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Hey there! My name is Jessica. I am 32 years old and I live in Sacramento, Ca. I have been married for 14 years and have two georgous sons.
My insurance provider is Kaiser, and I am just starting the process to hopefully have Lap. RNY. Tomorrow (7/20/2007) is my first appt with my regular care provider for a referral to the Bariatrics Dept. I'm really excited, scared, but optimistic!
I've pretty much had a weight problem my entire life, I have been over 200 lbs since my snior year of high school. My highest weight was 291 lbs. I currently weigh around 285 lbs. YIKES! I've done diets, watched what I ate, Weight Watchers. I've taken classes at Kaiser like "Healthy Ways" & "Emotional Eating". I pretty much will lose 30 lbs or so, just to gain it back + some. Recently my weight has really started affecting my quality of life. I realized there is so much I want to do in life that my weight holds me back from. Physically my weight has really started taking a toll on me. My hips go numb in the middle of the night. My lower back is aching all day, every day. I get out of breath so easily. This past year has been the hardest for me, but I am hoping to change myself around.
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07/28/2007 ~ I went to my appt. last Friday. It went well. My blood pressure was high, so I need to have it checked again. My PCP referred me to the Bariatrics Program and requested my lab work. We also went over my family history and that was about it. I went on Wednesday and got my lab work done, the results are in and everything was within normal range! I was very thankful for that. I hadn't been feeling well this last couple weeks so I was worried. Maybe it's because my blood pressure is high...
I got my approval letter from Kaiser that I have been accepted into the Pre-Approval Program... whatever that means. Unfortunately it came with a note attached saying,"Due to the overwhelming response to our program, the 6-8 week timeframe from acceptance to scheduling program orientation has been extended to 8-16 weeks." That was VERY dissappointing to read. I had such a hard time making up my mind to do this and I feel like now that I am dead set on doing it, I have to wait forever. I may switch my insurance. We'll see. Anyway, just wanted to update on what I hope to be a long journey!!!
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8/10/07 ~ So today when I got home I went to get the mail and was suprised to see a big envelope from Kaiser! I opened it right away and found all the informational paper work from the bariatric program in there along with some questionairs that I am suppose to complete and bring with me to the orientation. The only thing is I haven't even been scheduled for the orientation yet! I am thinking that maybe this means I am closer to getting scheduled?!?!?! I am going to call there on Monday and find out if and when I am scheduled and if not if the can give me an approximate time frame. *fingers crossed* I am so ready to do this now.
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8/14/07 ~ I have an amazing update!!! I got my orientation date and it is this Sunday the 19th!!! That was such an incredible suprise. I had called just to ask a few questions about weight loss and the orientation and next thing I know she is asking me if I can come on Sunday!!! This was truely a blessing. I thought that it would be 4-6 months before I would get in. From what I have heard, once you have your orientation with Kaiser, things move pretty fast. I hope so. My goal is: I would like my surgery date to be with in 6 months. I may have to push and fight for it, but I am willing to.
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Before & After
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