Beth20fan

I was down for the count that day of surgery, but I was up and about the next day with a little soreness. I was good to go after that, so I would say that, with caution, you will be just fine for work on Monday. Just make sure you are not doing any heavy lifting or other strenuous activities until you get the clearance. Good Luck!!

Welp...I went to the seminar last night and I am ready. I am a little frustrated with the Tricare thing though. I did call the WLSC before I switched my Tricare to ask if there was anything that I should get done before doing that and was told that they would do everything. I find out last night that I would need bloodwork and a psych eval done. These are things that I could have done still on Prime and not cost me a thing. Now I will have to go somewhere else and pay some out-of-pocket. Yes, it is still worth it, but I could have saved a little money. I am going to call my old PCM and see if I can still get these done through a MTF (military treatment facility). If I can, then all is good. If there is someone here that has Tricare standard that has egone through this, it would be wonderful if you could fill me in on how you went about this. I also need to get a hold of a copy of my medical records. It is almost ridiculous the hoops that Tricare makes you go through. I have to show proof of my weight in my medical records at least one time a year for the last five years. I am hoping that I visited the doctor at least once a year...I know I did for 4 of those years. Oh well. It isn't called a journey for nothing, eh? I am soooo looking forward to just getting everything done and over with. Yes, I know it is only a tool, but I am ready to make the changes. I have lost 4 pounds by myself in the last 2 weeks. I am already implementing staying away from my no-no foods. Yes, I am scared, but who isn't scared of surgery and change? The seminar was done by Dr Terracina. I really liked him. He made sure all questioned were answered. He seemed to care. Anyway, here's to hoping that I can be done and banded by the end of February. OK Time to get off of here and get those phone calls done.

I had a referral to Portsmouth, but I was told the waiting list to actually get the surgery was several years long. So, I called around and asked around and was finally led to NN WLSC. I called them and I was told that if I was not referred to them, that the only way to get any coverage was to go TriCare Standard. Now, with Standard, there is a deductible to meet and some out-of-pocket expenses. For me, this is a life and death situation. I would rather pay some out-of-pocket, than possibly dying before I get the surgery with Portsmouth. I go for my first seminar at the NN WLSC on the 13th and I am very excited to get this ball rolling!

OK Soooo let's bring this thread back to life! LOL Hiya! My name is Beth and I am just beginning this journey. Although, I have known for at least a couple of years that I wanted this surgery. Up until now, I have not been financially able to do it. No, there was no house to mortgage, no loans to get, blah blah. Although, I did find out over the summer that TriCare is now covering this surgery. I knew that I would need to wait until after the new year to do it since I tried going through my PCP, but I was told that the waiting list at Portsmouth Naval was several year long. Yeah, I am not going to wait that long, as I may not have that long. I decided to change my TriCare, so that I could go to the NN WLSC. I go to the initial seminar on the 13th. I had to wait after the new year to start this journey, because there will be some out of pocket expenses with the TriCare Standard...co-pays and other limited coverage. But, hey, it's all good...at least I won't have to go all the way to Portsmouth for all of my apppointments now and there is no waiting list! I am so excited to finally start this! What are some good questions that I should ask the doctor? At this point, I can't think of anything because of all the research I have done over the last couple of years. This forum has been quite helpful, too. I spent the last few hours just reading a lot of the posts here. Anyway, I hope that some of you guys will come back and start posting again!