kaiser dietician and social work appointments

Hey everyone, I had my individual appointments with Trisha(sw) and Brenda (dietician) at Kaiser the other day, and they gave me the thumbs up.  I now am waiting for a lab tests instruction letter to come (about 2 weeks) Then I get labs done and wait for August review board to meet.  Things are movin right along, but everything seems to take forever!!!!   Does anyone know how many gastric bypass surgies Kaiser Sunnyside does in a month??? I know a ton of people waiting for August reviews??? Thanks Amy

Hi Amy,   Congrats on the thumbs up!!!! :) I came on here to ask about the appt. with the social worker and the nutritionist Brenda and Julie. I have an appt. in August on the 14th and am soooo nervous I want this sooooo bad. May I ask for some poitners or tips on the appts.  if you don't mind :) A friend of mine that has the appt. on the same day as me is not going to bring their journel and if they needed the info they would just verbally give it to them ? Will this hurt them? I am bringing anything they want even my kitchen sink if I have to LOL. I was kinda down when I read that there was alot of people waiting for their review, and here I thought ohh I will go through the appt and get my appt with the surgeon and get a date LOL....OHHH boy here I go waiting agian :) I appreciate you taking the time reading my reply and hope all goes smooth for ya :).Oh one more Q where the heck did ya find all the Kaiser people on here ? I tried so many times and nothing came up. Is there another board for Kaiser Oregonians :) Ok take care ........Regina

I am a Kaiser patient also, I have been able to find a few people on here going thru Kaiser as well.  It's been tremendously helpful to find them!   I will be taking the 12-week course that starts July 31st @ Kaiser-Sunnyside. Just thought I'd say hello! Gretchen

Regina, I am also with Kaiser and friends with Amy. You DEFINATLY want to bring your journal with you. The dietician will look at it. I didn't bring it and had to come back a second time as well as meet some additional goals. Here are the things they made sure I was doing. Taking a multvitamin including an addition 1000 calcium. Dry meals. Five or six small meals a day. No Soda diet or otherwise. They want to see your excersie on your journal as well. There are other things but I am going blank. You will spend an hour with each and the time will fly by. They will also get very personal and ask lots of questions so don't bring anyone with you. I just had my labs and am waiting for my review. I am getting very excited. Brenda

Hello,  Sorry it took me so long to reply, I was on vacation.  I just got back and did my labs this morning.  I also had a message to schedule an ultrasound.  Hopefully I will be ready for August review, the staff meets around the 15th of every month and decides who is ready to go on to meet the surgeon.  After that they will call you and make your surgeon appoitment and at your surgeon appointment if the surgeon is satisfied he will schedule surgery (from what I understand)  YES BRING  your journal to your SW and dietician appointments and try to have met all the goals, no soda, dry meals, 5-6 meals/day, exercise 3x/week, multi vit and mineral supplements, calcium, be open and honest and everything should go fine! Best of luck to you, let us know after your appoinment how it went.  love amy