I'm about halfway through my appts for VSG surgery at Richmond Kaiser with Dr. Albert Im. He seems like a wonderful Surgeon. Im just curious if theres anyone else on here who is going through the process at the same location as me.

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No but I wish you luck on your Journey

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No, but close. Good luck with everything. It'll be here before you know it!

Thanks for the responses! I know, I feel like its going by so quickly

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I am going through the Richmond Kaiser program with Dr. Mostaedi. He is very nice.

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I'm with Kasier too in san Gabriel valley. But the surgery is in west LA.

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I am going through the Richmond Kaiser program with Dr. Mostaedi. He is very nice.

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How far are you in your process? I have to go back in for a 2nd Psych appt. I had to stop drinking.

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I had my psych this morning. He approved me to move forward. I have 10 more pounds to lose and then I can call the case manager.

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Thats awesome. I was a bit uneducated on the meal plan, and I was logging my food into myfitness pal, the psych told me not to cou t calories. But after my next appt, he said I should be good to schedule with the case manager, so we should have surgery around the same time.

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That's great! I wasn't sure what to expect from his appt but I learned quite a bit. He has a great way of explaining things. He expects that I will have lost the 10 pounds within 3 weeks. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

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I'm about halfway through my appts for VSG surgery at Richmond Kaiser with Dr. Albert Im. He seems like a wonderful Surgeon. Im just curious if theres anyone else on here who is going through the process at the same location as me.

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I almost started at the Richmond Kaiser but I went with the Fremont location instead (its closer to my house). The Richmond program is excellent and you will do very well over there.

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I'm about halfway through my appts for VSG surgery at Richmond Kaiser with Dr. Albert Im. He seems like a wonderful Surgeon. Im just curious if theres anyone else on here who is going through the process at the same location as me.

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I almost started at the Richmond Kaiser but I went with the Fremont location instead (its closer to my house). The Richmond program is excellent and you will do very well over there.

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Thanks for the words of encouragement! Richmond is about an hr from where I live, but I heard nothing but great things about their program, so I went with them.

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@@CNOEL3 let me know when you have your date scheduled. It would be nice to have someone to talk to who is going through it at the same time as I am.

And I am glad to hear so many people say Richmond had a great program...makes me feel less nervous.

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@@CNOEL3 let me know when you have your date scheduled. It would be nice to have someone to talk to who is going through it at the same time as I am.

And I am glad to hear so many people say Richmond had a great program...makes me feel less nervous.

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Ok, I am gonna call tomorrow to make my appt, so hopefully within a week Ill have a surgery date!

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I'm about halfway through my appts for VSG surgery at Richmond Kaiser with Dr. Albert Im. He seems like a wonderful Surgeon. Im just curious if theres anyone else on here who is going through the process at the same location as me.

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I did not use Kaiser but I am in that area. I had my surgery last week at UCSF.

Best of luck with your program and journey.

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I am sooo frustrated! So I called to make my "follow up" appt with the psych, and had to leave a message since no one answered. I never got a call back, just an email with an appt date for JULY 19TH! I have no idea why it's going to take so long to get a follow up appt, so I emailed the psych to see if I can get in sooner. I really need this process to be as quick as possible so I can heal before I go back to work in September. I will keep you posted on what he says when he emails me back tomorrow hopefully. I just want to meet with the case manager to get a surgery date!

Ok, sorry for the seemingly spoiled little brat rant I just gave, but I am just annoyed at the delay for something so simple as a follow up appt.

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Edited June 24, 201610 yr by CNOEL3