jjack929

Hi everyone, I live in the Washington DC area and was all set to get a gastric sleeve earlier this week. I'd been working towards this for a year, only to find out at the last minute (I had already started my pre-op diet) that my insurance won't approve the sleeve, but will approve the bypass. I originally didn't want a bypass -- i thought it was too scary/too extensive. Now that I know it's my only choice, i'm coming around to the idea and just found this forum. If I give my doc the go ahead, I can probably get on the surgery schedule for April. Any encouraging thoughts would be much appreciated. Are there any DC ladies here?

I have US Family Health Plan which I guess fals under Tricare Prime. I have to be seen at Johns Hopkins facilities. I was scheduled for a sleeve today at Sibley Hospital in DC, have been at this for almost a year, and learned last week that Tricare will not cover the sleeve because it's too new, but they will cover the bypass. I really, really don't want a bypass.