Re: To Kay and her Milestones?

[Guest guest]

Hi Colleen,

I would suggest that you do get you Doctor on the phone. The reason I that they once you register then they will mail you your pin. That will take about a week or sometimes longer before you get it in the mail. Just calling Kaiser directly would be easier. If you don't have you Kaiser number I think you will need to call Member services so that they can give it to you over the phone. Welcome to Kaiser in less than 1 hour and 34 minutes.

Ramona

[Guest guest]

Hi Kay,

I really enjoyed your post. I loved reading your milestones ! I think right now my milestone might just be actually getting an appointment with a pcp who ends up being weight loss friendly and refers me for this surgery, LOL Tomorrow my insurance offically switches over to Kaiser. The bummer is I work until four, have to zip home and transform myself for an awards banquet at my husbands company. By the time I get home from that i will be too zombied out to do anything and i guess Kaiser will be closed, but there is always FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get the impression you have to register and get some type of password to be able to make appointments and switch doctors on line.

my other goal or milestone would be to actually get the surgery done in the year 2004, In my head I sometimes say 2004, the surgery is a GO , but my back up is 2005 doing surgery to keep alive...................... My goal / milestones would be to have surgery to reduce high blood pressure and avoid type two diabetes. To have more energy to be able to do more...........just the medications i take for high blood pressure tend to make me tired, but with loosing weight and combining exercise, I just visualize this better place for me mentally and physically. I have to admit that the vanity part of it, I think I would like that I might look better, that i would feel prettier........................... The idea of being around on this earth in this body longer is astounding to me.................................

My fears would be or are real but somewhat silly to me at times

I worry i might fart uncontrollably at work or in social situations

that i might burp a lot

I might loose my hair

have loose flabby skin

Have people ask a lot of questions..........

Risk of death......................

but even though i go over these things in my head, i always ask myself , do you want to or do you not want to do this surgery and I always find the answer is YES I WANT TO.

of course there is this happy fantasy that i think i shared before when someone was so excited they could fit into their husband jeans...............and my dream is my husband picking me up to kiss me and i can be up off the ground do the little leg kick, or he twirls me while kissing me..............................

Ok did I ramble enough !

Colleen officially a Kaiser member in about two hours

Kay wrote:

Hello all,I'm not sure why - but I woke up this morning thinking about milestones. I'm one of those people who needs to have goals and markers along the way - my ultimate goal is just too hard to visualize and will take quite a while to reach. (In my dreams, I'd like to lose a total of 250 pounds!!!)The folks here are all sorts of shapes, sizes, ages and health. I imagine that we have a wide variety of interests, concerns and life styles. So, while we all share some similarities on our weight loss journeys, we may each have some special milestones. Some may be serious - like no longer needing medications - and others may be more frivolous. I'd love to hear about them - and I hope others would like to, as well. For me - some of the milestones that I've already reached are:-- getting below 300 lbs. for the first time

in about 15 years,-- when my weight hit 264 lb., my BMI was low enough that I am no longer Super Morbidly Obese,-- weighing less than the lie on my driver's license,-- being able to fasten the seatbelt on my old Honda (my new Toyota has much longer belts, so that was no challenge),-- being able to shop for clothes in a regular store (in the Plus Size section - but, at least, it isn't a Super Size store),-- being able to get my butt into one of those plastic lawn chairs with room to spare.Some of the milestones I'm looking forward to:-- when I reach 250 pounds (only 7 pounds away), I'll be half way to my dream goal,-- having a BMI low enough that I can lose the "Morbidly" off my obesity diagnosis,-- being able to walk for 2 miles (I'm a long way from this goal - my best is a half mile on a very good day),-- being able to wear my Renaissance Faire costume from 25 years ago,-- well . . . I could go on, but I'd really like know your

milestones.I hope that folks don't mind this long posting. I'd enjoy hearing from you all. Even if you are just starting your WLS journey, there are hurdles that you've cleared (even if it is just making the decision to research the surgery) and there are milestones you see for your future.Hope to hear from you.All the best,Kayopen RNY 12/1/03375 / 338 / 257 / ??? (125 in my dreams)Colleen

[Guest guest]

Hi Colleen,

Huzzah! Now that you are officially a Kaiser member, you can get things

rolling. Although, if memory serves me right, aren't you the one who

went ahead and enrolled in the Kaiser weight management class even

though you had to pay a non-member price for it? Is so . . . then you

already have things rolling.

