Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hello all. My name is and i'm glad to be joining you here. I'm also glad to be starting my journey. I live in Rohnert Park Ca. and have Northern Ca Kaiser. I am a divorced mother of a 6 year old girl. My current weight is 260 lbs. My primary care physician at Kaiser has shown his support and agreed to give me the referrels i need to get started. I will also be attending the bariatric overview class in February. My only fear is that i will be turned down by the approval committee. I have 4-5 co-morbidities and may even have ones i'm not aware of. If anyone has any advice or tips on how to ensure being approved or speeding up the approval process (haha), I would love to hear it. Thanks for listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hello all. My name is and i'm glad to be joining you here. I'm also glad to be starting my journey. I live in Rohnert Park Ca. and have Northern Ca Kaiser. I am a divorced mother of a 6 year old girl. My current weight is 260 lbs. My primary care physician at Kaiser has shown his support and agreed to give me the referrels i need to get started. I will also be attending the bariatric overview class in February. My only fear is that i will be turned down by the approval committee. I have 4-5 co-morbidities and may even have ones i'm not aware of. If anyone has any advice or tips on how to ensure being approved or speeding up the approval process (haha), I would love to hear it. Thanks for listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 , welcome to the group. Glad that you are here. You will find enormous information to assist you here. Although I am not on the committe that determines if you qualify, I think that you should have no problem given the fact of your weight and the 4-5 comorbidities. So, get your referrals and get that out of the way. As soon as your referrals have been complete and your PCP gets the result, they can submit it right online to the committe. I know that a lot has changed since a 11 months ago when I stared but I got my approval in three days via email. The letter took like a week to two weeks to arrival but I knew because my PCP sent me the letter that she got via email. So no worries. Keep us posted on your progress. Pam Marsh --- pathservsd wrote: > Hello all. My name is and i'm glad to be > joining you here. > I'm also glad to be starting my journey. I live in > Rohnert Park Ca. and > have Northern Ca Kaiser. I am a divorced mother of > a 6 year old girl. > My current weight is 260 lbs. My primary care > physician at Kaiser has > shown his support and agreed to give me the > referrels i need to get > started. I will also be attending the bariatric > overview class in > February. My only fear is that i will be turned down > by the approval > committee. I have 4-5 co-morbidities and may even > have ones i'm not > aware of. If anyone has any advice or tips on how to > ensure being > approved or speeding up the approval process (haha), > I would love to > hear it. Thanks for listening. > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 , welcome to the group. Glad that you are here. You will find enormous information to assist you here. Although I am not on the committe that determines if you qualify, I think that you should have no problem given the fact of your weight and the 4-5 comorbidities. So, get your referrals and get that out of the way. As soon as your referrals have been complete and your PCP gets the result, they can submit it right online to the committe. I know that a lot has changed since a 11 months ago when I stared but I got my approval in three days via email. The letter took like a week to two weeks to arrival but I knew because my PCP sent me the letter that she got via email. So no worries. Keep us posted on your progress. Pam Marsh --- pathservsd wrote: > Hello all. My name is and i'm glad to be > joining you here. > I'm also glad to be starting my journey. I live in > Rohnert Park Ca. and > have Northern Ca Kaiser. I am a divorced mother of > a 6 year old girl. > My current weight is 260 lbs. My primary care > physician at Kaiser has > shown his support and agreed to give me the > referrels i need to get > started. I will also be attending the bariatric > overview class in > February. My only fear is that i will be turned down > by the approval > committee. I have 4-5 co-morbidities and may even > have ones i'm not > aware of. If anyone has any advice or tips on how to > ensure being > approved or speeding up the approval process (haha), > I would love to > hear it. Thanks for listening. > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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