So I have a date!!! I am so excited! Today has been a mixture of different emotions.. My husband is stationed at Fort Hood and the memorial service was today.. We went... it was so so so sad. Our leaders have great writers for all their speeches but today was so touching. It might have been because this is our home and our friends. After the service I walked home (post was a mad house and driving wasn't an option) I got the phone call... December 23!!! I am so excited. After something so tragic i felt guilty being happy on this day. We have amazing surgeons on post and it's not like going to a normal gastric surgeon.. we are filler surgeries.. when ever they have time they fit us in... and it's a LONG wait usually I have been very fortunate to not have to wait very long and my time has been exceptionally short. So to get the call this soon has been phenominal. My preop diet starts on the 15th of December and I hope this will be a very MERRY CHRISTMAS.

I am so sorry for all of the tragedy that surrounds your home right now, but don't feel guilty for being happy! A positive experience is still a good thing, even when there is a whole lot of bad happening otherwise.

Congratulations on getting your date!

Hi Danielle,

glad you got your date...we are in ft hood as well i went to my pcm 2 weeks ago ,she put in a referal to see the surgeons at darnell ...well yesterday i got a call saying they wont take no more "new" lapband patients :smile: i was bummed about that .... they submitted it to tricare now i gotta wait to hear from them to see if i get approved or not , i am 5'8 264 lbs with hypertension and high triclycerides take meds for both im hoping to get approved i wanna get that done soooooooooooooo bad

Hi Danielle- welcome to the december delights

we have a thread under community/social groups.

Tina

HEY!!! they are not taking anymore because three of the surgeons are deploying.. So they still need to train the new doctors to do the procedure.. I am very fortunate that I did get that call.. Take Care!!! keep in touch about your surgery!! let me know if tricare aproves you to go off post for it!

Hey,

Tricare called me today i am approved to see a surgeon at Scott& White in Temple to be evaluated ... on the 9th i got the bariatic seminar in Killeen and the Phsych evaluation ...from what i understood after all thats done the surgeon submits the paperwork to Tricare again to get the final approval for the surgery...but hey im one step closer :sad:

Let me know how your Surgery went