So the horrible lady at my dr's office that was such a bit** yesterday called me late this afternoon and said that she had not received the approval from Tricare but was going to go ahead and make the appointments for my preop class tomorrow at 830am, and I see the dr and go to hospital on friday at 130pm for preop test etc. Now...remember this is the same lady that raked me out just yesterday because I asked if she could make these appointments since she only had to submit the actual surgery date to Tricare for approval (they told her that was ALL they needed) and she said NO and yelled at me and got in to a huge issue with me... Now today she set all the appointments without the approval !!!

By the way I got home from work today and logged in to my tricare page and found that at 5:27pm they had offically approved the surgery... so all is well... Surgery is MONDAY Aug. 13th!!! I am SO excited I can't stand it.... I got a lot to finish up (cleaning, cooking meals for hubby to eat while I am gone) I am already packed (thanks to all the tips for packing you have all shared!) and just passing time. I'm a little nervous, but far more ready to get this behind me and on the way to losing and living an active life!

Good luck you will be fine