Welcome ....... CW

Welp, this is it... I go in at 6am tomorrow! Just wanted to let you all know... I have updated my profile and hubby should post an update on my support page! HUGS~ Brightest Blessings~ Jamie 257 lbs./5' 4"/44.2 BMI Surgery Date: 1/19/05 "If you are reading this, Thank a Teacher. If you are reading this in English, Thank a Soldier!" HOOAH! It's an Army Life! http://jump.to/ItsAnArmyLife

HOOAH! Congratulations Jaime Im going to pray for you dear.Keep in touch Vanessa -21 God Bless our Soldiers! HOOAH!

Well perhaps it varies by region or something because this is the e-mail I got from Tri-care TODAY (1/11/05): Dear Jamie, Thank you for contacting the TRICARE Help E-Mail Service. Laparoscopic Bypass procedures are specifically excluded as a TRICARE Benefit. If we may be of additional assistance, please feel free to contact me. Ken Radmore TRICARE Help E-Mail Service Office of the Surgeon General Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234 This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Information contained in this correspondence may be subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). Personal information contained in this correspondence may be used only by authorized persons in the conduct of official business. Any unauthorized disclosure or misuse of personal information may result in criminal and/or civil penalties. If you are not the intended recipient of this correspondence please destroy all copies of this correspondence after notifying the sender of your receipt of it.

Not at Madigen but I am having mine at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, KY. I hope that your surgery went well! Brightest Blessings~ Jamie M.