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sandy3987    4

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I am just about done with everything than surgery. I'm very anxious. I've done everything I needed to.i have my mandatory support group this week and meeting with therapist next week. They said after that I will get an appointment with my surgeon and than a date for surgery. I'm so ready. I know the holiday's will aet me back too. Has anyone had surgery with kiaser so cal fontana and can tell me what the process is after all the requirements are done?

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gaely    7

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I was just accepted in my Kaiser's bariatric program and it sounds similar to yours...I am just signing up for the Weight Management classes and getting my sleep study scheduled. When did you start the process? I'm trying to figure out how long all these steps will take before I get to the actual surgery!

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Moon Princess    55

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I am just about done with everything than surgery. I'm very anxious. I've done everything I needed to.i have my mandatory support group this week and meeting with therapist next week. They said after that I will get an appointment with my surgeon and than a date for surgery. I'm so ready. I know the holiday's will aet me back too. Has anyone had surgery with kiaser so cal fontana and can tell me what the process is after all the requirements are done?

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I had it done at Kaiser West LA! The process is fairly on par with Kaiser's pace. I finished my classes Oct. 10th, had my last drs appt (before the surgeon) on Oct 17th, my surgeon appt was Oct 31st and my original surgery date was scheduled Nov 4th, due to a long story (nothing at fault on my end) I was rescheduled to Nov 30th and I am a week post op :)! Hope that kinda helps!

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Moon Princess    55

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I was just accepted in my Kaiser's bariatric program and it sounds similar to yours...I am just signing up for the Weight Management classes and getting my sleep study scheduled. When did you start the process? I'm trying to figure out how long all these steps will take before I get to the actual surgery!

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Hopefully I can help, I went to Kaiser Panorama City, had my surgery in West LA.

Met with my PCP, said I want to look into getting the surgery, she then referred me to the bariatric program: May 10th

Was contact by the guy who schedules the classes in mid may to book my overview.

Initial Options program overview: June 6th

(This is where I signed up for my classes)

Options class began: July 11th

Mid point appt: Aug 17, I got all my labs, EKG and other test done this day as well, I was there forever!

Because my class was on mondays, due to the Labor Day holiday it was 13 weeks (not 12) because we didn't have class. I also missed aclass (so I had to make up one) so I didn't officially end class till Oct 10th (my official class end was scheduled to end Oct 3).

Final Appt with Bariatric Dr: Oct 17 (this is so I could get REFERRED to the surgeon)

Surgeon Appt: Oct 31

First Surgery schedule: Nov 4th but due to a scheduling mishap (ughhhh) it was rescheduled to Nov 30th

I am officially a week post op :)!

Note: I didn't have to see a psych or do a sleep test.

Hope that helps shed a little light! It sounds long but really flew by!

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sandy3987    4

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Thank you. That does help me. It gives me an idea of the time frame. I'm so anxious on knowing the date. So I can plan everything out. I have 2 young daughter's and home school my oldest.

I started my whole process in june. Forgive me on not knowing some of the exact date's.

Late june I started doing research and finally got an appointment with my primary doctor late june. She than started my referal. On july 18 th I believe I had my orientation. I started my option classes july 28th. 12 week's course. I had missed 2 classes and it set me bavk due to family matters. My last day was oct 25.( Did all my labs etc aug 19th

)Almost 2 weeks later they called me and set an appointment with dr provonsha to go over all my labs etc. That day recieved a call to have my mandatory support group class and therapy appointment scheduled. December 8th is my support group and december 15th is my therapy appointment. Hoping all goe's well and soon will have my appointment with the surgeon soon. It is just killing me on how vlose I am lol!

*sandy*

Hope you are doing well after surgery.

*sandy*

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Moon Princess    55

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That's awesome! You're so close to the finish line! It'll happen before you know it! I guess some Kaiser's are different because mine didn't require a support group visit, although it was heavily advertised as an option after surgery.

And thank you! The first week is rough, but I feel exponentially better every day. Today is the first day I was able to get up on my own and it's only a week after surgery. I thought I was going to be down and out for weeks because how major of a surgery it is, but I'm walking fine and had very little to no pain by the 6th day, today is my 8th day recovery and my tummy is only slightly sore, so yay!

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sandy3987    4

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That is awesome. I'm so glad you replied back. I'm getting very excited and now have an idea of a time frame. I hope you continue to recover smoothly and get back to your normal routine. I will post soon on my surgery date and plan to use this app as a support group. Have a wonderful day.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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