I just got my referral yesterday and will have my first orientation tomorrow in Fontana Ca. I didn’t wait for them to call me, I called today and I’m glad I did. They were able to get me in to tomorrow’s class, rather than waiting over a month!

Hello BariBetty!

I too had my surgery (Gastric Sleeve) thru Kaiser Fontana on August 16,2017!

Your gonna find the class pretty i formative. In fact going by the experiences of my daughters & younger sister with their insurance company, I feel that Kaiser has the best Bariactric program out there! I have no regrets on having bariactric surgery! I only wish I had it done 30yrs ago!? My starting weight before I took the Option class was 222lbs at the end of the 12 weeks I was 217 but the day of my surgery I weighed 210 Lbs. Now at 3 mos post op my weight is at 187! Im no longer on diabetes meds or using a Cpac machine! Im also happy to loose the weight slowly because Im able to keep up with peventing my skin getting to flabby & from looking sickly! As one of my friends expressed to me! So hang in there & dont

Hello BariBetty!
I too had my surgery (Gastric Sleeve) thru Kaiser Fontana on August 16,2017!
Your gonna find the class pretty i formative. In fact going by the experiences of my daughters & younger sister with their insurance company, I feel that Kaiser has the best Bariactric program out there! I have no regrets on having bariactric surgery! I only wish I had it done 30yrs ago![emoji16] My starting weight before I took the Option class was 222lbs at the end of the 12 weeks I was 217 but the day of my surgery I weighed 210 Lbs. Now at 3 mos post op my weight is at 187! Im no longer on diabetes meds or using a Cpac machine! Im also happy to loose the weight slowly because Im able to keep up with peventing my skin getting to flabby & from looking sickly! As one of my friends expressed to me! So hang in there & dont give up!

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Hello BariBetty!
I too had my surgery (Gastric Sleeve) thru Kaiser Fontana on August 16,2017!
Your gonna find the class pretty i formative. In fact going by the experiences of my daughters & younger sister with their insurance company, I feel that Kaiser has the best Bariactric program out there! I have no regrets on having bariactric surgery! I only wish I had it done 30yrs ago![emoji16] My starting weight before I took the Option class was 222lbs at the end of the 12 weeks I was 217 but the day of my surgery I weighed 210 Lbs. Now at 3 mos post op my weight is at 187! Im no longer on diabetes meds or using a Cpac machine! Im also happy to loose the weight slowly because Im able to keep up with peventing my skin getting to flabby & from looking sickly! As one of my friends expressed to me! So hang in there & dont

Hi! I am sorry I didn’t see your comment before. I am so glad to hear from you, and about your success! Which surgeon did you have? About how long did you have to wait after your last class to get a date? Any advice on helping things go smoothly? Thanks for reaching out!

Hello! My surgeon was Dr Fedorka! My Options class ended in May. I SAW Fedorka in July. My surgery was orginally scheduled for November 1st but i called to check to see if there were any cancellations, there were so thats how I got the August date! By the way, i had my surgery @ St. BERNADINE IN San bernadino. Nòw I hear they are now doing the surgerys@the Kaiser in ontario! Dont worry, Kaiser is the best @ doing WLS! Its 11:30pm so I'll tell you why I that tomorrow!?

Edited January 24, 20188 yr by niseys4

Ok heres why I feel Kaiser is the best @ WLS in my opinion. Both of my adult daughters & 1 of my sisters had WLS all have different insurances but they did not have the before wls education like kaiser offers. so they experienced some complications that couldve been avoided! For example they were tested for the H-plora virus but not informed that they were positive & treated before the surgery so both my daughters had to suffer with that terrible, terrible pain & had to take very strong antibiotics! 1 of my daughters who just 2 mos ago had her surgery not only had to suffer with the H-Plora but had to be hospitalized for 4 days because her surgeon stapled part of her stomach to narrow which made her suffer with reflux! Shes better now & has lost 30lbs since her surgery! My sister is a year post op & is still having trouble reaching her protein & calorie goals due to the fact that she was not educated enough on how to eat after wls like Kaiser teaches! I have read other sad experiences plus the nurse that was taking care of my daughter while in the hospital mentioned how the kaiser patience were treated better compared to others with a different insurance. Meaning that kaiser offered more treatment coverage! So this is some of the reasons that lead me to believe Kaiser has the best WLS program other than for those who pay out of pocket with PPO insurance!