Hi all,

I'm new on here so I thought I should start with my introduction. I've been browsing this site for a few months now but just joined the other day. My journey originally started December of 2008. I talked to my PCM about WLS and he completely shot me down. told me to diet and do what my skinny friends do. So I took matters into my own hands and found a surgeon and attended a seminar. Applied for surgery but got denied by my insurance(ODS) I was crushed and had given up hope.

Fast forward to April of 2009. My husband is in the Army and I now have Tricare(Triwest) and a new PCM. My new PCM was very supportive of WLS and submitted a referrel to Tricare for the surgery. Tricare approved me almost immediately for the consultations and pre-appointments(sleep study, etc.) So now I'm just working on getting these appointments out of the way. My surgeon is at OHSU in Portland, OR and they unfortunately want me to attend another seminar which isn't for a couple of weeks. I hate the waiting game.

So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that when I get everything taken care of Tricare approves me for the actual procedure. My husband got deployed to Iraq so we were never able to have a real wedding. When he gets home next summer we are going to have a big outdoor wedding and my dream is to walk down that aisle looking beautiful.

PS...My name is Liz, I'm 21 years old, 5'1, BMI 42.7. It's awful being so young and so big. I'm praying for this surgery.

Don't feel bad at all, I'm 21 as well and I have a higher bmi, I think mines 47. Don't get discouraged, just use the time waiting for the seminars to read up more on the actual procedure and possibly buy stuff that you'll need for after. I was screwed around for over a year before I found out anything difinitive but I'm also going with the public system here in australia so it takes twice as long lol. Anyway good luck, everyone on here is pretty supportive as well so that's definitely helpful =)

did you get the surgery? I also have ODS through my husband whom works for Nike and through my employer Multnomah County.