Since going to my orientation last week with Kaiser Insurance I weighed myself again this morning and I've dropped 9 pounds. They told us that during the 12 weeks of Options class we have to lose 10% I think of our body mass which they told me is 14 pounds for me and I haven't even started the classes yet and I've already lost 9 so excited. I have been eating healthier and I've been walking usually 3 miles a day.

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Congrats!! That's awesome!! :-)

I had my first Options class yesterday. Really excited for the program.


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Congrats!! That's awesome!! :-)

I had my first Options class yesterday. Really excited for the program.


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Hi Monica where do you live? and do you have to do the 12 weeks of Options classes or longer I have heard some Kaiser's require longer than 12 weeks different areas. Where I live we only have to do the 12 weeks


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I live in Valencia, CA. I'm doing the Options classes at Panorama City Kaiser and surgery will be at West LA Kaiser.

I have to do the 12 weeks of classes too. So far, things have been moving along really smoothly.

1/10 referred by PCP
1/24 orientation to Options
2/3 consult with program director/officially accepted into program
2/10 first Options class

They have also already scheduled me for my 6 week appointment with the program director. I was told at that point the EKG, chest x-ray, and other tests will be scheduled.



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You guys are lucky up north.. here in San Diego the options program is 24weeks long [emoji26][emoji26]

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I live in Valencia, CA. I'm doing the Options classes at Panorama City Kaiser and surgery will be at West LA Kaiser.

I have to do the 12 weeks of classes too. So far, things have been moving along really smoothly.

1/10 referred by PCP
1/24 orientation to Options
2/3 consult with program director/officially accepted into program
2/10 first Options class

They have also already scheduled me for my 6 week appointment with the program director. I was told at that point the EKG, chest x-ray, and other tests will be scheduled.



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I live in Tehachapi Ca you are definitely not too far for me i used to live in Chatsworth..I am going to the Bakersfield Kaiser I will be having my surgery done at San Joaquin medical center. I called my doctor on January 13th I had just seen her a few weeks before and we had talked about me wanting to do something with my weight and told her I wanted a referral to the bariatrics and then I received a letter from them on January 18 excepting me into The weight-loss orientation class


2/7 Orientation to Options
2/21 Will be my 1st Options class

We will definitely have to follow each other we are so close and doing the classes and hopefully the surgery.




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You guys are lucky up north.. here in San Diego the options program is 24weeks long [emoji26][emoji26]

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Yes I don't understand why KAISER has different class requirements they should all be the same for everywhere.


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Agreed

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I live in Tehachapi Ca you are definitely not too far for me i used to live in Chatsworth..I am going to the Bakersfield Kaiser I will be having my surgery done at San Joaquin medical center. I called my doctor on January 13th I had just seen her a few weeks before and we had talked about me wanting to do something with my weight and told her I wanted a referral to the bariatrics and then I received a letter from them on January 18 excepting me into The weight-loss orientation class


2/7 Orientation to Options
2/21 Will be my 1st Options class

We will definitely have to follow each other we are so close and doing the classes and hopefully the surgery.




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Definitely keep in touch! I can't wait to hear about your first Options class. I really like the small class size of mine.


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Congrats! Although my opinion is not the majority. I will recomend you don't do this! This surgery is scary and life altering. I REGRET decision. There are newer procedure coming out like the Gastric Ballon. I will always deal with complications from this extreme surgery!

Definitely keep in touch! I can't wait to hear about your first Options class. I really like the small class size of mine.


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Yes I cannot wait to start my Options class our class is a big class there's 30 people in it. It was the soonest class that was starting so of course everybody wanted it same thing with me the next one didn't start till April 7 and then one started in May..
They basically told us that during the 12 weeks you do all your preop's and lose your 10% then when you're finished with the class usually it takes about 1 to 2 weeks to get an appointment with the surgeon and then within a couple weeks after that you're scheduled to have your surgery.

They told me I would need to lose 14 pounds did they say what you needed to lose during your first class


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Congrats! Although my opinion is not the majority. I will recomend you don't do this! This surgery is scary and life altering. I REGRET decision. There are newer procedure coming out like the Gastric Ballon. I will always deal with complications from this extreme surgery!

I have tried every diet there is and have had success a little bit but never major I am ready for a life change to start over again I have heard that the gastric balloon is coming out but who knows when it will be out.
I also have had 3 friends who have done the gastric sleeve and had had success. In our class they did say that the majority of people do gain the weight back after 2 years back but if you do you what you're supposed to do and stick to the proper eating then you will be successful.



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@TammyLee66 I am glad your friends are doing well. I would say try another hundred diets before tearing away a vital organ. We don't know how our aging process will be impacted...what if we need a heavy use of NSAIDs or face stomach cancer?? That's just me and something I wish I did. It's all too late. I can see how irational to think I will be healthy by taking away 80% of my vital organ.

Isn't it so scary that regain happens to most ppl! I lost most of my stomach and I can still regain? That can only mean that our stomachs are not the problem! Think about other reversible procedures where you have restriction and can still learn the same healthy food habits we should learn anyway.

All the best

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AnneElliot if I can asked you what type of problems are you having? I do understand that yes we are having a portion of our stomach cut out.
And yes I do understand there are a lot of different things that could happen to any individual having this procedure with the classes we are taking you have one year to request to have surgery


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@TammyLee66 severe acid reflux! I am on the highest dosage of PPIs. I never had acid reflux pre op. If I could tear out my throat and live I would do it lol.

I changed my diet completely. As alkhaline as possible. The consequences of severe acid reflux are serious and this us a direct cause of the sleeve.

Take that year and try anything else. I wish you all the best. Good health is within your reach and its not tied to the numv5on the scale

Yes I cannot wait to start my Options class our class is a big class there's 30 people in it. It was the soonest class that was starting so of course everybody wanted it same thing with me the next one didn't start till April 7 and then one started in May..
They basically told us that during the 12 weeks you do all your preop's and lose your 10% then when you're finished with the class usually it takes about 1 to 2 weeks to get an appointment with the surgeon and then within a couple weeks after that you're scheduled to have your surgery.

They told me I would need to lose 14 pounds did they say what you needed to lose during your first class


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Wow! 30 is big but that's better than waiting until April or May to start the program. I had the choice of Feb 10, Feb 21 or a March/April start. I went with the Feb 10 start which is Fridays at 10am because it's during the workday. Traffic wouldn't be as bad. My work is flexible with missing a few hours every other Friday - I work a 9/80 schedule so already get every other Friday off anyways.

We talked a little bit about the 10% weight loss. Some people said the program director advised them they must lose 10% before surgery can be schedule. While others said they were not told the 10% is mandatory. It seemed that those who had a higher bmi were given the mandatory 10% loss requirement. I need to clarify if I need to lose the required 10% - I don't recall the program director saying this in my appointment with him. I'm 5'2 and starting weight is 272.


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