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Harbor City Kaiser, Dr. Zane anyone???

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linda2    0

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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

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sleeve 4 me    910

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Welcome weigh8nomore!!! My experience with Kaiser has been awesome. I know it's a long process but they really want us to be informed and the classes were great. The doctors and educators really do seem to care. We are all truly blessed to be having our sleeve done with Kaiser :-)

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sleeve 4 me    910

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im very excited i will also be having my surgery done by Dr. Zane on Jan 7th which is next Friday.

He is the best! Best wishes to you! You are going to love your sleeve! I just went back to South Bay today for my 1st labs after surgery and everything came back normal yayyy! I'm actually ahead of schedule the doctor said and she even said I should reach my goal with no problem :) yayyyy!

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sleeve 4 me    910

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I had my surgery done by Dr.Zane on Nov. 30 your in good hands .........he's the best Good Luck

WOW Krissy you are doing PHENOMINAL! YOU GO GIRL!

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CamarilloCA    41

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Are there any recent patients (like now or this year) of Dr. Zane or Dr. Belzberg here? I am curious about how long it was from your meeting with your surgeon until your surgery date.

I have been referred there to Harbor City, but they won't schedule my appointment yet until they receive the referral paperwork. I have a lap band that needs to come out, and I hope to have the sleeve put in. My stomach hurts all the time, and so I'm hoping it won't be a month wait for an appointment with the surgeon and then another two months until surgery.

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glocks90    9

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I just got a pre opp appoint ment with Dr Zane, and Idea how long before surgery I should expect?

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glocks90    9

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My surgery is June 26! I have my preop appt on Friday I have a billion questions were you allowed someone to stay in recovery room?

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Nina88    73

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My surgery is June 26! I have my preop appt on Friday I have a billion questions were you allowed someone to stay in recovery room?

Hello may I ask when did you get these appointments. I'm from kaiser fontana and we being sent out to other hospitals but they are all backing up at this rate I'm looking at mid august with west LA.

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glocks90    9

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I got called a few days after my meeting with psychologist, she said it would take months. Everything is quick after that I guess

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glocks90    9

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Are there any recent patients (like now or this year) of Dr. Zane or Dr. Belzberg here? I am curious about how long it was from your meeting with your surgeon until your surgery date.

I have been referred there to Harbor City' date=' but they won't schedule my appointment yet until they receive the referral paperwork. I have a lap band that needs to come out, and I hope to have the sleeve put in. My stomach hurts all the time, and so I'm hoping it won't be a month wait for an appointment with the surgeon and then another two months until surgery.[/quote']

Two weeks or so

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glocks90    9

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They called me for my appts. I think it just depends on which of the hospitals has an opening first. I got in because someone got cancelled cuz they gained weight. I am sorry you are in so much pain.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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