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

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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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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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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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