After the initial meeting with the surgeon...then what?

[optasia 3]

I'm in the middle of classes at Kaiser and am being fast tracked to a meeting with the surgeon. What happens after I meet with him? Does he tell me what tests have to be done or does Kaiser have a list of tests, etc?

Nervous.

[kellyw74 258]

I am not sure which Kaiser you are using (each program is different), but I used the one in N. California and mine went like this:

After I met my surgeon, I was told how much weight I was required to lose and sent home to lose it! When I was with in 5 lbs of my goal I called and made an appt to meet the Psych dr. I met her and at that time I was at goal weight. She set me up my appt with the case manager and my lab work to be completed. I did my bloodwork, EKG and upper endoscopy. I had to see my surgeon again (not normal, I had bad GERD and he made me do a upper GI and wanted to talk about it!) I then met the case manager, she set my surgery date and I attended two classes (in one day) and had my surgery a month later!

All of this took 5 months. I could have done it a lot faster, but took my sweet time losing the weight my surgeon required me to!

Best of luck to you!!

Kelly

[optasia 3]

Thanks so much for the info! I'm down 17pnds from when I first started the Kaiser class, so I'm hoping that counts toward something?

I know I need to attend a seminar before seeing the surgeon, but I"m not sure about a support group. Guess I'll call. Thanks!