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They need to stay consistant with their info.

Cool I hope you get your call soon. Yes I am, where do you work?

[quote I guess we are a persisten bunch!! By time most of us get to orientation we have already made up our minds and done the research. I thiough about it for six months before I even went to orientation and by the time I did I had done the research and made up my mind this was the way to go. But I do think alot of people at the orientation where still undecided and rather clueless!! I agree about the clueless and undecided folks. These are the people who hold up the appointment spots, they probably get called first lol, while we sit and get restless. That's too bad for us.

SWRKTP, When was your orientation? My understanding is that they are calling appointments for the people who were in orientation during the holidays. So if you are in that batch then you may be getting a call soon.

Thanks Christine and Nicole! I had Dr.Park was the surgeon and Liz was the case manager as well as Robin the nutritionist. A couple of people left the orientation before it was over. I was surprised!

Christine: Thanks for accepting the FB invite. I didn't want to talk about the surgery on the wall, when needed I will write you through your "FB inbox". LOL, no no need for Sac Richmond Team. Thanks to all of you for meeting, I had a wonderful time.Nicole, Audrey is so cute!!! We should this this more often. I went to my orientation today. I left the house at 4:30 am, needless to say I am sleep deprived. The orientation went well, oh my some of the questions that people asked baffled me, especially when we all know we there to find a tool to help us in our quest to lose weight :thumbup:. After hearing all the information about both RNY and LB, I am fully convinced that I want to do the LB. I don't mind gradual weightloss. They told us that they'd be calling to give us our next appointment. Well I tried calling them after we left but no luck. I'm going to pester them until I get an appointment. So I will be starting the my diet tomorrow. :thumbup:. I am excited!!!

Hi All, I can't wait till lunch. How are we going to identify ourselves? Should we use "Sac Richmond Team"? Any ideas? I'll see you all at 1p.m.:wink_smile:

Thanks Christine!

Thanks I will set off early. How was parking there? I can't wait to meet you all as well.

[ I have lost some weight even with my half hearted christmas break diet..........today everyone went home and I am getting serious. Just shocked that I still lost just by limiting carbs and haven't totally cut them out yet!! Would love to get this moving............... Congrats on the weightloss during this difficult season. Now put your game face on and we'll be right along with you!:tongue2:

I plan on starting, did you pretty much stick to the diet and how long did it take for you to lose your 10%??

Thanks for the advice, I plan on leaving Sacramento at about 5:30a.m. I am serious too LOL :-)They won't be sending me home! I hope their scheduler will be back next week!

:thumbup:Congratualtions Nicole!!! Thanks for the info about your visit this helps those of us in the beginning stage. I have my orientation on Tuesday and hope to get a follow up shortly after next week. I would like to have the surgery by March if its possible. It will be very exciting to go through this together.

1p.m. sounds great, it wil be nice to meet everybody. Nicole did you call to fnd out if kids are allowed to your appointment?

Monday is fine with me so long as it is after 11:30. Chilli's sounds good to me .

Lets set a date? Any day is fine with me.

I'm not sure but you can ask the clinic if you can bring your baby.

I think Arden area will be great and also a midpoint for us. We can do Fresh Choice (i know it has some bad choices) however this way we can have better control or we can meet at any restaurant and order salads. How does this sound?

LOL! I bet it won't look too bad after the hunger. Yes we should all meet up. I live in Mather, maybe we can have lunch.

I agree Riley!

Mollie, thanks for your response! Nicole, you have pretty much summed it up for me that the LB is for me. It scares me to death to think about my intestines being re-routed and not having the ability to reverse. My husband also agrees with the LB idea. I know its a foreign object in my body then again I already have foreign objects in my body already lol, what's one more:thumbup:. I really like this board and appreciate all of your input. I was able to get my orientation date to 1/6 and very happy about that.

Thanks for your response. I'm sure you might be able to go to a Kaiser Bariatric facility out of state. I kow in the past Kaiser has made provisions for patients to see other docs, who maynot be directly affiliated with them. Check with member services. I am also battling with which procedure to have. I like the lap because it is reversible, my fear with bypass is the dumping syndrome that I have heard a lot of people express who have had gb. Ultimately, I think I will go with LB. The good news is that when all is said and done and we are post-op we will be healthier and or moving towards healthy living :-).

Hi Riley, thanks for the welcome. Christmas was very relaxing for me. The kids opened their gifts and we went to The Shrinners Children Hospital to bless the kids there with some gifts. Food wise I was a total mess, I suppose I'm trying to get in all I can before my orientation. I did put a break on the feasting, after that's the reason why I'm heading towards this route. I'm looking forward to this process. My husband bought into this and that makes it a thousand times more exciting. You did well eating on your trip it appears, 1lb is nothing, you will get the 10lbs of before the 23rd I'm confident .

Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well. I was about to go onto the KP web for information and stumbled upon this thread. It is good to see that I'm not alone. I have my orientation at Richmond on 1/13. I'm pretty excited about that. This entire process is nerve racking. I look forward to learning and from you all and also supporting eacj other through this process.:thumbup:

Hi, my name is Reggie, I'm also int he prelinary stages of the lapband process, I have my first orientation on 1/13/09. I am excited and nervous at the same time. Like you I feel I will have better control over my weight and be a success. I wish you the best. I also hope to learn from this site as well. :thumbup: