I have my consult June 8th we have Tricare, any specific things they require before surgery will be approved?

I'm new to this site and I have tri care prime (west) my husbands in the navy and I've been talking to my pmc about having the surgery done. I go to see him tomorrow and kind of follow up with him on my diet, I started talking to him about it in may and he said that I might be able to have the surgery in July or august. I'm 5'2 and 208 pounds I started at 230 and have been dieting and exersicing with my husband 6 days a week. I suggest that you make an appointment with your pmc to start the process of having test run on you and letting him know what kinds of foods you eat and how long you have been on a diet. There is no wait list where I live at but it might be different in other places tri care west is different from the east. But if you can see your pmc on a regular basis the process may be much quicker. I hope that this has helped you and good luck on your journey

We have tricare also I started my process may 11th. I got my final approval June 22nd and off to surgery August 10. They moved fast for me and I have seen others go soooo slow, but that's tricare for you

That's awesome I'm so happy for you, my PCM wants me to just stick with diet and exercise because I'm only 21 and I can lose the weight but I've hit a wall and have stopped losing weight for a month now and I go see my PCM Monday and hopefully he can start getting me approved for the RNY soon!!! I'm hoping tri care can get me approved within a month (lets hope) how does your husband feel about you having the surgery?

I have tricare and i'm stationed overseas for me to get surgery I had to first get pcm to agree and give me referel for hawk. Then I had to go threw 6 months of diet and exercise classes and get them to sign off. I had to go see a shrink and get them to sign off. Then everything got sent to tricare and they made the final decision. I started the process in april 2011 and got my approval in january 2012 and sugrery was febuary 18,2012.Was a long process but so worth it now. Being that we are overseas my sugery was done offbase.

I have tricare prime south, started in march got everything done n now they want more documents re weight loss programs.... So I have gone to my pcp and he said he would write me a letter stating what ever I needed so I am really hoping the letter will be enough and I will be cleared for surgery.

I have tricare prime south' date=' started in march got everything done n now they want more documents re weight loss programs.... So I have gone to my pcp and he said he would write me a letter stating what ever I needed so I am really hoping the letter will be enough and I will be cleared for surgery.[/quote']

I have Tricare south also, I have to have 3 months of Pcp monitor weight loss I started June 1. My surgeons office told me Tricare just started this requirement in March.

I started in April (26) and had surgery July 19. I have tricare south... Idk why they want all those things from you all !

So I went to my referral and all my pre op appointments and I officially have surgery Tuesday! It was a pretty easy process.

Congratulatons!!!!!!! Good luck with everything and I'll be praying for a speedy recovery for you!! I just got my referral today and I'm hoping to have everything done by next week.

Awwww well thank you I'm just at the point where its like ok is it Tuesday yet? LOL

Awesome...I hope it goes quickly and smoothly for you.

Tuesday will come fast for you!!!