kitkatnomore

Very Excited! Just got my date, it's going to be June 3rd! Now it's just getting through the next 11 days. They scheduled my pre-op classes and physical for the Day before my surgery and my labs for 05/27/15. I just hope nothing weird happens to derail it. I'm ready to get this party started!

Very excited to update I got my surgery date! June 3rd! 11 more days! They just told me day before yesterday and it's a lot sooner than I thought it would be. I'm super excited to have made it this far and to continue on this journey. So grateful to the team at Kaiser Richmond, they have been so informative and helpful!

Congratulations! So exciting! ????

Yay for the June 10th Surgery date Mrs.Hansen88! That is so exciting! Always looking for a good support group which is why I love this site! I'm also going through Kaiser Richmond. I'm hoping tomorrow that when I weigh in I'll be at Goal and then can schedule with the Case Manager to get my Date. Not knowing when has made me more anxious. I think that if I knew when it would settle me a little more.

Hi all! I'm new to all this but I have a concern and was wondering if anyone else had experienced something similar or had the same concerns. A little background.....went to my first WLS orientation on 03/26/15, met with the Surgeon on 04/02/15, had my psych assessment on 04/21/15 and now have to attend 2 classes before being able to meet with the Case Manager to schedule my surgery (1st class tomorrow). Surgeon set a Goal weight for me of 320 in order to schedule surgery which I am 1 lb away from so it looks like my surgery could be scheduled as soon as 6 weeks from now. I am very excited and ready for this. I have done all my research and changed a lot of habits, started eating right and exercising. I know I can do this and I know I can succeed but my one fear has to do with my best friend. We have been friends for 17 years. In high school I was always skinnier then her and then over the years those roles were reversed. We both have always been big but now I am a good 100 lbs bigger than her. I told her I was going to consider the surgery and she was very supportive. Then she told me that she had a consult to see about the surgery for herself. At first I was a little shocked but then realized that it would be nice to go through it together and have each other to support. However after her consult she was told that she does not qualify, she is overweight but "too healthy" for the surgery. She says that she is fine with it, but i don't really believe her. I am concerned that she may have issues with me when I start to lose weight. I have read about friends who "sabatoge" their freinds whether intentionally or unintentionally. I am also very concerned about her telling people that I don't want to tell about my surgery. I already told her that I prefer to keep it to myself and only include a select few people, and she said that she understood, but I wonder if that will change? i wonder if she will resent me for flipping those roles of the "fat friend"? I am not the best at confronting her about issues because she is a very defensive person. I wonder if anyone has had a similar issue and what they have done to handle it. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Its really interesting to me that Kaiser has such different requirements within and without the same states. I'm with Kaiser in Northern CA and I had my Orientation/Nutrition Class on 03/26/15, my consult with the Surgeon on 04/02/15 and my Psych Assessment today (04/21/15). My surgeon gave me a goal of only 9.5 pounds from the day we met and the psychologist is having me attend 3 classes and support group at least once before I can meet with the Case Manager to schedule (also have to reach the Weight Goal set by my surgeon but I'm only 1.5 lbs away! ). He told me today that I'm looking at about 6 weeks before my surgery date. Yikes! In the orientation class they said that if you follow the program (meal plan and exercise and all that jazz) that usually it's about 2 to 4 months from that day. I'd estimated that I'd be having my surgery in July but now it looks like it could be as soon as the first week of June. Very nervous and excited!