Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Do you mean gastric band? I'm sure she means Gastric Bypass........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Do you mean gastric band? If so, it doesn't have the same quality of results as Kaiser's preferred surgery--Roux-En-Y (we abbreviate it as RNY). And if a hospital/program or MD doesn't usually do a procedure or is new to it, you don't want to be in their first 25! Martha On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:14:37 -0000, " debgrulke " said: > > > Hello to all. I am new to the group and searching for answers. I > have Kaiser insurance and they told me a couple of years ago, that > they did not allow gb surgery. Has anyone from Ga. ever had this > procedure? I have a friend who just had it and she is down 75 lbs > since the summer! I am so jealous. I wonder if I could do the post > op diet and get the same results but with the hunger issue. I am > desperate at 316 lbs to do something. any advice would be greatly > appreciated...........frustrated in ga > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Do you mean gastric band? If so, it doesn't have the same quality of results as Kaiser's preferred surgery--Roux-En-Y (we abbreviate it as RNY). And if a hospital/program or MD doesn't usually do a procedure or is new to it, you don't want to be in their first 25! Martha On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:14:37 -0000, " debgrulke " said: > > > Hello to all. I am new to the group and searching for answers. I > have Kaiser insurance and they told me a couple of years ago, that > they did not allow gb surgery. Has anyone from Ga. ever had this > procedure? I have a friend who just had it and she is down 75 lbs > since the summer! I am so jealous. I wonder if I could do the post > op diet and get the same results but with the hunger issue. I am > desperate at 316 lbs to do something. any advice would be greatly > appreciated...........frustrated in ga > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Kaiser in California, where many of us are, does the surgery and I would think that the policy would have to apply nationwide. If it has been two years, try again and see if they are doing it, and if they tell you that they aren't, then tell them that you know that Kaiser does it in California. Go to membership management and tell them your problem as well. As for doing the after surgery diet, I couldn't recommend that because post-ops have an issue with malabsorption of food that we don't have. Instead you should do the pre-op diet that is just a basic 1200 calorie diet, or some people do the low carb diet as well. Hope this helps. LaWanda At 05:14 AM 11/19/04, you wrote: >Hello to all. I am new to the group and searching for answers. I >have Kaiser insurance and they told me a couple of years ago, that >they did not allow gb surgery. Has anyone from Ga. ever had this >procedure? I have a friend who just had it and she is down 75 lbs >since the summer! I am so jealous. I wonder if I could do the post >op diet and get the same results but with the hunger issue. I am >desperate at 316 lbs to do something. any advice would be greatly >appreciated...........frustrated in ga > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Hi . . . (eh, uh . . . how should I address you? "Hi, Frustrated in GA" seems a bit odd.) Anyway . . . Welcome to the group. I think that you are our first Georgian. It will be interesting to hear how things work with the Kaiser back there. I hope that you find this group to be as helpful, informative and supportive as I have found it to be. This is an amazing group of folks. Have you checked with your Kaiser recently? Gastric bypass surgery seems to have gained a lot of acceptance in recent years - and, with obesity now being officially considered a disease, it should be easier to press Kaiser for an effective treatment (as opposed to the old diet/exercise routine with its 95% failure rate). About trying to do "the post op diet" without having WLS surgery - well, there are several variations of post op diets that given to folks for when their new tummies are healing from the surgery. These diets are only meant to last for a very short time and following these extremely restrictive diets for very long would almost surely result in malnutrition. Once WLS patients progress past this newly post op stage, we aren't really on a "diet." We eat small portions with emphasis on protein. We are also monitored by our doctors and nutritionists and with lab work to make sure that we are not getting into trouble nutritionally. I would caution you against eating as little as most post-ops do unless you are under a doctor's or nutritionist's care and supervision. And, even with a doctor's involvement, I'd be concerned about the regain that seems inevitable with most dieting. Whatever changes to your eating patterns and relationship with food that you make will need to life-long changes if they are to result in long-term success. At least, that is my 2 cents worth. Please, do check out what Kaiser may be offering these days. If they don't have a WLS exclusion specified, then it would seem that you have a good shot at having them either perform the surgery or possibly even pay to have it done elsewhere. Don't give up. It may take some research and pushing, but don't give up. All the best, Kay in San Leandro open RNY 12/1/03 debgrulke wrote: Hello to all. I am new to the group and searching for answers. I have Kaiser insurance and they told me a couple of years ago, that they did not allow gb surgery. Has anyone from Ga. ever had this procedure? I have a friend who just had it and she is down 75 lbs since the summer! I am so jealous. I wonder if I could do the post op diet and get the same results but with the hunger issue. I am desperate at 316 lbs to do something. any advice would be greatly appreciated...........frustrated in ga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.