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I live in Kirkland and still preop for the time being. Felice

Where is Tricare region 6?

Robin and Alex, I appreciate your honest answers. It is nice to be able to come here and get feedback. I have decided to do what it takes to get approved and not create for myself additional hoops to have to jump through! They do not know me from Adam and I am not going to give them the ammunition to deny me! Olga:speechles

I just started with this insurance about 10 months ago so I don't think they know. I do not want to ever go back to being anorexic I just want to be healthy. I just wonder if I will have a problem if I mention it at all. PS LOVE this new site!! Thanks

Oops, I said they would exclude if have history of... I just read my insurance info and it said it would "conduct a special review to ascertain that the surgery was medically appropriate in view of the circumstances." But I feel I know my circumstances better than a review board and do I want them to have all of that power for a decision about my life?

I am 35 years old and 17 years ago I was bulemic and anorexic. I got down to 97 lbs. and was hospitalized. While in the hospital I was diagnosed with OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and treated for OCD. Once treated for OCD my Anorexia and bulemia went away. I believe this was a side effect of my ocd. I am now married with 2 children and have steadily gained weight since being pregnant 8 years ago. I have tried all sorts of commercial diets and excercise but continue to gain. I am now far over 100 lbs overweight and extremly frustrated. I never want to go back to being anorexic or bulemic and am interested in WLS (lap band) only to get to a healthy weight. I meet all the criteria for my insurance and noticed it said it would not approve if someone has a history of anorexia (there were exclusions for other problems too like:Active hepatitis, Dental Disease, Chronic Alcoholism, Malignant tumors, Renal failure, Inflammatory bowel disease, etc...) This was an extremly long time ago and I do not know if mentioning in the psych eval my teenage years concerning this would HAVE to be reported to my insurance and open an old can of worms that I do not have in my life today and jeaporadize my insurance coverage. On the other hand I feel it dishonest of me not to mention this and I do not want to feel I need to hide my past. Any advice?