El Diablo

Okay, so my surg. is thursday and i'm having some pre-surg jitters! It doesnt help that i check out of the hospital on friday the 13th!! If my surg. was that day, i'd have to reschedule!

Help! I'm getting so freaked out!

Mine is March Friday the 13th, I'm looking at it like this...hopefully some people will be too spooked to have their surgeries that day so I will get in first and not have to wait around all day. :thumbup:

Hi and welcome,

Army vet and now an Army spouse so from one to another...Thank you for your service. I have no complaints with Tricare, I hope everything goes smoothly for you. I'm waiting for my surgery.

The tragic day when I bought a 3X shirt. Wish I had "got it" at 2X and XL.:biggrin:

So, I got my surgery date today :biggrin:

I am officially a new member of the Lucky Losers for March 09.

I have 30 days until my surgery and no longer have to worry about "maintaining my weight" for 40BMI.

No more excuses, no more delay, no reason to wait. The pre-op diet starts for me today. I don't have one prescribed because I lost enough from the time of my nutritionist appointment before I saw the surgeon. So I will impose my own. I'm hitting the Protein shakes from here on out, cutting out the future slider foods and making friends with the treadmill. I vow right here and now, (mark my words and I will keep this thread updated) I will lose another 15 pounds prior to my surgery date. By the time I'm restricted to liquids post diet I plan to have my metabolism firing on all cylinders and take full advantage of the restricted calories while I'm in surgery recovery mode. I'm taking before pictures tomorrow for future use.

My March 13th date will take me nearly to the day one year. My insurance was great, my biggest wait time was the surgeons requirement to be smoke free for 6 months before we could do anything. Made me mad at the time but in retrospect I'm better off for it and didn't gain any additional weight during those six months.

Oh, I don't see that at all! The starting post described her "raking DH" her description

Thank you for stepping in, I turned the other cheek as much as possible.

Back on topic, I feel the spouse who chose the procedure should accept responsibility for any changes in the family dynamic. I think to blame the DH is just an excuse for failure.

woot woot, ignore me!

So, you aren't going to ignore me? :laugh::mad2::lol::crying:

March 13 for me, Friday the 13th if I'm not mistaken. Almost exactly one year from seminar to surgery.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is easy, just answer a bunch of seemingly random questions and find out if you are whacked.

If you decide to do the lap band they will schedule you for any tests you need and handle the authorizations through your PCP. I haven't even talked to my PCM about this but every step along the way he signs off or submits the requests they ask for.

No worries, I'm ignoring the troll.

No worries, I'm ignoring those who are "finding themselves" and have switched sides, not that there's anything wrong with that. Just accept responsibility instead of blaming DH and men in general. Ultimately it's your fat little fingers that stuff the danish down your throat, not his.

So, to clarify, anyone who doesn't agree with you, or join in the husband bashing, or is not yet banded is a; quote, troll, fuckwad, window licking bottle squatter, troglodyte, or stupid, unquote.

Seems the moderators agree with you or it's just acceptable in this forum.

You seem like a lovely and charming lady and your DH clearly should be put to death because it's his fault. Have a nice day:biggrin:

Wow. Someone starts a thread saying they are lacking support from their spouse and you pipe up with responses like this. I'm speechless :hurray:

Apparently not too speechless.:hurray:

Sorry I forget sometimes that people would rather not hear the truth. It is extremely convenient to blame someone else for your failures; DH won't support me, DH loses weight faster than me, DH made me eat a whole pizza, DH pried my mouth open and shoveled a gallon of ice cream down my throat.

I figured the lady would take the hint, look at herself and make the changes for herself rather than making it a pissing contest with DH a nd save herself the trouble of making all those charts and graphs with crayons for us thick headed men But of course I haven't been banded yet and this question/rant could clearly only be answered by someone with that particular device installed.

I make my point with reason and logic, some people would rather have a hug :smile: but that's not my fault.

So, you hate his mother too?

So, you resent him for being able to lose weight faster than you with no effort?

I won him at the fair and just didn't have the heart to put him in the garbage. :thumbup:

So, you are saying that you don't respect him but expect his undying support and respect for you?:smile:

don't admit to smoking

Why are you married to him, doesn't sound like you have one warm feeling for him?

It looks like were having the same problem! I havent been denied yet, mine still says pending but I'm preparing myself for the worst. I too called Tricare and they said they needed more clinicals, that was Fri and my Doc's office was closed by then. I'm calling them first thing this morning to get them to fax whatever else they need! Tricare only gives them 10 days to get the info back to them or else they will deny it. I'm preparing myself for an appeal though. Your thyroid does fall under hypothalamic disorders, I believe. I looked it up. And diabetes definately does. Please let me know what you come up with for your appeal, because alot of our stats and co-morbids are the same. Good luck, let me know!

Mine was approved on day 10 but I did have to have the doc's office send "more clinicals" whatever that means. Seems like a common problem, why don't they just send everything the first time and save people having to appeal just because enough info wasn't sent in.

I'm Tricare Prime, took ten days to get my approval but turns out it was because the docs office didn't submit everything the first time. But still, me too....Tricare approval, first time.:thumbdown:

approved yesterday by Tricare

What are twisties?:thumbdown:

I am Tricare Prime Remote (Same as prime but with no local MTF's)

My surgery was approved today not to mention all the stuff that led up to now; the sleep studies, psych eval, blood work, ekg, cpap equipment, etc.

I have been very pleased with Tricare

Stick with the process and stick with the doc.....but talk to whoever you need to (office manager, the surgeon, etc.) and tell them that their staff is close to costing them a patient. Times are tough and there have been 600,000 people laid off since January 1, 2009. I'm sure the people who count the dollars are not aware of the pissy clerks attitudes. And also, let them have it too, if they are rude and unhelpful, blast em' and give them a piece of your mind.