RE: Re: Back from Doctor.. Insurance

January 14, 2004

If you are military and I am assuming that you are since you have Tricare I

would just call and go to the lab. It is a simple blood test and they

should be able to call it in.

I am also on Tricare and what they mean when they say they only cover

surgery is that they will not cover Craig and stuff like that. If you

want a referral to a dietician to go on a medically supervised diet you can

get that from your PCM. Usually you have to go to the base. They usually

have one there.

Tricare paid for everything for my surgery and only took me about three

weeks to get approved. Course I had numerous co-morbidities and had been on

a supervised weight loss program for 3 years with no success.

Where do you live again?

Candi

Back from Doctor

>

> Well good news and bad news.......Well I am not 220 pds, I am 241

> pds. I about freaked out, because I don't look any different, the

> doctor looked at me when I asked about a gastric bypass and said

I

> wasn't big enough but then the nurse said yes she is her bmi is

42

> she is 241. HIs mouth fell open and said I didn't look it at all

for

> being 5 ft 2. I told him I couldn't believe it. I have put on 35

pds

> in only a few months. so he is checking my thyroids and all that

> stuff. I am getting dizzy every time I eat and peeing 3 times

every

> hour I am starting to worry about diabetes. I didn't even know it

> ran into my family til after I got back from the doctor. My

family

> doesn't really Keep in touch! The doctor said he could refer me

to

> the surgeons he knows but they don't take my insurance, so I

have to

> hunt a surgeon down that takes my insurance and call him to refer

> me, or do I need the doctors referral?? Can't I just call the

> surgeon and tell him I am 241 5 ft 2 with bmi of 42 and get me

in???

> I gotta lose muscle and fat to lose my weight, any ideas on how

to

> lose muscle....the walking actually put weight on me, that sux

huh!

> My blood pressure was elevated and he heard a heart palipitation.

> Can anyone make any of this clearer for me!!!

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January 14, 2004