MacGregor

The title is real. I am with Kaiser in NorCal and have been my entire adult life. I began the journey to get a gastric bypass in 2007 and I am still in the system. Admittedly the first time I went through it, I got to the point where I would go to surgery and I opted out because I had misgivings... mainly I thought I could continue to do it myself! The last 2 times I have been through the system, they have failed to get me the surgery. When I say get through the system, I mean HOURS and HOURS of classes for orientation, nutritional classes, psychiatric meetings, meetings with surgeons, etc. Then I met my goal weight (which was down 30 lbs or more each time) and then no surgery. This time I called back (starting 6 months ago) and asked why my surgery was never scheduled and they cannot answer. The only thing they keep telling me is that I need to go through it all over again. I have maintained my goal weight or below for over 2 years now. I am frustrated and angry and now trying to find out how I can force this. For some reason Kaiser resists giving this surgery (and others) and makes you jump through hoops to get anything done. I am done jumping. /rant