Hi. The only thing that I know about cosmetic surgery is that it is not covered unless it is deemed medically necessary by your pcm and then your referred surgeon. Best of luck to you though. You can go on the Tricare web site though and look at what is/not covered. Hope that helps some. Kim P.

Some people had asked me about this and I couldn't find my way back to the post to reply so I made this post. Dr Schriver is here and doing open and laproscopic RNY...Dr Johson who did my surgery is deployed to Iraq and will be back in October. He will start doing the lap band in Jan. There is a waiting list for the WLS. 1st you make an appoint with your pcm and ask for a referal for the surgery. You will then get an appointment for a consult. If after the consult they think you are a good canidate then you go through all the regular procedures and get on the waiting list. Of course if you don't qulify they tell you and end of the road. It is a long process, it takes a few months to get in all the appointments and to do all the things prior to the surgery and then the wait can be anywhere form 6 months to a year. I was fortunate that I was able to be one of their 24 hour on call patients...this means if they have someone booked for a surgery and for some reason they can't do it....they will call you and say can you have surgery in 2 or 3 days...or in some cases 24 hours. I got a call late Monday night had surgery Thursday morning. Anyway...if you are thinking about this one of the requirments is that you attend so many wls support group meetings. these are held the 3rd thursday of the month from 4 to 6...start going now and sign in so you have one part already knocked out. If you guys have any more questions please feel free to email me. mimi

I live in Germany but we're due to leave next summer. We were stationed in Fort Bragg before we came here and cosmetic surgery was done at Womack Army Medical Center for dependents. I'd like to get breast implants but I don't know if I should pay to get it done here or wait until we get back to the states. Tricare will not pay for dependents here in Germany to have the surgery. Does anyone have any information about military hospitals in the states performing cosmetic surgery on dependents? If you know of any, please give me the hospital name and contact information. I'd really appreciate it. "Walk like it's for sale and the rent is due."

Hey- Any military spouses out there in the Ft Meade, MD area? I am looking to start a support group and looking for people who are intrested?! (Don't know why all of us have to travel to Walter Reed for meetings) I am having lap band in 3 days.......looking for some words of encouragement..... Have a great 4th. Megan

hey we just left fort polk i miss it !!! i am from louisiana though we are at fort lewis now. how long have you been at polk? you can email me any time or i have yahoo. my name on yahoo is cyndiemcmullen i have myspace too cyndie