So CAL Bandsters

[LKM 0]

Hi everyone. I live in San Diego and will be banded on Tues. Jan. 15 by Dr. Horgan at UCSD Medical Center. I'm excited.

[ras141414 0]

HI I am from IB

We are very close

Diane IN San Diego

[ras141414 0]

Tell me how things go.. I have heard nice things about your Dr.

Diane in San Diego

[cakegal 0]

I went to a required support group last night. About 30 people attended, most of them were bypass surgeries. It was really interesting, and being new and not even banded yet, I kept my mouth shut. A rare thing for me. Close to the end of the 2 hour meeting I realized I knew quite a bit more about my pending proceedure than those who had already had it. The long timers who had the bypass and had already lost over 100 lbs. were complaining that their Doctors didn't give them much information and was there a way to get ideas about products, recipes etc. I couldn't keep my mouth shut any longer, I asked, isn't there a gastric bypass web site like the lapbandtalk.com site I visit. I told them how I could ask any question and I had the resources of thousands willing to share. They looked at me with this dumb founded look on their faces:doh:. They decided someone would research these types of forums for bypass patients, and I of course gave the lapbandtalk website to all those lapband patients.

I am coming to realize what a great tool I haave found for my journey. Why don't more support group leaders think to search the web? DUH

Hope to see more so cal bandsters out there. I'm spreading the word!:clap2:

[Songinmysoul1 0]

Actually Hemet to be exact. I just got banded about 9 days ago and have lost about 5 lbs. I go for my first fill in Mexico next month and pray to God for some restriction, as I have zero right now! Nice to read all of your posts, definitely up for getting together with other bandsters!

[CaliforniaNurse 2]

Have anyone been banded by Dr. Gonzalez in TJ? Love to hear from you.

[KatieC 0]

Hi Everyone in So Cal. I'm new to the site, I was banded in December and still waiting on my first fill. I had surgery in Wyoming (my childhood best friend was my surgeon) but I live in Los Angeles. I am looking for a local support system. I'm near LAX. I hope some of you are still interested in meeting locally. I think it's such a good idea to have a suppory system...I don't know anyone else who has had any bariatric surgery, much less the band. Please contact me if you're interested.

Katie

[tenten 0]

congrats on being banded! I live in oc

[Misty6157 0]

Hi Katie,

I'm Misty - live in Downtown LA and am getting banded tomorrow! Please feel free to email me anytime - misty6157@yahoo.com - We're so close and I could really use a support person as well. (only my best friend knows about the surgery - not my family, boyfriend, etc)

Give me a buzz darlin!

[KikiVal315 4]

katie & misty- i'm on the same boat! i have no one really who's going through or went through wls; i'm the first in my family! and not everyone knows, only a handfull of people in my family know...give me a buzz, i live in norwalk.

[captain danbo 0]

song: I live in banning just a few miles north of you. If you even want to try to get a local support group going let me know becasue for some reason I am always out of town every time my doc has one and when I am able to make one of his it's mostly bypass people and maybe if I am luckly 1 or 2 lapband people.

Anyone alse in the IE want to get something going?

[IndioGirl55 32]

song: I live in banning just a few miles north of you. If you even want to try to get a local support group going let me know becasue for some reason I am always out of town every time my doc has one and when I am able to make one of his it's mostly bypass people and maybe if I am luckly 1 or 2 lapband people. Anyone alse in the IE want to get something going?

Captain - I'm 35 miles east of you - you are about the 5th person I'm met on this board that is my area - coulple P.S. girls Indio & Palm Desert - Desert Regional has Lapband Only Support on 1st Tues of each month - FYI - If you want you can go to their website and sign up - I don't know if you have to be a Dr. Bobbie client or not - It's ran by the hosiptal so I don't think so..

[CaliGirl626 0]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the San Gabriel Valley area and work in Rancho Cucamonga. I'm still doing some more research about the Lapband. Hopefully I will get it done this year. Since my insurance is not going to pay for it, I'll have to do self-pay.

Any suggestions on Doctors? I've been to two seminars: Dr. Milton Owens and Dr. Jeremy Korman. I haven't really made a decision on which doctors to go with. So any advice, names, experience would be truly appreciated.

Thanks!

[IndioGirl55 32]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the San Gabriel Valley area and work in Rancho Cucamonga. I'm still doing some more research about the Lapband. Hopefully I will get it done this year. Since my insurance is not going to pay for it, I'll have to do self-pay.

Any suggestions on Doctors? I've been to two seminars: Dr. Milton Owens and Dr. Jeremy Korman. I haven't really made a decision on which doctors to go with. So any advice, names, experience would be truly appreciated.

Thanks!

Caligirl - go to page one of this thread and look to see if anyone is from your area - I think there are some - heck caption danbo is from Beaumont/Banning area - he might know - just p.m. some of these cali people who live around you - this thread doesn't get alot of action...

My best to you on your journey

[captain danbo 0]

Caligirl: I had my surgery done there in Rancho at Rancho Specialty hospital. The care I was provided was really kind of impressive, everyone there was very friendly and professional. My surgeon was Dr. Douglass Krahn, he works out of Rancho, Parkview in Riverside, and Saint Bernadine in San Bernardino. I have nothing but good things to say about him. He is very professional and it seems he really cares about his patients. The only negative thing I have to say about him is that with the exception of surgery date every other appointment I have has been at least one hour late. When you go to his office you can see why it takes so long because there are always at least 10-15 people waiting to see him. I think he try’s to see to many people in one day.

If I had to do it all over again I would still go with Dr. Krahn. I have talked with a few people at support groups at Dr. Billy’s office in Thousand Oaks and people seem to be pretty happy with him also. I think you should attend a few support groups and see what actual patients have to say about different docs and keep on asking people on lapbandtalk. If you want I could give you Dr. Krahns number and address. Just send me a PM and I could get it for you. Good luck.