Kaiser, waiting on surgeon appointment

[Cali_Angel 82]

Soooooooo is been a very long loooooonng road for me and doing everything Kaiser has requested and required that I do to have surgery.and now I'm just waiting for an appointment to go see the surgeon. I'm in so cal and doing my surgery at st. Bernadines has anyone had surgery there resently ? If you have I would love to know your advice/tips for staying there.ANY sort of warnings or helpful stories. Also anyone who has seen the surgeon and can give their experiences like if you were required to do fasting/liquid diet/10% weight loss from what weight, your current weight? Your highest weight?

I don't have a date yet to even see the surgeon or let alone my surgery date I'm very excited and nervous for both. Do you ideally get a surgery date when you see the surgeon or do you have to meet his or her requirements, check in periodically with them and once the requirements are met THEN you talk to the surgeon again and from there you get a date???.sorry so long just trying to get an idea. It seems so close and so obtainable that I'm scared something is going to take it away lol.

[Christy5913 146]

Hello, I'm a newbie here with Kaiser So Cal too. My PCP at la Palma is not WLS friendly and I'm looking for someone who is. My BMI is 38.6 with Asthma, Gout and hi-blood pressure. I am sched for the Kaiser weight management class on 7/20/15 and I'm not sure if it's the one that will lead me too the options program. Any info/advice you have would be soo appreciated. Thanks and good luck in your WL journey!!????

[Cali_Angel 82]

I think that is the class that you can seek the weight loss surgery, they talk about several diet option plans you pay to do, they don't really talk about the gastric bypass, at least my class didn't till the very end then I had to raise my hand and ask about it and they only did MAYBE a 5 min blurb on it and told me I then had to sign up at the window in the lobby. If your doctor is not wls friendly you can always request a new doctor...and you might want to now if your going to do the options program for the wls if they let you. Because close to the end of your journey before surgery the pcp has to clear your case for surgery. And if you have a non friendly wls pcp he/she could delay your out cone. Good luck.

[Lomamom 2]

Hi I am also with Kaiser and going through St. Bernardines. My surgery date is July 9th. Once you see the surgeon you will get your surgery date if it is less then 30 days before your surgery they will do blood work, if not you will come back one more time. If you have any questions as I go I will try to answer them for you.

[Cali_Angel 82]

What kinda blood work? Like what did they test for? And did you have to do a pre op weight loss or diet?