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Dr David Suh- Murrieta/corona, Ca

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starsleeve    31

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Hey everyone! Just wanting to see if anyone out there used this doctor before for your surgery and if so please share the process and time frame it took for everything!!!

I was just approved through Kaiser and they are sending my Referal over! I am beyond excited right now!!!!!

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Tif 2.0    141

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I believe my mother in law used Dr. Suh for her bypass surgery about 10 years ago. She lives in Murrietta and I could've sworn that was her Dr.

If it was, her wait time was a whole year, but please take into consideration that it was bypass and 10 years ago. :)

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heartonmysleevey    133

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Yay! I have him too. My consult is feb. 28th I believe after you consult you have pre op testing (which I proactively started). Then they get a pre auth for surgery and schedule your pre-op appointment. He also wants you to go to a support group meeting and a seminar. I'm going this coming Monday to his seminar. I already did the support group meeting. I hope there isn't a lot of time between the consult and the pre-op appointment. I'm praying for a march surgery date. :)

Hope this helps.

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SV2    57

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Yay! I have him too. My consult is feb. 28th I believe after you consult you have pre op testing (which I proactively started). Then they get a pre auth for surgery and schedule your pre-op appointment. He also wants you to go to a support group meeting and a seminar. I'm going this coming Monday to his seminar. I already did the support group meeting. I hope there isn't a lot of time between the consult and the pre-op appointment. I'm praying for a march surgery date. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Hope this helps.

How did everything go? I'm a band to sleeve revision, and have my consult with him in a few weeks.

What does he require before the surgery? How quick is his scheduling?

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heartonmysleevey    133

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How did everything go? I'm a band to sleeve revision, and have my consult with him in a few weeks.

What does he require before the surgery? How quick is his scheduling?

Hey!

Well, I went to my consult and it went great. His nurse is really nice but a little pushy for the Rny By pass. Dr. Suh said the sleeve is great and I would be perfect for it.

I did all my pre op and then he required a 6 month bariatric program class for me.:( Im really bummed but after that class its pretty mucha guaranty.

According to my medical group, its a requirement. No way around it. Not everyone has to do it.

Im not quite done yet.

Best of luck to you :)

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starsleeve    31

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I had my consult with him on March 7th- and my surgery date is April 27th!!! I had already completed my process through Kaiser so when I met him all I had to do was the support group and the seminar. I have not yet done the support group.

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SV2    57

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I had my consult with him on March 7th- and my surgery date is April 27th!!! I had already completed my process through Kaiser so when I met him all I had to do was the support group and the seminar. I have not yet done the support group.

Wow, that is quick.

I have Blue Shield, which it appears is one of the easier insurance providers to get approval from. Also, I have already had a baby born this year and gall bladder surgery, so my deductible and yearly maximum are already covered, so it would be basically free if I'm approved.

My band has slipped and needs to come out. My BMI is "only" 33, and don't have much in the way of comorbidities at this point, but I'm hoping I will still be ok for the surgery.

If it gets dragged out and I have to do a bunch of stuff beforehand, then I might be out of luck if it drags into next year.

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Muñekita    36

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Yay! I have him too. My consult is feb. 28th I believe after you consult you have pre op testing (which I proactively started). Then they get a pre auth for surgery and schedule your pre-op appointment. He also wants you to go to a support group meeting and a seminar. I'm going this coming Monday to his seminar. I already did the support group meeting. I hope there isn't a lot of time between the consult and the pre-op appointment. I'm praying for a march surgery date. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' :)' />

Hope this helps.

How did everything go? I'm a band to sleeve revision, and have my consult with him in a few weeks.

What does he require before the surgery? How quick is his scheduling?

Did you end up using Dr Suh?

Did you pay our of pocket or insurance cover it?

Can you share your experience with me?

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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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    • Alisa_S

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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