Hello all! I’ve been reading this forum for a few weeks now and I told my self I would not post until I received approval. Sounds silly, but I was soooo afraid to jinx myself! I got the call this morning from a Tricare coordinator and everything is good to go! Pre-surgical testing is set for June 8th and my surgery should be June 14th. It was still up in the air pending insurance approval, so I will find out this coming Monday if that is my date for sure. For anyone dealing with Tricare here are my stats. I started out at 5’2 and 225lbs my only co-morb was sleep apnea. I was so afraid I wouldn’t get approved but I am ecstatic that I was!! Over all they were really easy to deal with. My surgeon required that I lose10% of my weight, which I did and I am currently at 205. So that means Im not required to do a liquid diet but I will be doing one for at least 5 days before surgery to get myself ready for the post-op liquid diet. Reading this forum has been so so helpful and I will be sharing my journey as time goes by. Thank you all for reading!

Congratulations! I also got the call today from my surgeon's office. BC/BS submitted for approval last Tuesday and approved today! I'm scheduled for a lap band with plication on Mon June 20th. Process was a lot quicker than I thought it would be!

Congratulations! What area of the country are you located? Are you standard or prime? I'm in SC, and have standard.

Hey, I know you're already banded by this time but I wanted to say congrats anyway! I also have tricare standard, and I got my approval about two weeks after the surgeon's office requested it So glad we have tricare and that they're so simple to deal with, lol. Congrats again!