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?

Kaiser was great once you finish your hoop jumping.

allons-y

Wow' date=' reading your comment, I was wondering if I wrote it myself. That is exactly what I have to go thru verbatim. I was also told that I wont see a surgeon until my 5th or 6th month so I was hoping they wouldn't tell me at 6 months that now I need to loose weight. Whew...I'm currently in my 3 month also and the time seems to be dragging but I set my appointments and count the hours it seems...smh. I've done the mental health screening which was a 6 to 7 question phone interview. I did the class in person and online just because, attended the seminar and support groups. Now I have another class in December and 2 more nutritional appointments and I hope that's it. I keep hearing about sleep apnea tests and GI testing and chest x-rays and loosing 10% of your current weight before the surgeon will even touch you. I soooo hope that is not part of Mid-Atlantic's plan!! UGH, what a process but I will make sure it was all worth it!![/quote']

Yes, the time do feel like it's dragging but it doesn't bother me much. I'm still trying to get a good mind set on this cause it is going to be a major life change for me. Nov 13th will be my 4th visit, which is the WLS class 2. I did not wait for them to tell me to get a sleep apnea test. I kind of sensed I had it. I made an appointment early in the WLS program & asked for an at home sleep test. Did that. Got the results 3weeks later & I do have moderate sleep apnea. Had to wait 4 more weeks for Cpap machine. But glad I got that part over with. Getting prepared for other testing that's coming.

Yes, the time do feel like it's dragging but it doesn't bother me much. I'm still trying to get a good mind set on this cause it is going to be a major life change for me. Nov 13th will be my 4th visit, which is the WLS class 2. I did not wait for them to tell me to get a sleep apnea test. I kind of sensed I had it. I made an appointment early in the WLS program & asked for an at home sleep test. Did that. Got the results 3weeks later & I do have moderate sleep apnea. Had to wait 4 more weeks for Cpap machine. But glad I got that part over with. Getting prepared for other testing that's coming.

Ok so I guess I should prepare ahead also if there's a possibility of the sleep apnea. I never knew we could take that at home..thanks for that info. I will ask my Nutritionist about that at my next appt. Nov 5 is my 4th month and 3rd appt. I hate that they stole a whole month from me by making me retake a class in error due to scheduling problems. Now im a month behind..SUX!!!