I will be getting sleeved next month! I am excited, scared, nervous, ready. I am interested in sleeve Buddies near or far but if you are in my area or state and you are getting sleeved or have been, let's connect!

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Edited January 5, 20179 yr by jhemp85

30 pounds in a month is more than most people with the sleeve lose in a month! That seems very unrealistic to do safely on your own with no instructions. If I were you, first I'd call the office and ask. Maybe he thinks you have more instructions than you do? I had to lose 10 in a month for my presurgery and felt good about losing 13. I can't imagine trying to lose 30 in 30 days.



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I would check with KAISER the 800 number and see what the requirements are because most Kaiser patients have to do classes for at least 12 weeks or 24 weeks in California so maybe he's not giving you all the information.

30 pounds in a month is more than most people with the sleeve lose in a month! That seems very unrealistic to do safely on your own with no instructions. If I were you, first I'd call the office and ask. Maybe he thinks you have more instructions than you do? I had to lose 10 in a month for my presurgery and felt good about losing 13. I can't imagine trying to lose 30 in 30 days.



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Yeah, it seems a little odd to me but my blood pressure has been extremely high so I figured it was hurried up for that reason. I'm going to call tomorrow and follow up. To be clear, he didn't say I have to lose 30 pounds. He said I should be shooting for 10% loss, or in my case 30 pounds. I don't know if he expects me to get that far, but I'm going to try!

Yes I would definitely call the office just to find out.

Good luck to you regardless! Protein shakes and sugar free things like popsicles and Jello, etc. like a lot of people's liquid pre-op diets would work for a good portion. Not sure about 30, but you'd make a decent dent. Avoid salt for the blood pressure.

I'm in baldwin park,ca sgv I have been attending my options classes at the baldwin park location. I don't finish my classes until Feb 10th. I'm hoping it won't take too long to get scheduled for surgery when I'm done. I'll be referred to either kaiser west la or kaiser south bay not sure yet.

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Hello so now tgat you are done with your classes do you have a surgery date?

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I'm having my sleeve done tomorrow morning in Harbor City, not far from LA!


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How long after your 12 week classes did you get a surgery date?

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How are you feeling? Praying for a speedy recovery! Keep in touch!


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How soon after your 12 week classes with kaiser options did you have a surgery date?

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Hello folks, I had my sleeve done at KAISER Harbor City on Jan 9th. I've lost 20 lbs so far. I can't believe it!
I'm onto the puréed stage but I'm really sick of them already. I'm also finding that my sleeve does not like a lot of foods in this stage. I take a few cautious bites and start to feel nauseated. But when I switch back to liquids I'm fine.
Has anyone else experienced this?


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How exciting I can't wait to be on the same page

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Hello so now tgat you are done with your classes do you have a surgery date?

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I actually missed 1 class I have to make it up feb.28th. I also had a positive h.pylori I took antibiotics for a few weeks weeks ago. I have to retake that test and get a negative then I'll get an consultation appt. With the surgeon. I was told that my consultation will be about 2 weeks after I finish my requirements. Then after the waiting list for west la kaiser is currently around 8 weeks. I'm not sure about harbor city kaiser wait time.

I'm having my sleeve done tomorrow morning in Harbor City, not far from LA!

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Would you be able to tell me how many weeks the wait is for a surgery date after consultation at harbor city is? I was told by options that west la is 8 weeks right now that they weren't sure about harbor city.. I have a choice between the two and want to go to which ever one is faster

I did my classes in Baldwin Park I finished in November I had my consultation December 9 and they offered me a surgery on the 22nd but I didn't want to have it before the holidays so the next opening was Jan 6 west la is where I had it the hospital great they will get you in really quick

Anyone else March 20 in Harbor City?

I'm in San Diego

That's the exact reason I'm opting for self pay in mexico. I cant have surgery until December, and the center in Mexico advised me today that Ill have to be reapproved 90 days before surgery, which is September. But still so much easier than all the insurance hoops.