LouiseandThelma

<p>Lucky1gg send me a private message please.</p>

Lucky1gg I will try and send you a friend request from fb.

Justme13 Sorry about not answering you sooner, but I'm hardly on here anymore. I will send you a private message with my contact information. Nanf1962 and I have both had our surgery in the past 8 weeks. There is a support group meeting not sure about June but July 23 . You are required to make 5 meetings.

I'm April 14 in Florida. I would also like to join the FB page for support. I will pm one of you with my fb name.

April 14

Jeffrey Lord at Sacred Heart Weight loss Center. Good Luck!

Pensacola : Check out Dr. Lord at Sacred Heart Hospital. My brother used him for his band surgery.

Nanf1962 I just returned from Jacksonville today. I have information I can share with you. I will send you a pm tomorrow with it all . Also on the Dec 19th is a support meeting , Starts at 4:30 In the general surgery department. If you can make this one it will be a start, I think you have to have 5 for requirements .

Welcome! I live in Florida down in Key West.

Mrzsmitty2015, I have been thinking a lot about our conversation the other day about if Tricare covers the Sleeve or not. If you go back to the place where you found the requirements for WLS covered by Tricare: Right under this section You have proof of one of the following: A body mass index greater than or equal to 40 kilograms per meter squared (kg/m2); or A body-mass index of 35-39.9 kg/m2 with one clinically significant comorbidity, including but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, Pickwickian syndrome, hypertension, coronary artery disease, obesity-related cardiomyopathy, or pulmonary hypertension Where it starts the next section: TRICARE doesn't cover the following services: Office visits solely for the treatment of obesity Non-surgical procedures treatment of obesity Nutrition and diet counseling Biliopancreatic bypass (jejunolilea bypass, Scopinaro procedure) Gastric bubble or balloon SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY Gastric wrapping/open gastric banding Unlisted procedures TRICARE Does Cover the following open or laparoscopic bariatric surgical procedures for WLS: Roux-en-Y gastric-bypass Vertical banded gastroplasty (This not the sleeve) Gastroplasty (stomach stapling) Adjustable gastric banding (i.e. adjustable LAP-BAND When you find out on Wednesday if you have been approved for WLS please let me know. You said that you live 30 minutes from the base and maybe that is why they are now covering the sleeve. I thought about that too, to be honest our nearest BASE hospital is 500 miles from us. If we have anything major we are Tricare out and have to travel up to Miami for care which is over 150 miles. If Tricare has started covering the sleeve since the last time I called and checked back in September 2014 I would like to know. Then I wouldn't have to drive 1,000 miles roundtrip, sometimes twice a month to meet the requirements for WLS. 150 miles would be a lot easier and cheaper. When you receive your approval from Tricare this week. The first thing I would ask Which surgery have you approved me for. I hope Tricare has changed their coverage and will cover the sleeve that would be Great! Looking forward to hearing your exciting news this week.

I did all the requirements for Tricare and Johns Hopkins. Now I am starting over again. But this time I'm using a MTF in Florida. I have almost completed my requirements one more month and I will finished up. Hopefully having surgery in Jan/Feb.

Good luck and let me know how it turns out for you. I don't understand why Tricare hasn't covered the sleeve before now. Is she having her surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview?

Wow! I fought them for a year was told Tricare doesn't cover the sleeve. I called them back in September before I started the process over down here in Florida and was told the same thing. Is your friend in MD?

Mrzsmitty2015, No Tricare and USFAmily does not cover the sleeve. What insurance to you have? Do you go to the base clinic?

I think we must have had the same surgeon and office manager! Tracy?