chantel03

i know it differs for alot on here, but for me, i had to take a test called "mmpi". some only have to take part of the test, but i took the whole test...it took 2 and a half hours!!! mostly questions like "do you hear voices?" "do you hurt small animals?" its all true/ false. and then afterwards the shrink calls you for a follow up to go over any red flags. i had 4 red flags. most have like 20+. so i guess i did really well. oh, and make sure you tell the truth on the questions, because they ask you over and over again, to make sure you tell the truth. good luck if you do end up taking it. ive read on here about some who have failed the test, because of their depression.

your boss dosent know what she's talking about. ive read plent of forums on here about tricare approving them. congrats on getting this far. my stupid PCM made me see a shrink twice, get a 3 hour psych test, see a nutritionist and now lose ten pounds before he'll put in my referral to the surgeon. and im border line the 100 pounds. but he seems to think ill still get approved. so we'll see. let us know when you find out!:redface:

urghhhhhhhhhhh!!! i cant even described how royally pissed off i am at my PCM. so i got to my appointment today (had to get up at 4:30 am to take hubby to work) get to his office wait thirty minutes just for him to give me ANOTHER piece of paper. but wait it gets better.....whats on this paper you ask?!?! MY TRICARE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS!!!! something you think he would have given me when we first met a month ago. .....what was on this paper you ask?!?!?! i ahve to lose 10 pounds as a form of commitment to the lap band. i told my stupid doc that if i lost any weight i wouldnt qualify for the rest of my requirements...but did he listen?NO!!! so now i have to lose 10 pounds in like a week so that i can go back next week and get my referral. but thats not even the worst part!!!! were living overseas (hubbys in the airforce) and i have to be at least one year away from our DEROS date(date we go back to the states) to be eligable.we leave next may!!!!! so now i have to pray for a miracle and hope the hubby can extend our DEROS date so i can get the lap band. all this because my stupid doc couldnt give me a stupid freaking paper on my first visit!!! I JUST WANT TO CRY!!!

urghhhhhhhhhhh!!! i cant even described how royally pissed off i am at my PCM. so i got to my appointment today (had to get up at 4:30 am to take hubby to work) get to his office wait thirty minutes just for him to give me ANOTHER piece of paper. but wait it gets better.....whats on this paper you ask?!?! MY TRICARE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS!!!! something you think he would have given me when we first met a month ago. .....what was on this paper you ask?!?!?! i ahve to lose 10 pounds as a form of commitment to the lap band. i told my stupid doc that if i lost any weight i wouldnt qualify for the rest of my requirements...but did he listen?NO!!! so now i have to lose 10 pounds in like a week so that i can go back next week and get my referral. but thats not even the worst part!!!! were living overseas (hubbys in the airforce) and i have to be at least one year away from our DEROS date(date we go back to the states) to be eligable.we leave next may!!!!! so now i have to pray for a miracle and hope the hubby can extend our DEROS date so i can get the lap band. all this because my stupid doc couldnt give me a stupid freaking paper on my first visit!!! I JUST WANT TO CRY!!!

i completely understand what youre going thru. im 247 pounds and although i may not be morbidly obese, i am obese. im the one who has to look at myself naked everyday! im the one who would fight tooth and nail not to go to ANY venue that requires a bathing suit! and im the one who see's all the stares from the "skinny ones"! we make this choice on our own and no one has the right to voice their opions! shes just mad because deep down inside she knows if she could afford it, she would be right there with you. i cant wait to get banded! and proud of it!lol:tt2:

thanks everyone. from the sound of it, it sounds like it wont be that bad.... and as for the not looking thing, i've tried that. but i always take a peek.lol. defeats the purpose i know.but i cant help it. oh well, im sure ill be just like everyone else and look forward to them.....hopefully:blush:

good luck hun, im in the same boat as you but opposite. im shooting for the 100 pounds since i dont qualify for 200%. i know i have arthritis and AVN (hip disease) but i dont know if it will be enough. i guess we'll just have to hope for the best!

like most on here, ive had and up and down battle with weight all my lfe. when i was 18 i decided i wanted to enlist into the military and i was not going to let my weight stop me. i lost 50 pounds in a year and thought for the first time in my llife i was auctually going to beat this weight battle. i was 19 164 pounds and i felt great.i enlisted in the airforce and was sent to basic in san antonio. i was there for 6 weeks and 2 days before i graduated i was sent home. turns out the pain in my hip (i had two hip surgeries prior to enlistment) wasnt becasue i was fat, but indeed a hip disease.my whole life was turned upside down.so here i was at 19, being told i need a hip replacement, severe arthrithis and i cant complete basic training. i think the next step is pretty obvious......DEPRESSION. although never treeated, i know i went thru it. i quickly went from 164 to 220 in a matter of months. now im 22, 253 pounds married to the love of my life, a beautiful 7 month old baby, and yet i still cant be happy with myself. i know the only thing holding me back is my weight, and im sick and tired of it. im no longer going to let this rule my life. i decided a month ago i was finally going to grow a pair and ask my PCM for a consult. my husbands in the airforce and we are currently in germany so there area lot of steps to getting a consult. but i did it. now ive got my nutritioist out of the way. ive had my psych eval...and passed.lol. and now i go to see my PCM on tuesday.im scared to death of what hes going to say. i cant afford this on my own and i cant lose it by myself. i'll keep everyone updated as my story continues....:biggrin:

