Inkdoll

Well i thought i was gonna be a February sleever with you guys but i got my date yesterday for January 24th

I feel the same as you- reading this forum has really calmed a lot of my fears though! Let's keep each other posted on how we're doing

Yes we will have to keep in touch..

Tiffany that's great!!! So nervous sand excited

Yay good for u!!

I went for pre op today and got my surgery date for just two weeks from now..... I was expecting February but January 24th it is!!!!! Nervous and excited...... Now gotta make sure I get prepared and think about my hospital bag too

I have pre op today do should b February surgery

On know on Bariatric Advantage they have a 100% whey Protein shot... It's 25mg..... So it's the protein u need and easy if ur having problems getting it in

Amanda thats great!!! keep me posted... i have preop with my surgeon in redlands on the 8th and was told surgery should be in February

Yay thats great!!!! it will go pertty fast once you start the classes

I'm in southern California ( inland empire) area

If you get on a computer I have detailed my entire journey with kaiser in Fontana Ca under my surgery story if u wanted to check it out I need to update that I just got my preop date for jan 8th

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Yay!!! Good news

O Good then u shouldn't have anything to worry about

I checked out my plan and im coverd for everything except surgery which is $500

Then you should be good.... I would just double check on the copays for the xrays and ekgs before you get them because i wasnt expecting to pay like 50 when i went and had them done....

Co pays... For Chest X-ray, EKG, Labs, and appointments..... it depends on your plan with kaiser...... whatever your copays are for those things you will have to pay....... For me i got a copay when i went in and then was billed for an additional amount i think its totaled about 400 so far with labs, and all the copays over the last 5 months so its spread out a little but it just depends on your copay amounts you could always call and see what yours are if you dont know

Also i know once the surgery is done there are copays for that as well and copays for each night you have to stay in the hospital after surgery and i know mine is like 250 a night plush whatever the copay is for the procedure.

Oh ok nice =).have u had to pay anything out of your pocket?

Co pays... For Chest X-ray, EKG, Labs, and appointments..... it depends on your plan with kaiser...... whatever your copays are for those things you will have to pay....... For me i got a copay when i went in and then was billed for an additional amount i think its totaled about 400 so far with labs, and all the copays over the last 5 months so its spread out a little but it just depends on your copay amounts you could always call and see what yours are if you dont know

Oh got you yea I have dr ruben at first he was iffy abkut the whole thing but when I went to get my blood test results he saw that I was high spirit and confident about this whole thiing ...one question is it up to him or the sergion to proceeds with this program and sergury

If he sent your referral to the options program then once you complete all your requirements (Weight Loss, Options classes, Psych eval, support group etc.) then you meet with the surgeon and if you meet everything ur good to go... Nothing else once i started options came from my primary doctor he just had to send the initial referral for me to start options.

Oh ok for some odd reason I thought u went to the kaiser in fontana lol

I do go to the Kaiser in fontana... thats the closest hospital to me but we have an office in the high desert for regular appointments... Everything else is in fontana... I did all the classes and everything there....

I live in the High Desert so I had Dr Owen as my primary..... Muralli is my Bariatrician.. ( i think thats how you spell his name)

I would call 909-609-3000 to see if u could schedule it if it's been 2 weeks....... U can also email ur primary Dr on kp.org and see if everything was sent over

Thats what I fogured been doinf research on this .and it usaully does take about 6 months

They say actually it could take about a year from start to finish... and i know if i didnt call for cancellations i wouldnt be as far as i am..... My original psych eval wasnt until next month.

Oh nice good luck in that how long did it take from the program to preop?

Well i had my first appt with my primary doctor in may..... so im assuming its gonna be a couple weeks to pre op from here so about 6 months or so

Aww thanks doll =) hows your journy comming along so far

I am done with all the options classes and 2nd bari appt and today is my psych eval after that they refer me to preop

If you like you can read all my steps so far on my surgery story on my profile ive documents most steps I thought i would be helpful for others going through the same process on here

yes they will call you to schedule you an orientation...... you can also call them to see if they received your referral 909-609-3000 just see if you can speed up the process