tglastchance

Thanks for the info... Did u have your surgery ready?

So are the classes a prepping diet or just a class on the lifestyle of the gastric sleeve?

Thanks I hope to get started this month!

I'm a Kaiser member too! I'm meeting my doctor Friday to discuss surgery! Are the 12 week classes mandatory?

Anyone have the gastric sleeve through Kaiser? Can you let me know how the process works since I'm assuming there isn't an approval process since the doctor works for the insurance/hospital company?

Can someone clarify the process? Once u decide on the surgery with your doctor then what... Tests or a diet come next??? I gear people say 6 months supervised diet and others say 2 weeks... Very confused

Can anyone give me any advice as to what I should ask the doctor? I really was going in to ask for phentermine and my doctor replied that it has many side effects... Will I consider bariatric surgery instead???? Very nervous..... But so happy to know its covered by insurance....

I'm wondering what the surgery experience has been like for teachers. Did you wait until summer for surgery? Did you have to take time off during the school year? Is the surgery covered under FMLA?

I'm worried that I'll have to wait until summer' date=' even though I'm about to start my six month supervised diet plan. Just dealing with the anxiety of finally getting started, and praying nothing stands in the way .[/quote']

I'm an elementary school teacher and am going in on Friday to get all of this started... I didn't know it was a 6 month diet pre-op... I thought it was 3.... I was hoping they'd do the surgery the week before Christmas .... Guess it will have to be next summer :-(! Ill let u know what they say Friday.