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What should i expect? All I was told was I could go to the seminar before I see my PCM to get a referral and they gave me the date, time, and place. I am clueless as to what I will learn.

OH and she said from the time you attend the seminar till surgery is about 3 months which makes me VERY happy!!!!

I'm back from the seminar. It was very informative, but I still have questions. The surgeon does both gastric bypass and lapband, so she talked about both. She is more for gastric bypass than lapband. She was saying that 20% of Lapband surgeries have to have a revision and sometimes end up with gastric bypass anyway. She said that gastric bypass patients loose weight alot faster than with the lapband. I asked about getting pregnant after having the surgery and she said you can with either surgery, but she would suggest lapband if you are planning on getting pregnancy cause there are less complications. I'm so confused. I wanna loose weight quickly, but I don't wanna be a size 1 or even a size 6. I just wanna be a healthy weight and feel good about myself. I definately need some insite from all of you here that have already had your surgery. Tell me why you chose Lapband over gastric bypass!!

Wonder if I'll have to do that too. Sounds like it will be a great start to your weight loss. Let us know how it goes.

I can go to the seminar without a referral. I'm sure my PCM won't give me a referral without seeing me first cause I have never been to the doc here, I just changed my Tricare over this week. I'm going to a seminar this coming week.

No cancellations so far. :tongue2: I called Tricare today and they couldn't really tell me anything I didn't already know. I called the Bariactric center here on base (Fort Bragg) and they said I can go to a seminar and support group meeting before my appointment, so that makes me feel better, at least I won't feel like I'm not doing anything. :thumbup:

Hey Linda, it's Kelly. Just popping in to see how you are doing. It sounds like it is a frustrating process, I guess I'll soon find out. I have decided to go ahead and get the ball rolling here too and put ttc on the backburner. I just can't take being this big anymore. :confused: It looks like we are at the exactly same place (weight wise), so we can go through this together. :thumbup: Oh, I have an appointment with my PCM June 24, but I'm gonna bug them till they move it up. Also, Trey and I talked about it again and he is totally for me having the surgery. :wub:

Thanks. I was able to go to the clinic with my Tricare PCM change paperwork and make an appointment. The first available one they had was June 24 though :confused:. I'm hoping if I call everyday, they will have some cancellations.

I have Tricare Prime and I am nervous about getting approved. I just changed my PCM, so now I need to get an appointment to go see my new PCM. Do I just go in and tell them I want Lap Band Surgery or do I need to take medical records in with me?