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If you BMI is greater then 40 you should be ok. If less then 40 do you have any of those problems listed other then the high blood pressure and diabetes?? if so then again you should be fine..

You should be good to go.. You dr. knows how to write out the auth for you...

I believe it took Tri care 8 day's to ok me... Don't worry about it, it sounds like you fit there guidelines.. If they do deny ( which i doubt by what you discribe ) you can always fight it.. Tricare requires a lot of tests before they will even look at your app, so try not get too nervous.. They do come back with an answer pretty quick...
Good Luck!!!

Everybody is different.. When I was on the 2 wk liquid diet I was told the average wt loss was, 15-20 pounds, I only lost 8.. It's different for everyone.. If you keep doing what you are, go get your fill you will lose. I eat no carbs, no sugars, no bread, no Pasta, no rice and that's why I think I've been able to lose.. THose things were very high on my list of food I would eat before surgery, now I don't go anywhere near them.. I really don't even eat fruit due to the sugar content in them, now this is just me.. If I do eat fruit it's only in the morning and take about two bits and don't eat anymore.. IT's working for me, but it might not for you.. YOu have to play around and see what works for you..

I don't count carbs, because a lot of good foods have carbs.. I have gotten rid of bad carbs, like bread, rice, sugars, pasta.. I allow carbs that are in veggies and Protein, as far as fruit, I don't really eat it because fruit is high in sugars.. I eat very very little if I do, just 2 bits or so and it's just about 1 x every few weeks or so.. 15 is low for carbs.. from what I've read on line, 100 grams or lower is good per day is good..

Tricare would not approve mine until all my 6 month classes were complete.. My dr. put in the request for me at month 4 and they wouldn't approve until all 6 month classes were done... You might be lucky, I find with tricare sometimes it's just who you get.. I got approve for a the sleep study and the day it came to me having it done, tricare cancelled it. If I hadn't of called in for another reason and checked, I would have been stuck with a bill, because the hospital never got the cancellation until 3 day's after the study.. Be care!! and get refer # and ppl you are speaking too...

Congrats!!!

Hello Everyone!!
Band going great.. Since the day of my surgery which was16 day's ago, I've lost 18 pounds. Total wt loss so far is 32 pounds. I feel real good.. I still don't have a fill yet, I'm due to have my first one ( if they do it ) on March 28th. I do get hungry at times, but not that often.. When I do get hungry I just drink and that seeems to help.. I'm eating 1/2 cup of food per meal and that seems to work for me right now.. I'm trying to get excercise in, but I have to do a much better job getting into my everyday life...
I have no pain anywhere, if it wasn't for the scars I wouldn't even know I had surgery..

Hello Everyone!!
I'm so excited that I found this forum, I can't wait to read all the great stories and ideas that you all have shared..
My story is, I was banded on Feb 8th 2012. The surgery it's self went well, but I did have a problem with anesthesia.. I had some kind of asthma attack so I couldn't breath when I started to wake up.. Dr's. think I might have just gotten to much fluids into my system because now I am fine and show no signs of wheezing or any kind of asthma problems.
I'm not in any pain except for a slight pain every now and then on my right side, mostly when I bend over. I've lost 15 lbs since the day of surgery and 14lbs prior to surgery so a total of 29 lbs.. I'm on the mushy phase of my diet and I'm doing about 1/2 cup of food per meal.. That seems to work for me. At times i do feel hungry but when I do I just start to drink more and that seems to really help.. I think I've got a good system going that works for me so I'm happy abou that..
Now, excercising isn't working like I would like.. In November I broke my foot and my cast just came off on Feb 3rd.. I still don't have bone to bone contact with the area that's broke, but I don't need to ware a cast anymore ( actually I had a cast on for 3 weeks, then I moved to a boot ). My ortho dr. said I can do very light walking but I need to be aware the bone hasn't healed yet and I just need to give it time.. So, I'm not real sure when I will be able to get back into doing some kind of excercise.. I've continue to do light walking and that's it..
I have a mailbu pilates machine that I just got and can't wait to use it, but I'm waiting on lapband dr to clear me for that. I've thought about doing curves or siging up to a gym, but I will wait until I get the ok from dr. first..
I'm looking forward to reading all the post and reading about everyone's journey.