sherry092571

Hello again, So I'm still awaiting approval for my surgery l when I saw Dr Awad April 29 he told me that I would need to lose 8 Lbs before July (that is when I'm hoping to have my surgery) my BMI was at 37 I lost 12 lbs since then I'm now at bmi 34.3 I I'm really worried that I will not get approved since my bmi is at 34 I talked to the nurse and she says they submit to tricare the bmi of when the dr first saw me. I'm in a routine with my workout like for the past 10 yrs off and on when I go on a diet I lose only 20lbs and I'm stuck at a plateau not matter how hard I try I can't lose anymore weight than and as you all know you give up and you gain the weight back. So now comes my question should I just stop trying to lose more weight Im really worried that if I do lose more weight my Dr will say well your losing the weight on your own you don't need the surgery need all the input I could get with this please help Sherry

thank you so much for your replies sherry

Hi My Sherry I just have one question I have went through everything that I had to do blood test GI sleep Study ect now I'm just waiting for the approval I talk to Dr Awad office and they said they were going to submit everything for the approval this was on June 8th the girl told me it takes 5 days what is the max days does it take to get an approval?? I still haven't heard anything I have tricare and I been looking on the website everyday waiting so frusterating could someone please tell me out I'm so inpatient should I go ahead and call Dr Awad office again or should I give it more time? ok so I lied that is more than one question :-) Sherry

Wendall, I don't have the LP as of yet I have my consult next week but I have been spending many hours reading up on how the lapband works. I want to thank you for putting up that post I have a much better understand of how it works now sherry

Hi my name is Sherry I have an appointment on March 30 for the consult I have Tricare Prime for a Dr. in Palms springs the closes place that will do the surgery to Twentynine Palms the girl taking my info over the phone said that there will be a payment of $1500 out of pocket payment for nutrition classes Vitamins and trainer does this seem right? I don't want to get rip off seems that tricare could cover the nutrition classes and vitamins is there a cheaper way? I would appreciate any help I could get Sherry

Thank you all for your replies it's a huge help!!!!

would that Doc happen to be Ramy Awad?

So I'm new here and just have some quesitons I know that it will vary depending on your insurance I have Tricare if anyone out there with tricare insurance that's had the surgery can you help me out with just rough estimate of the out of pocket costs? any help will be greatly appreciated Sherry

I ve been reading your post and I would like to know really what to expect from someone that is going through the process . I have my consult on March 30 and my Therapist appt on April 1st . I see that the prcess from consult-surgery varies from 5 mo-10months does it really take that long to actually do the surgery? why does the process takes so long? or is there something that can make the process faster? any help walking me through the process what to expect would be greatly appreciated Sherry