kbbennett

Hey, I am trying to figure out by reading...getting conflicting passages...Medicare approved VSG?? state by state basis....what does that mean for Tricare coverage???

I went to Mexico 5 years ago for a Lap Band. Where are you going?

Well, all of this is good ole common sense....just helps to have somebody who has been through it all and understands...thanks for the support

You will see...I am very new at this...not sure if I am supposed to quote or post...LOL...I know how to look stuff up..but interacting is new...I made a post and a quote LOL I would be willing to travel, I think...If my husband would be good with it...If I could get this done during the summer months, that would be great. But would I have to go to seminars and all that?

My husband is active duty NG now, so we aren't stationed per se anywhere. We live in west TN...half way between Memphis and Nashville. The MTF I called the other day (after reading your posts on here) was Ft. Campbell, which is in KY technically...but in the city of Clarksville, which in in TN. About 1.5 hours from here. My brother in law is actually stationed there. The lady that answered the phone said they don't do sleeves, only bands and bypass. And, I will not have another band. I prefer the sleeve. But, I am also new to the military...we have been married six months. I can only go the MTF while he is active duty, correct?

Ok, so I am new to this site. I got a Lap Band 5 years ago in Mexico. Surgery went well. I flew home and was back at work the next week. My first obstacle was finding somebody to do fills. Found a dr. that would do it, but charged me 300$ a fill. I am not made of money...I got about 5 fills over the next year. Slowly, but surely, the weight started coming off. I lost a total of 70 pounds. Then about a year and a half ago two things happened around the same time. One, I found out I had ovarian cysts and fibroids. They caused me no small amount of discomfort. Then, I got a sinus infection. I have horrible allergies and sinuses (part of living here in west TN)....Anyway, constant drainage of sinuses blocked my stoma...and for about a week I was SICK...couldn't get anything down.....Finally, I started feeling some better....but over the course of the next year, I mistook symptoms. I noticed (of course) that I was creeping back up the scale. I married a wonderful man in Nov. He is in the NG...and at this time he is active duty. I started having some serious pain in my left side...same side as my port...same side as the cysts...finally went to ob/gyn...she sent me for CT scan...yes, cysts were there....but so was infection around my port and tubing...Within a month, I had a open, draining wound over my port, and the port was actually visible. Finding a dr to take it out was a NIGHTMARE...but, finally, this past Tuesday, it was surgically removed. I am sooooo depressed. I don't know why, but taking it out was 10x worse than putting it in. My husband is very supportive, bless his heart. During my convalescence, I discovered this site. Looks like I have three options. 1> can go to an MTF...I called one about an hour and half. Not the friendliest woman took my call. Wasn't very clear on what I should do. 2> go to Bariatric specialists and try to get Tricare to pay 3> go self pay if all else fails.... Where should I start? Any suggestions? I prefer to have the sleeve done...but may have to end up with bypass...