Re: newbie -- Jenn

[Guest guest]

Jenn - I just saw my bariatric surgeon on July 5th and he confirmed

that BMI of 40 and over qualifies without any comorbidities.

I am going through the Richmond Bariatric Program with Kaiser. My

PCP wasn't sure of the requirements earlier this year but went ahead

and submitted the referral. I was approved right away. I've lost

my 10% (for Richmond - typically each patient needs to lose 10%

before surgery) and now have surgery scheduled for August 7th.

Also, Kaiser Nurse from the Kp.org message board has confirmed

the qualification requirements a few times over the last couple of

months.

I hope this helps you out.

Sue from Vacaville

Height: 5'7 "

Orientation Weight: 276

Current Weight: 241.0

Presurgery Goal Weight: 248 (= 10% of Orientation Weight)

Surgery Date: August 7, 2006

Surgeon: Dr. Baags from Richmond

>

> Hello, I'm a newbie to this group. My status as far as the

surgery

> goes is: waiting for a referral. My Dr. has been on maternity

> leave and now she seems to not believe me when I tell her about

> Kaiser's new guidelines of 40+ BMI and no co-morbidities. So, I'm

> awaiting an email to see if she can confirm that is correct. Do

any

> of you know?

>

> At any rate, about me...I'm 31, from the Sacramento area, married

> and we have a 4 month old. I've been overweight since I was about

> 11. Now my BMI is 42+, and I'm easily 100 pounds overweight. I

have

> high cholesterol, but I'm not taking meds since I just found this

> out. Diabetes is in my family also. My mom had the surgery in

May

> 2005 and has done fantastic. I have learned a lot from her, and I

> know it will not be an easy journey..but I've decided to go for

it.

> I want to change my life around for me and my daughter.

>

> SO, can anyone tell me...if my Dr. will not give me a referral, do

I

> switch Dr's? What should I do? I don't understand why she won't

do

> it. Her assistant called me and said I had to be over 50 BMI and

> have diabetes or some other kind of obesity issue already. That

> made no sense to me, so I thought I'd post here for some answers.

>

> Oh and also to make new friends who have done or are doing the

> surgery. Thanks a bunch! Glad to meet you all.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue, thanks for posting! I've made an appt with my PCP next

week, we'll see how it goes. Also, congrats to you!! August 7th is

right around the corner.

Jenn

> >

> > Hello, I'm a newbie to this group. My status as far as the

> surgery

> > goes is: waiting for a referral. My Dr. has been on maternity

> > leave and now she seems to not believe me when I tell her about

> > Kaiser's new guidelines of 40+ BMI and no co-morbidities. So,

I'm

> > awaiting an email to see if she can confirm that is correct. Do

> any

> > of you know?

> >

> > At any rate, about me...I'm 31, from the Sacramento area,

married

> > and we have a 4 month old. I've been overweight since I was

about

> > 11. Now my BMI is 42+, and I'm easily 100 pounds overweight. I

> have

> > high cholesterol, but I'm not taking meds since I just found

this

> > out. Diabetes is in my family also. My mom had the surgery in

> May

> > 2005 and has done fantastic. I have learned a lot from her, and

I

> > know it will not be an easy journey..but I've decided to go for

> it.

> > I want to change my life around for me and my daughter.

> >

> > SO, can anyone tell me...if my Dr. will not give me a referral,

do

> I

> > switch Dr's? What should I do? I don't understand why she

won't

> do

> > it. Her assistant called me and said I had to be over 50 BMI

and

> > have diabetes or some other kind of obesity issue already. That

> > made no sense to me, so I thought I'd post here for some answers.

> >

> > Oh and also to make new friends who have done or are doing the

> > surgery. Thanks a bunch! Glad to meet you all.

> >

>