process is much appreciated :) Thanks in advance

Welcome!  I was surprised how quickly the whole process went.  After all your testing is done Tri Care can approve pretty quickly then it will  just come down to how soon your Dr can get you in.  I went to my initial seminar on Oct 22 and had my surgery Jan 31st.  Best of luck to you!

Donna