like most on here, ive had and up and down battle with weight all my lfe. when i was 18 i decided i wanted to enlist into the military and i was not going to let my weight stop me. i lost 50 pounds in a year and thought for the first time in my llife i was auctually going to beat this weight battle. i was 19 164 pounds and i felt great.i enlisted in the airforce and was sent to basic in san antonio. i was there for 6 weeks and 2 days before i graduated i was sent home. turns out the pain in my hip (i had two hip surgeries prior to enlistment) wasnt becasue i was fat, but indeed a hip disease.my whole life was turned upside down.so here i was at 19, being told i need a hip replacement, severe arthrithis and i cant complete basic training. i think the next step is pretty obvious......DEPRESSION. although never treeated, i know i went thru it. i quickly went from 164 to 220 in a matter of months. now im 22, 253 pounds married to the love of my life, a beautiful 7 month old baby, and yet i still cant be happy with myself. i know the only thing holding me back is my weight, and im sick and tired of it. im no longer going to let this rule my life. i decided a month ago i was finally going to grow a pair and ask my PCM for a consult. my husbands in the airforce and we are currently in germany so there area lot of steps to getting a consult. but i did it. now ive got my nutritioist out of the way. ive had my psych eval...and passed.lol. and now i go to see my PCM on tuesday.im scared to death of what hes going to say. i cant afford this on my own and i cant lose it by myself. i'll keep everyone updated as my story continues....

thanks fang! i can handle blood being drawn. it never hurts. i just hate the needle.lol.

did they numb you first?

okay so according to the metlife chart i should be between 136-150. i currently weigh 253 pounds. im not exactly sure what the 200% means, but do i qualify for the 100 pounds over weight? im 5'8 so my bmi is only 38.5 so i have to hit the 100 pounds. tricare is very particular! any help would be great!

okay so first off let me just say, i've had two major hip surgeries. both took about a month to recover from, plus i delivered my son vaginally (cant spell) so I AM NO STRANGER TO PAIN!!! ............................i just cant stand needles:bored:.im 22 years old and i still cry at the thought of them.lol im not changing my mind about this,I AM GETTING THE LAP BAND, i just want to know how bad do they hurt? i just watched a you tube video and almost threw up.lol. any stories or tips would be appreciated. i also know that some docs numb first. but i think that might even be worse! i mean 2 NEEDLES. are you kidding me?!?!?

hey everyone, so i have a question for those with tricare.for the past month ive done all the little test and evaluations that my PCM has asked for. this tuesday i meet with my PCM to get the referral to the surgeon. so my question is,has anyone's PCM not given them the refferal after telling them they would if you saw the shrink and nutritionist? my shrink says i should expect a extended supervised diet but i CANT lose any weight yet. in fact i had to gain 5! i guess im just nervous but i would really like some feed back from those with experience with this. thanks everyone.

if that was the case then i would be glad to prove her wrong, but its not. she's already approved the surgery she just dosent understand the requiremnets for it. im her first ever lap band patient and she just dosent know what to do with me. she even told me she wasnt sure what i should expect afterwards because she dosent know. i wnat to see another shrink so i can get a better understanding of the after effects. ive read every single thread on here about what to expect afterwards, but i would love to talk to a doc about it, you know? im just upset at the fact that she dosent know anything about it, yet shes willing to waste my time. plus, my nutritionist looked at my food journal ive been keeping for the past year and he recommended it too.i have a problem with portions not commitment! trust me, this is what i want and i know it will work because im not going to let it fail!!!

i wish i could go to another shrink but i cant. i have tricare and live on a military base so i cant change my PCM and i cant change the shrink he sent me too. i think im just stressing about it. ill see what happens tuesday and then go from there.thanks guys for the advice.

the 200% isnt the only thing that matters though. do you have any comorbids? ive found people on here going thru tricare with a 37 bmi and getting approved. i would make sure you get all your test done first and then see what your doc says. if tricare denies you, you can always gain weight and then get an appeal. :smile:

