crystalmarble00

I am waiting for my referral to go through and then I will schedule an appointment with the surgeon. I want to know of anyone who got approved for surgery with a BMI of 40 or lower and what comorbs or problems you had that helped you get approved. I think my BMI is just 40 but I do not have any of tricares comorbs that are listed.

I have Hypothyroidism but no other issues and had a bmi of 49 and since Hypothyroidism doesn't count, I had to gain weight to make it to a 50 bmi before tricare would approve the surgery.

My husband was deploying not too long after my surgery. Anyway I would wait a few weeks. After that all is perfect!

I started the process in September and had the surgery in October! It was Great!

Has ANyone used Tricare Prime and how lomg did it take for the approval

My Dr had me do a month but I was allowed to eat one solid meal a day. He also has people under 50 bmi to only do a 2 week all liquid diet. I however was right at 50 bmi. The reason is that the larger you are the larger your liver is and he wants the weight loss before the surgery to make sure the liver is smaller and is less apt to be in the way. It makes sense to me to take the precaution and eliminate any chance of accidents.

I'm not a Dr but maybe its not on the inside of your stomach maybe its something on the outside. If they've looked at the inside and found nothing to indicate a problem you should see about the outside. Again I am not a dr. so I have no medical knowledge at all. Just suggesting a process of elimination.

That sux only being able to get a fill every 6 months! My Dr prefers to add a little at a time,(which is good)however if I had to wait 6 months between each fill, it would take years to get to where I actually feel like the band was working.

I personally wouldn't do it myself because I feel the risks are too great. However I know in some other countries they have different ideas about medical procedures, so I'm not going to judge.

However, I can't think of where a person would go to get all the tools you need. I certainly wouldn't trust ordering it on the internet. For instance, if you get a "Leak" and the saline you've used isn't sterile, who knows what you just put in your body! Dishonest distributors could gather the Water right out of their toilet and you would never know!

After a little while on the all liquid diet you just want to bite into something! That was my downfall when the Dr gave me the OK to eat solids. I just couldn't stop biting!

Hi there my name is mabel i was banded inaustin tx on may 11th but i live in fort riley, i feel that im the only one banded around here, so it would be awesome if we could text or talk about our journey, now i realize how important support groups are! So of my friendship is of your interest e-mail me at ms.serna.lmrt@live.com

Have a great day!

I was banded in JC on Oct 26th! I know there are more people banded here just haven't found them! Do you go walking around here?

Would love to meet some people on Fort Riley who would like to start a support group! Maybe start walking or going to Gym on post. I was banded Oct 26th, 2010 my husband is now deployed so I need all the help I can get!

I am almost 3 weeks post op. I can tell when I've ate too much by the slight pain right above my collar bone. However when I wake up in the morning its not slight its MASSIVE! I know its sinus drainage, for reasons too gross to post. I obviously haven't had a fill yet so can this stretch my pouch? I already feel like I can eat a lot more than I could. Which could be because swelling has gone down. I just don't want to have a stretched pouch because my sinuses decided to go haywire!

Anyone else have this problem?