monica91355

Yes - talk to your HR department and they will tell you what to submit.

The disability policy at my work is self funded and self administered so I just need to submit the FMLA paperwork.

Hang in there! I'm with Kaiser too. I had my orientation in January and started Options at Panorama City in February. My Options classes ended the last week of April. For me, the orientation, Option classes, and tests during the 12 week program was all very efficient.

Everything post-Options has been very slow and frustrating. I just met with the surgeon this week! And, he told me his surgeries are being scheduled two months out!! I haven't heard from the surgery scheduler yet. Surgeon told me to call her next week and the nurse said I won't hear from her for a couple weeks.

Congrats!!!! Way to go!!!

I wish my Kaiser was efficient like yours! Finished Options almost two weeks ago and still waiting to hear from them.

Congrats!!!! Way to go!!!

I wish my Kaiser was efficient like yours! Finished Options almost two weeks ago and still waiting to hear from them.

Finished reading the thread.. looks like we all are neighbors and most through Kaiser.. yay! We should all meet up. I'm going to options in panorama City too.

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Oh wow. Looks like I'll have a bit of a wait after I finish Options :-( My schedule is completely flexible so hopefully that helps. I was hoping for surgery in May or June.

I'm taking Options at Panorama City Kaiser. Last week of April will be my last class.

What % of weight loss did the surgeon want before surgery? I met with the program director around week 6 and he told me to lose 6 more pounds which would put my weight loss around 5%.

For those of you having surgery in Los Angeles, are you going through Kaiser? I finish my Options classes in a couple weeks and wondering how long it takes to see then surgeon and then get a date for surgery.

I work full time and am having hard time with healthy lunch options. Either I have to plan a crockpot chicken meal at home ahead of time, or I end up going to chipotle (chicken salad bowl) or McDonalds (2 plain grilled snack wraps). Any ideas on healthy BariatricPal friendly options that I can either bring to work or stop to grab?

I haven't had surgery yet, but plan to take the maximum time off allowed since I get 100% disability pay at work.

I'm with Kaiser Panorama City. I had my first Options class today. They told me that after the 6th Options class they would start ordering the required tests - labs, EKG, chest x-ray, etc.

As far as weigh in, everyone weighed in prior to the start of class


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I'm in SoCal. Just starting the process with Kaiser - referred this past week.
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Please ALWAYS consult with your medical team prior to trying anything. I was very lucky to have one of the top Bariatric Surgeons as my surgeon.
Best of luck with your journey! Hope this helps!
God Bless
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Oh and I understand! I'm looking forward to the Options class so that I can make friends with others who understand. I actually have not told my boyfriend yet. Only my family and three best friends know right now.
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At the orientation, the first hour was the director of the program talking about your three options for surgery. Only the sleeve and bypass are done in house at Kaiser. If you want lap band, then you go to a surgeon who is contracted with Kaiser at another hospital
The dietician presented for the last hour. She went over non-surgical weight loss programs offered by Kaiser and a high level overview of Vitamins required for life, follow up appointments/labs needed for life, risks of surgery, what you'll learn in Options, and steps to surgery.
They said at six weeks and twelve weeks you'll meet with the program director. After completing Options, the surgeons office will call to arrange an appointment. At the West LA Kaiser there are four surgeons - you can pick your surgeon or have one assigned to you. Assuming you have all your labs completed and are approved by the surgeon, you could have your surgery as soon as a week after completing Options. When the dietician mentioned having surgery so soon after completing Options, I found it a bit hard to believe since I would think there would be a bit of a wait. . . But hopefully I am wrong and it is a very short wait! If you have other health issues that requires approval of specialist, such as cardiology or pulmonary, then that could slow down the process a bit.
It's so great to find others who are at the same point in their journey as me.
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So I think I saw this topic before but I couldn't find it again.. So, I am 31 and have lost 78 lbs so far and have about 28 to go to hit my goal weight. I am a very happy, go-lucky person and haven't been in a relationship for about 7 years. I have been thinking about trying to put myself out there in the dating scene again but I'm not sure how I would bring up the bypass topic. For instance, if I was going to go out to dinner on a date, do I tell him why I would only eat a few bites, or how have others handled that? Do you tell them up front that you've had it, or wait for a time for it to come up?
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Great!!! Thanks for the info!!!
I'm in Santa Clarita. . . Somewhat near you!
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Congrats! Way to go!!!
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Congrats! Keep us posted how it goes.