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I'm on standard also!  Mine went SO fast!  I just started the process in the end of april beginning of may and my surgery is scheduled for the 21st!!! All i had to do was meet with the psychologist and dietician to get approvals meet with my surgeon who submitted my request within the week it was approved went back to the surgeon for mainly my prescription for lovenox and the dietician so I would know what to expect post surgery and I'm ready!  My husband is currently deployed to Afghanistan and we have an 8 month old.  I'm dreading the 2 weeks that I can't pick my baby boy up post surgery BUT it is worth it.  I am doing this for my family.  Having a baby really killed my body!!!

Just spent a weekend in Lake Placid for an Army Strong Bonds Marriage retreat. Love the area, this is our third visit, but the 1st time I enjoyed it this much!!!!! In the past I was barely able to walk from the hotel down the hill to the village shops. Not this weekend. We went looking for a shop we remembered the kids liking last time and before I knew it had walked the entire length of the strip. I couldn't believe it when I realized we were at the end already, and things looked so different to me. It took my husband explaining to me that normal if we were going that far we would have driven, we had never walked the whole way. Not only did we walk through the village countless times , we walked all the way around Mirror Lake. It was so great and I was able to walk right beside my husband not 20 feet behind yelling slow down. LOL What a great weekend!!!!!!!

Hi donna1 no...dr. doesn"t require anything from me. I'm in relatively good health considering the weight...so I didn't have to get any ultrasounds or tests...no liquid diet... HOWEVER..here is the minor SNAFU. my husband is in the ARMY NATIONAL GUARD...he is deployed to the Arizona border which puts him in active duty status. Well all the troops on the border mission have to attend their ANNUAL TRAINING..so here is where the confusion lies...stick with me here...they CUT his actice duty orders on the JUNE 2nd...they RE-CUT him NEW orders while he is at Annual training. his new orders are effective until the 18th when he returns. on the 19th they cut him NEW orders for the border mission which will make him in active duty status for a year...BUT while he is at Annual training...TRICARE does not cover us dependants!!! Coverage stopped on the 2nd..and will resume on the 19th!!! so my approval and surgery is set back 3 weeks! I could have gotten my surgery by the end of the month, but it looks like i will have to wait until the beginning-mid next month. I know it's just a small amount of time but I was getting mentally prepared But I should take the extra time to work on my cardio for the upcoming surgery and educate myself more on the nutrition aspect.  But had there not been a SNAFU with coverage..the process would have been 3 weeks from start to surgery.

I have TRI_CARE standard and didn't know how FAST this process is!! I do not need a PCM. I just needed to find a surgeon that was in the TriCARe network. and it just so happend that the surgeon in the NETWORk here in Arizona is the BEST LaP-BAND surgeon in the state,. He is the only dr. witht the credentials to be a proctor (teach other surgeons).
So I went in...got weighted..met with the Dr. , and then the patient coordinator..and voila..waiting for approval from Tricare (which will come in less than a week), then schedule for surgery maybe even by the end of this month!!! And really that's it. This week is going to be excrutiatingly slow waiting for approval! But other than that I am VERy excited! I have waited 10 years and 4 kids later for this chance!

Hi How was ur surgery?? did u use Tri-Care?? I have my first consultation on Thursday. I talked to a Tri-care rep. and because I have Tri-care standard she said all i have to do is find a doctor that accepts it. Hopefully that is the case and all I need to do. How long after ur initial consult did you get ur surgery date???