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Who is your insurance provider

Thats awesome,. how exciting! I would have been checking my mail everyday lol! Good luck:)

So your referral to see a surgeon has been approved or have you been approved to have the actual surgey?

Good for you! Let us know how it goes. I can't go for 2 weeks and I am alreadys super nervous!

Good Luck! Let us know how it goes!

Congrats and good luck!! I hope I can get approved!

LOL thanks where could I get some of those?Jk Well I have been talking to a girl on here with the same problems the same height as me but I am 30lbs heavier than her and tricare approved her so I have a little hope. I'm scared to ask my PCM fora referral though, I don't want him to say no:(

Good I hope so! I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks. I see a counselor everyweek maybe she would write a letter of recommendation and the chiropractor too. When is your surgery?

Yeah since I have been home for the holidays I am pretty sure I have gained weight. I saw that FDA was considering approval for lower BMI hopefully insurance will follow Tricare seems strict but I have read of people on here not meeting tricares requirements and still getting approved so I am hoping I can be one of them.

Hello! I am just starting the process, I am from Jacksonville too! Who did your surgery? Are you happy with it?

Hello everyone! I have spent many hours researching lap band and reading hundreds of posts and I have decided to go ahead and try to get approval for the surgery. I have been over weight since I was 5 years old and I am SOOO sick of it!! I have tried alli adkins weight watchers results sort and sweet 20lbs gone 30lbs back. Problem is I have tricare and I know I don;t meet there requirements my BMI is almost 40 but not quite I am not 100lbs overweight for my body type and I have no comorbs that they list, I am however very close to 100lbs overweight have Reflux, Chronic back pain and depression from being overweight terrible family history of just about every comorb, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, congestive heart failure, sleep apnea, colon cancer, arthritis. So hopefully all this will be enough to get approved, I am praying for a miracle! I did not enjoy my childhood because of my weight and I refuse to have the rest of my life run by my weight. I may need some help but I am motivated to get it off!!. I am open to any advise or suggestion!

If you don't mind me asking whats you height and weight? I think my BMI is 38 or 39 I am 5'5 or 5'6 with shoes and around 233 normally. I am sooooo happy you posted I am going for it I'm kinda a chicken I am affraid my PCM won't get me a referral and I will probably cry like a baby. I am at home visiting for a month because my husbands deployed so I won;t be able to go see my Doc for another 2 weeks so I am trying to get some extra stuff together while I am here. Yesterday I went and got my records from the doctor I had when I was younger to prove I have been overweight for so long. I also have a family history of just about everything hopefully it will help. I'm praying for a miracle. What region are you in for Tricare?

Girl you just made me so happy! I know I don't meet tricares requirments but I decided I was going to go ahead and try anyway. I have the same problems as you but my BMI is alot higher, I am not 100lbs overweight though and I don;t have any comorbs that tricare lists I had blood work done about 5 months ago and the doctor said everything was fine so then I was to affraid to ask for a referral. YOu gave me some hope though! Any advice?