I was going to have surgery with Dr. Davitan but they wanted do it at surgery center not hospital so i refused so now considering UC Irvine bariatrics program, anyone have experience with them???

I went today July 12 for 1st visit, i was very impressed with the place, they had nutritionist, social worker , nurse work with you right their in the office. I pulled my car up to valet parking got a electronic cart right to the building no walking. Saw a resident , then the DR. They gave a lot of info, i have to attend a seminar, get Upper Gi, Psyc consult, and give all my medical records for last 3-5 yrs. He said i have to lose 25lbs to get down to 450lbs, i started at 500lbs i am now doing 20 laps a day in pool and exercising so have lost 25 so far.

I will post more after i experience it.

I went today July 12 for 1st visit, i was very impressed with the place, they had nutritionist, social worker , nurse work with you right their in the office. I pulled my car up to valet parking got a electronic cart right to the building no walking. Saw a resident , then the DR. They gave a lot of info, i have to attend a seminar, get Upper Gi, Psyc consult, and give all my medical records for last 3-5 yrs. He said i have to lose 25lbs to get down to 450lbs, i started at 500lbs i am now doing 20 laps a day in pool and exercising so have lost 25 so far.

I will post more after i experience it.

I have an appointment with Dr Nguyen next week and am looking forward to it! Glad you had a positive experienc,

OK i got my Pscy eval done it was a breeze with Dr Franklin at IMC, had the UGI the same day, i am very impressed with how nice and helpful the people are here. The UGI took 35 mins as a was a cooperating PT. I turned my medical records over and got a call 3 days later from the office saying i had been cleared for surgery. I needed to set up my 2nd appointment.

I also attended their 2 hr seminar given by Dr Nguyan , the coordinator and nutrionest. Interesting info provided and they brought in 4 pts that had lap band, sleeve, gastric bypass. they told their story's and took questions.

I checked my weight i lost 11lbs in 2 weeks, 16 more to go before they will operate. I am up to 30-40 laps a day in the pool.

I have missed a few days on my diet as i have a visitor from over seas and need to cook for them and take them out for dinner.

I am still doing 1200 cal a day, some times i go over a little as its hard to calculate exact amt. Hardest part i always get hungry at 9-10pm at night and i miss not eating b4 going to bed. last night after 2 hrs of stomach pain i gave up and eat 6 slices of turkey 50m cal and 1 slice cheese 30cal, i skipped the bread, i need to drink more Water as they suggested.

Hoping next week they tell me my surgery date is end of Aug.

Dr. Ninh T. Nguyen did my lapband surgery in January 2-11. I really am pleased with the surgery and the care I receive from him and his office staff.

Connie