Hi,

I'm Michael. I entered the Kaiser South San Francisco Bariatric program in August 2014. I went through ALL of the classes, meetings, appointments, phone appointments, EVERYTHING...(and EVERY person I dealt with was continually telling me that I WAS ready to go forth with surgery) That was until I had an additional meeting with the surgeon. He decided that he did not want to do the surgery. He wanted my BMI in the 40's and I was nowhere near that. Fortunately, my primary care physician in PHENOMENAL and called the surgeon and asked, point blank, if there was someone with more experience than him. (Apparently, he did NOT like that...)

In January 2015, I had to have emergency surgery on an incarcerated umbilical hernia. It was pretty nasty. I was REALLY worried this was going to be a huge setback.

In May 2015, I was transferred over to Kaiser Fremont Bariatrics. My current surgeon, Christine Chu, celebrated the fact that I had already lost 71lbs on my own, and WELL exceeded the "10%" loss usually required.

I just had my Pre-Op appt, and I have my VSG surgery on Tuesday, July 28!!!

I feel well informed and ready for the surgery. The other thoughts I have relate to future dating and relationships. All of my past boyfriends are all considered "Chasers" I'm not necessarily afraid of the new world that is ahead of me, but I am just curious to see what the "other" world is like.

Anyway...I couldn't be more thrilled to find this forum, and to access it during this part of my journey.

Congrats on your journey! 71lbs is amazing! Good for you! I was sleeved on April 27th, 2015. It was hard for me at first, but I'm glad I did it. This room unfortunately isn't very active, but there are a couple of us who frequent it. :-) So if you have any questions, feel free to ask... I'm happy to share my experiences about going through the surgery or the chub/chaser scene after surgery. Congrats again!!

I'm glad to see some other guys in here. I've been thinking about this for quite a while. I have my first class on 7-10. Can't wait. I'm nervous about long term effects. Being able to change my habits! I love to eat, but am miserable every time! And the scars