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I have Tricare standard. My nutricionist appointment was done over the phone and through emails. It was billed through the facility I used. Same with the behavorial specialist. I just saw the final billing amount from the doctors office and surgery center a bit ago. It was over $20,000. Out of that I paid a total of less than $100 in co-pays ( EKG, pre-op physcial, chest xray, blood work, and prescriptions). I got my Protein powders from Trader Joes, and Atkins brand. Sherry, if you're willing to travel and switch to Standard, you may like coming up my way.

I'm also scheduled for 3/24! I'm a bit nervous as well. Will update Post Surgery!

Hello I'm Nobia! I'm having my LB done next week, Thursday. I'm a newlywed, married less than a year to my husband who is a Marine stationed in Japan (not the disaster area). Between us we've got 5 kids and 3 dogs. My husband is set to return to the US next month and we're all moving to 29 Palms CA! Looking foward to a totally new life style in the coming weeks, months, years... Oh, and not really enjoying the pre-op diet, but following it word for word! ~nobia

Thank you for the welcomes! I'm not nervous thank goodness, but the timing is so crazy. I'm set to move soon after surgery. We've got movers, so no heavy lifting for me, and I've arranged for the dog I have here with me in CA to stay with family until my husband and the other dogs arrive safely from Japan. But the idea of moving, kids in new school etc, gets a bit stressful. Luckly the kids are all older, and perfectly capable of helping out.. Looking forward the hearing how both of your procedures go.

My tricare approval also went smoothly, I have high blood pressure and 48.4 BMI, surgery is scheduled for a week from yesterday. My only concern is at seemingly the last minute Triwest announced they would not be covering the surgery facility I was originally planning to use, so now I have to use one that's covered and is nearly 2.5 hours away. It makes no sense to me, but I really like my surgeon and her staff so I don't want to have to do the process over again, since they can work with me at the other facility still. I'm thinking that drive home next week is going to be "interesting" lol...