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Hey. I'm a 22 year old mommy. I go in for my psych eval on 8/27 and surgeon's consult the next day...I guess I'm going to have to self pay. My hubby's in the army and all of the hospitals here wont take TriCare because they don't payout enough or something...oh well it'll be worth it! I've heard a lot of people talking about how painful it is after the surgery...I'm nervous...excited, but nervous. I just wanted to hear some input from other people in my position....the good and the bad. I can't wait to get this going :smile: I am currently 5'3'', 257 pounds, BMI of 45.5...keeping my chubby fingers crossed :thumbup: lol. Thank you in advance for anything and everything.:biggrin:

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Everyone's experience is different, but I experienced no pain at all.....never even had a gas pain. I was at the hospital from 10 a.m. to 2:30 pm then made a 2 hr car ride home. I was beginning to wonder if they really did anything to me while I was asleep but they did something that worked - I lost 160 lbs. Now I have a pretty easy life....I wasn't having to go to work or clean house or chase a baby like you do and I'm sure that makes a lot of difference.....you should really plan to have someone around to help you out with the baby and your chores so you can heal well and be able to spend some time preparing your foods correctly. I know that some people have a more difficult experience, but in reading the boards for 3 years now it seems most LB patients are back in full swing in less than a week.

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Hey. I'm a 22 year old mommy. I go in for my psych eval on 8/27 and surgeon's consult the next day...I guess I'm going to have to self pay. My hubby's in the army and all of the hospitals here wont take TriCare because they don't payout enough or something...oh well it'll be worth it! I've heard a lot of people talking about how painful it is after the surgery...I'm nervous...excited, but nervous. I just wanted to hear some input from other people in my position....the good and the bad. I can't wait to get this going :smile: I am currently 5'3'', 257 pounds, BMI of 45.5...keeping my chubby fingers crossed :thumbup: lol. Thank you in advance for anything and everything.:biggrin:

Hi there. just a suggestion before you selfpay go to the top of the page where it has search type in tricare that page will pop up an there are serveral of us tricare patients on there and you can ask a mass of questions as to the closest place to go that will except tricare. good luck let me know how you do. just had my surger on aug 21st and I am doing fantastic

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Thanks. The only place here that takes TriCare is the Army Hospital...lol...go figure right!!! Oh well...I've gotta do what I gotta do and am so ready!!! Thank you.

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