I remember last spring I kept saying " I just want to get my surgery done

in 2003 " - I even told my sister that the first part of December would

be perfect. Well . . . there just might be something to be said for the

power of positive thinking. My surgery was on December 1st and you

certainly can't get any closer to " the first part of December " than that.

About some of your fears . . . the only WLS post-ops that I know who

have problems with uncontrollable farting have all had duodenal switches

rather than RNYs. Burping can be a problem but it seems to be directly

related to what you eat. When I'm going to be around people after I

eat, then I stick with those foods that I know are relatively safe.

Always save the experimenting for at home. Let people ask all the

questions they want . . . you don't have to answer unless you want to.

I look forward to hearing how your journey progresses.

All the best,

Kay

open RNY 12/1/03

Colleen Garner wrote:

> Hi Kay,

>

> I really enjoyed your post. I loved reading your milestones ! I think

> right now my milestone might just be actually getting an appointment

> with a pcp who ends up being weight loss friendly and refers me for

> this surgery, LOL Tomorrow my insurance offically switches over to

> Kaiser. The bummer is I work until four, have to zip home and

> transform myself for an awards banquet at my husbands company. By the

> time I get home from that i will be too zombied out to do anything

> and i guess Kaiser will be closed, but there is always FRIDAY

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get the impression you have to

> register and get some type of password to be able to make appointments

> and switch doctors on line.

>

> my other goal or milestone would be to actually get the surgery done

> in the year 2004, In my head I sometimes say 2004, the surgery is a

> GO , but my back up is 2005 doing surgery to keep

> alive...................... My goal / milestones would be to have

> surgery to reduce high blood pressure and avoid type two diabetes. To

> have more energy to be able to do more...........just the medications

> i take for high blood pressure tend to make me tired, but with loosing

> weight and combining exercise, I just visualize this better place for

> me mentally and physically. I have to admit that the vanity part of

> it, I think I would like that I might look better, that i would feel

> prettier........................... The idea of being around on this

> earth in this body longer is astounding to

> me.................................

>

> My fears would be or are real but somewhat silly to me at times

> I worry i might fart uncontrollably at work or in social situations

> that i might burp a lot

> I might loose my hair

> have loose flabby skin

> Have people ask a lot of questions..........

> Risk of death......................

> but even though i go over these things in my head, i always ask myself

> , do you want to or do you not want to do this surgery and I always

> find the answer is YES I WANT TO.

>

> of course there is this happy fantasy that i think i shared before

> when someone was so excited they could fit into their husband

> jeans...............and my dream is my husband picking me up to kiss

> me and i can be up off the ground do the little leg kick, or he twirls

> me while kissing me..............................

> Ok did I ramble enough !

> Colleen officially a Kaiser member in about two hours

[Guest guest]

Kay wrote:

>I remember last spring I kept saying " I just want to get my surgery done

>in 2003 " - I even told my sister that the first part of December would

>be perfect. Well . . . there just might be something to be said for the

>power of positive thinking. My surgery was on December 1st and you

>certainly can't get any closer to " the first part of December " than that.

>

I was dismayed when I heard how long it takes, though now it is making

more sense. My goal is WLS by September. My birthday is Sept 1 and I

turn 50. I think that this life change will be the best present I can

give myself.

