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Kaiser is so crazy... completed Options April 25th and then the long Fontana wait for a Mental Health exam' date=' that was June 25th, today I got the call for my Surgery Consult and I was for Dr. Philip Lou Chin at St. Bernardine's specifically. No Hub referral -with a choice of West LA or Torrance. Dr. Chins first available consult date is Aug. 3rd. Trying to be glad I have that..... but will call his office tomorrow to see how far out his surgery schedule is and if I need to figure out why I was specifically assigned to him and how if possible to transfer to West LA or Torrance.[/quote']

Wow I don't know what they are doing over there. The good thing is you get to stay close to home. It's a long drive to west LA. Keep calling them to ask about getting in sooner.

As of now my surgery date is august 31st. If I lose 10 sooner than my preop appointment I may go sooner. So I'm on a mission, bought a new Protein and I'm going to replace 2 meals with it. And up my exercise.

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Congrats to all who are taking this journey.. I too am Kaiser Sleever. I finished my Options class April 27 (Corona classes). I feel very blessed, process seems to have gone so quickly. My Pre-op is this Tuesday July 10th. And my surgery day is two weeks from tomorrow July 23. I'm also Going to be at Kaiser Southbay, my surgeon is Dr. Gary Belzburg. Good luck to everyone and god bless!!!

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Congrats to all who are taking this journey.. I too am Kaiser Sleever. I finished my Options class April 27 (Corona classes). I feel very blessed' date=' process seems to have gone so quickly. My Pre-op is this Tuesday July 10th. And my surgery day is two weeks from tomorrow July 23. I'm also Going to be at Kaiser Southbay, my surgeon is Dr. Gary Belzburg. Good luck to everyone and god bless!!![/quote']

What time were your classes??? I too ended class on April 27th

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Lol.. no that was not not me. I usually sat up in front row.. Kinds short Mexican, obviously over weight. Lol. Shoulder length hair

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Yes that's me!!! And you are which gal? I'm trying to upload a pic to my timeline. I think it can only be dine from my computer. It appears U can't do it from my phone. Lol

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Im the taller black girl with curly hair....the one that told the class about this app. i have a date o Aug. 6...it would have been in July but he is on Vac for the last 2 weeks of July. Y u didnt go with sug??

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Oh ok. I know who u are. Um, the Case manager from van buren called me and said I was scheduled to see Belzburg and I wld be having surgery at Southbay. Which I am actually very glad about, because a lot of ppl are being delayed. So I'm happy. Lol. I mean I know its only a few weeks, but a few weeks is a few weeks. ;)

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Oh ok. I know who u are. Um' date=' the Case manager from van buren called me and said I was scheduled to see Belzburg and I wld be having surgery at Southbay. Which I am actually very glad about, because a lot of ppl are being delayed. So I'm happy. Lol. I mean I know its only a few weeks, but a few weeks is a few weeks. ;)[/quote']

Do the lady u work with that was in class with us.. have a date?

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No not yet, she had some infection I guess that she had take care of so it has delayed her process. Plus she had to lose more weight.

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Thats a bummer ...August worked for me cause my daughters birthday is n a couple of weeks...and she has this big week planned. You talk to anyone else?

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