scheduled for bariatric surgery orientation @ Kaiser Fontana, what can I expect?

I am going this Friday for the 3 hour bariatric surgery orientation @ Kaiser Fontana. What can I expect? Is there anything I will need to do? Do they have measure to see how tall you are?

I'd expect you to listen closely and take some notes.  Hopefully there will be handouts, but I'd highly recommend you take notes. You need to be made aware of any items YOU are required to initiate or complete before you have surgery.  It's a good policy to learn about the post op process and begin limiting you food choices, food portions, drinking lots of water, doing some exercise, etc.  It's very difficult for people to suddenly stop all poor food choices or eating habits all of a sudden right after surgery.  If you start learning to do "baby steps" prior to surgery, your post op experience is much easier to handle.  Give up sodas one week, give up desserts another, stop eating after dinner, drink 64 oz of water daily, etc.  If you have mobility issues, find a gym or YWCA or YMCA to use for warm water aerobics--you weigh very little in pool.  You may have to schedule these water aerobic "classes" many weeks in advance, as they are popular.  Go to support meetings to learn about what really happens to people the first few weeks post op. You'll likely learn a lot of things you won't hear in any classes with Kaiser.  View many forums like OH to learn how others deal with post op issues.  Good luck. Listen closely, and get ready to enjoy your new life. DAVE

Well, how did it go? I know they keep changing things. I finished the options program in late May, had surgery 11 days ago.

I did the 3 hour orientation on Friday 14th of Sept, then had my first options class on 9-18-12 The orientatin just went over all the different options in surgeries and what to expect as far as appointments and classes. After you finished your options classes, why did it take so long for surgery?

They are really backed up. It takes forever (or it least it seems that way) to get your appointments with the bariatrician, psych consult, then off of coordinator's desk so you can get the surgeon consult, then surgery. Be prepared, this process moves very slow.

When did you have your surgery and what surgeon did you have?

I finished my options classes on November 27, 2012 so now the waiting game. They told us some one would call us to schedule psyc eval and appt with Murali or Turner but it is so hard to not call them.