Laurel

[Guest guest]

Colleen,

This was great! Burp and fart in front of people!LOL! Congratulations on finally getting Kaiser. I think just one milestone for me would be to be able to tuck my shirt into my jeans and look good, being able to cross my legs would be nice too. I won't even go into the health problems this surgery could solve for me, that would take too long.

CarolColleen Garner wrote:

Hi Kay,

I really enjoyed your post. I loved reading your milestones ! I think right now my milestone might just be actually getting an appointment with a pcp who ends up being weight loss friendly and refers me for this surgery, LOL Tomorrow my insurance offically switches over to Kaiser. The bummer is I work until four, have to zip home and transform myself for an awards banquet at my husbands company. By the time I get home from that i will be too zombied out to do anything and i guess Kaiser will be closed, but there is always FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get the impression you have to register and get some type of password to be able to make appointments and switch doctors on line.

my other goal or milestone would be to actually get the surgery done in the year 2004, In my head I sometimes say 2004, the surgery is a GO , but my back up is 2005 doing surgery to keep alive...................... My goal / milestones would be to have surgery to reduce high blood pressure and avoid type two diabetes. To have more energy to be able to do more...........just the medications i take for high blood pressure tend to make me tired, but with loosing weight and combining exercise, I just visualize this better place for me mentally and physically. I have to admit that the vanity part of it, I think I would like that I might look better, that i would feel prettier........................... The idea of being around on this earth in this body longer is astounding to me.................................

My fears would be or are real but somewhat silly to me at times

I worry i might fart uncontrollably at work or in social situations

that i might burp a lot

I might loose my hair

have loose flabby skin

Have people ask a lot of questions..........

Risk of death......................

but even though i go over these things in my head, i always ask myself , do you want to or do you not want to do this surgery and I always find the answer is YES I WANT TO.

of course there is this happy fantasy that i think i shared before when someone was so excited they could fit into their husband jeans...............and my dream is my husband picking me up to kiss me and i can be up off the ground do the little leg kick, or he twirls me while kissing me..............................

Ok did I ramble enough !

Colleen officially a Kaiser member in about two hours

Kay wrote:

Hello all,I'm not sure why - but I woke up this morning thinking about milestones. I'm one of those people who needs to have goals and markers along the way - my ultimate goal is just too hard to visualize and will take quite a while to reach. (In my dreams, I'd like to lose a total of 250 pounds!!!)The folks here are all sorts of shapes, sizes, ages and health. I imagine that we have a wide variety of interests, concerns and life styles. So, while we all share some similarities on our weight loss journeys, we may each have some special milestones. Some may be serious - like no longer needing medications - and others may be more frivolous. I'd love to hear about them - and I hope others would like to, as well. For me - some of the milestones that I've already reached are:-- getting below 300 lbs. for the first time

in about 15 years,-- when my weight hit 264 lb., my BMI was low enough that I am no longer Super Morbidly Obese,-- weighing less than the lie on my driver's license,-- being able to fasten the seatbelt on my old Honda (my new Toyota has much longer belts, so that was no challenge),-- being able to shop for clothes in a regular store (in the Plus Size section - but, at least, it isn't a Super Size store),-- being able to get my butt into one of those plastic lawn chairs with room to spare.Some of the milestones I'm looking forward to:-- when I reach 250 pounds (only 7 pounds away), I'll be half way to my dream goal,-- having a BMI low enough that I can lose the "Morbidly" off my obesity diagnosis,-- being able to walk for 2 miles (I'm a long way from this goal - my best is a half mile on a very good day),-- being able to wear my Renaissance Faire costume from 25 years ago,-- well . . . I could go on, but I'd really like know your

milestones.I hope that folks don't mind this long posting. I'd enjoy hearing from you all. Even if you are just starting your WLS journey, there are hurdles that you've cleared (even if it is just making the decision to research the surgery) and there are milestones you see for your future.Hope to hear from you.All the best,Kayopen RNY 12/1/03375 / 338 / 257 / ??? (125 in my dreams)

Colleen