I'm in the middle of classes at Kaiser and am being fast tracked to a meeting with the surgeon. What happens after I meet with him? Does he tell me what tests have to be done or does Kaiser have a list of tests, etc?

Nervous.

I am not sure which Kaiser you are using (each program is different), but I used the one in N. California and mine went like this:

After I met my surgeon, I was told how much weight I was required to lose and sent home to lose it! When I was with in 5 lbs of my goal I called and made an appt to meet the Psych dr. I met her and at that time I was at goal weight. She set me up my appt with the case manager and my lab work to be completed. I did my bloodwork, EKG and upper endoscopy. I had to see my surgeon again (not normal, I had bad GERD and he made me do a upper GI and wanted to talk about it!) I then met the case manager, she set my surgery date and I attended two classes (in one day) and had my surgery a month later!

All of this took 5 months. I could have done it a lot faster, but took my sweet time losing the weight my surgeon required me to!

Best of luck to you!!

Kelly

Thanks so much for the info! I'm down 17pnds from when I first started the Kaiser class, so I'm hoping that counts toward something?

I know I need to attend a seminar before seeing the surgeon, but I"m not sure about a support group. Guess I'll call. Thanks!