Well let me start from the. Begining... I am 22 yrs old and I weight 230 lbs I am 5'4... I have chronic back pain it's so bad Ihaven't. Been able to walk all week because my back hurts so much drs have no clue what I have and he said that the best way to get rid of the paint is to lose the weight!.,.. I already went to my surgeons consult and he said he could do the surgery by the end of sep.... But tricare is making me do the 6 month diet with my dr...

Now to my question... Do any of u know I tricare would make an exception to the 6 month diet if it's urgent? Like if my dr writes them a letter explaining my situation.. I'm so tired of being in pain and I don't know how I'm gunna wait 6 months also my blood pressure has been extremely high :/ an my heart beat super fast.. Dr said I need to lose weight ASAP but I can't even get up to walk or do any type of excersise.. I eat extremely healthy and he knows because I have to keep a food journal.. Any advice is appreciated ... Thanks guys

I wish it were possible to avoid the dreaded 6 month weigh-ins, but I don't think it is. If insurance requires it, there isn't too much of a way around it. In the end, they're paying for the procedure and probably want to try to weed out those select candidates for surgery who aren't patient enough and serious enough to wait the 6 months. Kind of just need to endure it.

Oh and it sucks, I know. I have no patience lol.

I have tri care and they will make you do the 6 month diet no matter what. I know it sucks but it's their rules. Hope that you can stick it out for the 6 months because in the end the wait is worth it good luck with everything and if you have more questions ppl are here to help you on the form.

I have tricare and my surgeon was able to back over the last year of notes and if my dr noted anything about diet or his ideas they were able to use it. Also if you saw the dietician any they grabbed those so all I had to do was go in for one weigh in and got approved. Hope that might help good luck!!!

Well let me start from the. Begining... I am 22 yrs old and I weight 230 lbs I am 5'4... I have chronic back pain it's so bad Ihaven't. Been able to walk all week because my back hurts so much drs have no clue what I have and he said that the best way to get rid of the paint is to lose the weight!.,.. I already went to my surgeons consult and he said he could do the surgery by the end of sep.... But tricare is making me do the 6 month diet with my dr...

Now to my question... Do any of u know I tricare would make an exception to the 6 month diet if it's urgent? Like if my dr writes them a letter explaining my situation.. I'm so tired of being in pain and I don't know how I'm gunna wait 6 months also my blood pressure has been extremely high :/ an my heart beat super fast.. Dr said I need to lose weight ASAP but I can't even get up to walk or do any type of excersise.. I eat extremely healthy and he knows because I have to keep a food journal.. Any advice is appreciated ... Thanks guys

they might I was told for months that i hd to do six full months of doc visits i dd 3 and was approved in a day

I have tri care south and my doc looked over my hospital charts an that was good enough with me wanting to loss weight and such

I have Tricare Prime and I wasn't required to do anything by Tricare. My doctor required blood work and a sleep study. I had surgery July 18th. My doctor gave me the Tricare requirements and it only stated that you be over 100 lbs over weight and a bmi of 40 or higher.