okay, so im freaking out. i finally got up the nerve to talk to my PCM about the lap band and then was told to get all this testing and come back when i was done.(basically a brush off) that was a month ago. since then i've went to the shrink twice, took a two hour evaluation...no i do not hear voices, by the way!.... met with a nutritionist...and reschulded my appt with my PCM again.only problem.... THE STUPID SHRINK RAINED ON MY PARADE!!! after telling me that whe would approve the surgery, she basically said that she was going to request a extended supervissed diet! WTF?!?!? has anyone on here ever had their nutritionist approve them and then have the shrink ask for a diet plan? it wouldnt be so bad except for the fact that i have tricare, and i weigh 250 pounds with a bmi of 38.5. even if i go on a supervised diet, i cant lose any weight. my bmi needs to be a 40 with 2 comorbids. as of now i only have arthritiis. ( i also have a hip diease that will eventually result in a total hip replacement , but my PCM told me that dosent count) i dont know what to do now. my appt is on tuesday and im so afaird hes not going to put in the consult to the surgeon. ordinarily i wouldnt mind going on a diet.and i would love to do a pre op diet if i was approved. but what am i supposed to do when i cant lose any weight yet, and my husband is going to be deployed in august for 6 months? i need this done before he leaves.(6 month old baby at home) I HATE SHRINKS!!!!:w00t: not to mention ive made myself sick packing on an extra 5 pounds to raise my bmi!!!just thinking about tuesday makes me sick to my stomach!!!:thumbup:

lol. :lol:i thought i was the only one with a shoe tieing problem. i always make my husband tie them. or i just wear flip flops.lol thats defiently going to be one of my NSV 's......

this might sound stupid, but i was watching this abc(i think) special about people in the coal mining countries who had something called "mountain dew mouth". supposedly after a while it rots your teeth out of your mouth and it was the same addiction quality as cocaine. i've never been addicted to anything in my life( i've never even smoked) but i can only imagine how hard it is for you. and by what you say happens to you at night, it sounds like youre going thru withdrawls.i would defiently tell a doc about it. maybe not your surgeon but defiently a doc , say at your next physical. good luck hun.:thumbup:

urghhhhh you are so lucky!!! after my first visit with my shrink, she made an appt for me to take a two hour test about hearing voices!!! i went in today for the results and she said everything looked great and she would approve me....but, she would be "surprised" if my primary doc didnt put me on a supervised diet! i went to the nutritionist and was approved by them as well. my appt's next tuesday so well see. hopefully everything will work out just like you. congrats!!!

:mad:urghhhhhhhh!!! i am so MAD!!! so after all my jumping thru hoops with the docs and the nutritionist and the STUPID shrink's 3 hour test....i go in today to find out the results of the test.of course everything was fine, i know im not crazy, and i realize how big of a decision this is. but the STUPID shrink (who knows nothing about lap bad, i might add and only about the gastric bypass)told me that she will approve me getting the surgery but , basically is going to request i go on a supervised diet for a while!!!! wtf?!!??! i gave them every diet in the book that ive tried! i have a food journal and i work out!!!my problem is not stopping when im full. hince the lap band! im so pissed off! not to mention i have tricare and im right at my weight limit so if i do lose any weight its just going to come back on but it'll probaly be another year before i can get the surgery!!!so im going to have to be fat for another year of my life, my husbands deploying for 6 months so i'll be spending the hoidays by myself and now...IM GONNA HAVE TO GO ON ANOTHER DIET!!!! I HATE SHRINKS! oh and did i mention that the nutritionist will approve me too for the sugery?!?!?! why would a nutritionist who specializes in food management approve me and the shrink think its her place to go against him? I HATE SHRINKS!!!!:thumbup:

:mad:urghhhhhhhh!!! i am so MAD!!! so after all my jumping thru hoops with the docs and the nutritionist and the STUPID shrink's 3 hour test....i go in today to find out the results of the test.of course everything was fine, i know im not crazy, and i realize how big of a decision this is. but the STUPID shrink (who knows nothing about lap bad, i might add and only about the gastric bypass)told me that she will approve me getting the surgery but , basically is going to request i go on a supervised diet for a while!!!! wtf?!!??! i gave them every diet in the book that ive tried! i have a food journal and i work out!!!my problem is not stopping when im full. hince the lap band! im so pissed off! not to mention i have tricare and im right at my weight limit so if i do lose any weight its just going to come back on but it'll probaly be another year before i can get the surgery!!!so im going to have to be fat for another year of my life, my husbands deploying for 6 months so i'll be spending the hoidays by myself and now...IM GONNA HAVE TO GO ON ANOTHER DIET!!!! I HATE SHRINKS! oh and did i mention that the nutritionist will approve me too for the sugery?!?!?! why would a nutritionist who specializes in food management approve me and the shrink think its her place to go against him? I HATE SHRINKS!!!!:devil:

congrats savannahsmommie!!!:rolleyes2: i have tricare as well and my bmi and weight is the same as yours. i have a few more appointments til i figure out if tricare will approve me, but knowing you got approved, makes me extremly happy!!!! did you have any comorbids?

im kinda in the same boat as you. im 5'8 and 247. i have AVN and arthritis so im hoping for the best. i have to go to a mmpi test on monday then back to the shrink then to a nutritionist then back to my PCM and then and only then, he'll put in a consult to the surgeon. everythings going quite fast but im so worried that after all this testing their going to say no. my bmi is only 37.5 and i havent talked to anyone thats my age with that bmi getting it. (docs worried that because im so young that i wont stick with it) WTF:angry: why would i go thru surgery if i didnt plan on giving it 100%. i hate doctors!!! but i know with tricare the main thing is a 100 pounds over weight. anyways good luck and keep us updated!!!