kimkai75

That's a hard one....maybe time to change coverage during open enrollment.

Sorry to hear that...i faild to mention it's based on what type of coverage you have with Kaiser. You also have to have a bmi of 40 or more ......or some type of comorbidity with a bmi of less than 40. Hope things work out for your friend.

I been in my pre-op stage for 3.5 months because my insurance requires bariatric patients to take a 12 week course called Options. We met once every other week total of 6 meetings. This class teaches how to eat pre and post, pychological,social, physiological and emotional changes and ways to cope. Medications and vitimans take and avoid. Dealing with family and friends. Teaches you what type of eater you are with daily food logs. We talk about depression, body type everything from A-Z to me surgery a success. We also did our labs throughout the course (no co-pay) and this Tue I will be going for my physical, ekg and x-rays with no co-pay....Kaiser supports bariatric surgery 100%. With this being said with Kaiser you don't pay a penny out of pocket.

Ok....well if anyone happens to be a State of California employee, you have the option of limited duty..hope everything works out for those that don't. From the looks of all the information available on this form most ppl only need 2-6 weeks off. Best wishes to all my Bariatric Beauties.

I also work in mental health as a Psychiatric Technician. Unfortunately have to do alot of floor stabilizations, because of that I was told by my MD that I would not have patient contact for at least 4 weeks and 2 weeks of limited duty.