:help:I received my doctors referral for the lapband. My referral was supposed to take 3 days to approve but I received the call from general sugery today to meet with the doctor to discuss if I will be accepted for the band. My husband being military makes my process different from other peoples. If there is someone associated with Tricare could someone please tell me the process from here. My appointment with general surgery is scheduled for August 21st. Thanks to all and I look forward to getting to know all of you. Good luck and best wishes.

Christine

Welcome to LBT! Congrats on getting the referral, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

I also have tri-care. Also Fort Lewis. Curious about Lap Band. Have not yet made any appointments and new to the area so I havn't even seen teh doc yet for anything. Could you tell me the process you have gone through to get to the point your at??? Any pointers will help im so lost and a little timid aproaching this

Welcome to Ft. Lewis! I went and saw my PCM and he gave me the referral to go see general surgery. I go and see Dr. Sebesta on August 21st. He will then have to refer me to Bremerton Naval Hospital because Madigan does not do the lap band, only gastric bypass. I believe we can do everything we need to at Madigan and then go to Bremerton to meet the surgeon and have the procedure done. I know Madigan will do the fills for you. I hope this has been some help for you, I seem to just be rambling on. Oh, and you will see people on here about Tri-care not covering the procedure. They will not cover it if you try to go to a civilian provider only if you go the MTF that does the procedure. Since Bremerton is less than 50 miles away we are covered.

I am in the beginning of the process. I am trying to find out if anyone knows anything about St. Elizabeth's Hospital or Emerson Hospital. I am trying to decide which program to go with.