yesterday i had an appt with my pcm (i'm tricare prime) asking for referral to go see dr. norwood (wls surgeon). today the referral got approved and dr. norwood's office called and scheduled my consultation! yay! i am going on jan 25 and dr. norwood said i could be banded as early as three weeks from that date. i'm soooo ready and can't wait!!!! :tt1::thumbup:

yesterday i had an appt with my pcm (i'm tricare prime) asking for referral to go see dr. norwood (wls surgeon). today the referral got approved and dr. norwood's office called and scheduled my consultation! yay! i am going on jan 25 and dr. norwood said i could be banded as early as three weeks from that date. i'm soooo ready and can't wait!!!! :w00t::thumbup:

Congrats! You are on your way to get healthy! Good luck on your journey. They are lots of great people here for support. Come back often.

That's so exciting, congratulations! I am also TriCare Prime. My doctor on base says I'm "too healthy" for him to issue a referral. I have a BMI of 41.4. I am looking into consulting a doctor after base to get the referral to get things moving. I meet TriCare's requirements for surgery but it only works if I can get a referral. I'm going with the theory of if you don't succeed, try, try again:crying:

i'm so sorry to hear that your referral was denied by your pcm. my pcm said that once you hit the bmi of 40 or more, there's no meeting other requirements... that they automatically let you go for a consultation. mine didn't even want to read my weight loss medical history or anything since my bmi is 40. you might try doing a pcm change and then asking the new pcm for a referral. if your bmi is over40 then no, that is not "too healthy" and your pcm is wrong in my opinion. you could also try filing a complaint with patient advocacy, too, if you want. i mean, the pcm is supposed to at least try to give you the referral and then it's up to tricare to approve or deny. and i am pretty sure you'd get approved since your bmi is over 40 and meets the tricare requirements. but good luck with it. =)