I am so excited! I received a call from Dr. Zane on Friday to schedule my sleeve!!!!! I'm so upset that I missed his call. I would have my surgery date right now...I have to wait through the weekend! I can't take it lol.

I was shocked he was the one actually calling me to schedule the surgery, and I was shocked that he was calling to schedule the surgery and not the pre-op appointment????

I'm so glad I was assigned to Dr. Zane :-) he seemed very nice at the seminar. ...

How exciting! I'm just getting started in the Kaiser process and am waiting for start date of my options class.

When did you finish your options class? Has it truly been a 4-5 month wait?

I'm not sure which area I'll go to for surgery. The shorter wait time at Pacific Bariatric is appealing, but having all of my care at a KP hospital is good too! But, I've got a while to decide, so I'm not worrying too much about that decision yet.

thats great i have been looking for people on here thats going to kaiser,,,YAY....i hear that habor city is the best,.. my sister saw dr zane a few years ago and im seeing dr belsbregs,,,,lol i think that the way its spelled... on july 1... i was done with my classes back at the end of april... i was seen i think in may...and had a date for july 26... and someone moved sooo they called friday to see if i wanted july 1... and i said yes... but im sooo scared... it nice to know other people in my city...

I had my surgery done by Dr. Zane and yes, he's the best. He definitely knows what he's doing. I think he's done over a thousand sleeves and is either the head of, or the pioneer of the Kaiser bariatric dept. You are in good hands!

Yayyy I'm so glad to hear good things about Dr. Zane! I really liked him at the seminar.

I completed my 3 month options class on April 2nd-and my paperwork went to Harbor City by April 15th-the last week of May I was notified to attend a mandatory seminar at HC on June 5th and on Friday June 11th Dr. Zane called me :-)

I'm not sure exactly when the surgery will be until I speak with him, but I think in August sometime. I will keep you all posted aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! LOL :thumbup:!

mb20mom wow 70lbs? How long did it take to lose that? How are you feeling? Was it super difficult to adjust? Sorry for all the questions...

ok I'm new at this sorry...my fonts are huge! LOL! I don't know how to work this yet!

Ok I spoke with Dr. Zane and my surgery date is August 27th!!! I'm so excited, nervous, and scurrrred lol!

thats great i have been looking for people on here thats going to kaiser,,,YAY....i hear that habor city is the best,.. my sister saw dr zane a few years ago and im seeing dr belsbregs,,,,lol i think that the way its spelled... on july 1... i was done with my classes back at the end of april... i was seen i think in may...and had a date for july 26... and someone moved sooo they called friday to see if i wanted july 1... and i said yes... but im sooo scared... it nice to know other people in my city...

Did you go to classes in Corona? I think I was in your class

Hi did you go to your option classes in Corona? I think I was in your class.

I went to the options class in Fontana.:biggrin0:

mb20mom wow 70lbs? How long did it take to lose that? How are you feeling? Was it super difficult to adjust? Sorry for all the questions...

I lost 27lbs of that in the 6mos of Options classes, so I've lost almost 50 since surgery. It feels like it's going slow to me, actually. Sometimes I go 2-3 weeks at a time without any loss, then I'll lose 2lbs and that's it. I'm always hungry though, so the whole loss of hunger thing didn't work for me...:thumbup1:. The other day I bent over to tie my shoe and I stood up and realized how easy it was...so to answer your question...I feel amazing!

Great to hear you got a date! That's a long time to wait though, so hang in there. Good luck with it all!

Thanks mb20mom :-)...Ok you answered one of my many questions I will have for Dr. Zane on 8/18. I was going to ask him if those hunger hormones they cut out ever come back, and I guess they do :001_tt2:...But you are doing a GREAT JOB inspite of that!!! So you totally give me hope! Yes, it seems like a looooong time to wait, but this process started last June, so now I'm almost at the finish line and time is going so quickly. Then I will be off to the start of a new journey yayyyyy:001_smile:!

Congrats on your surgery date. I am with Kaiser West LA and am thrilled to connect with other Kaiser patients. I wanted my surgery in Harbor City, however I was told there was a 6-8 month wait...This week a member of my options class said she was told have halted any scheduling for Harbor City for a while due to backlog...Happy to hear someone made it.

Kaiser WLA is now using Pacific Bariatrics in San Diego. This was one of the first hospitals they contracted with when they first started the surgeries years ago.

I go tomorrow for my consult with surgeon. Then 21 days after I should be given a surgery date...

Can't wait to share with fellow Kaiser patients!

i did my classes in carson

I just had my consult with the surgeon at harbor city yesterday 7/14/10. My surgery is scheduled for 09/20/10 or maybe sooner I will find out next week. I seen Dr Belzberg, very nice doctor