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violetisle    62

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I am still pre op but would love to speak with and/or meet people nearby. I live in Encino.


I'm on the Westside (Culver City). I was hoping there might be some people local to me on here. I'm getting a gastric bypass May 22, how about you?


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kinipela24    80

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Hi! I am schduled to have the gastric sleeve on June 14th. Encino is not too far from Culver City. It would be nice to communicate with you through this process. I am second guessing myself about if the procedure I chose was the best one for me. I emailed my surgeon but he has not replied to me yet.

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violetisle    62

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Hi! I am schduled to have the gastric sleeve on June 14th. Encino is not too far from Culver City. It would be nice to communicate with you through this process. I am second guessing myself about if the procedure I chose was the best one for me. I emailed my surgeon but he has not replied to me yet.


Sure, let's keep in touch. We can be WLS buddies! If I can figure out the PM system I'll send you my email.

I was super confident in my choice (RNY) for the last six months but I literally JUST read a comment someone posted that made me start questioning myself. Lol, this is all so stressful.


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violetisle    62

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For those of you having surgery in Los Angeles, are you going through Kaiser? I finish my Options classes in a couple weeks and wondering how long it takes to see then surgeon and then get a date for surgery.




I'm going through Kaiser (having it done at WLA). I finished Options at the end of last November. I saw the surgeon in January but didn't get my surgery date (which is 5/22) until late March. But I went to the support group last week and someone I had Options with had already had her sleeve done at the beginning of March. So...it varies? I think I might have experienced a delay because in January the surgeon told me to lose 10 more pounds. But generally they're scheduling at least a few months out from the initial consultation.

Are you doing your classes at Playa Vista?


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monica91355    27

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I'm going through Kaiser (having it done at WLA). I finished Options at the end of last November. I saw the surgeon in January but didn't get my surgery date (which is 5/22) until late March. But I went to the support group last week and someone I had Options with had already had her sleeve done at the beginning of March. So...it varies? I think I might have experienced a delay because in January the surgeon told me to lose 10 more pounds. But generally they're scheduling at least a few months out from the initial consultation.

Are you doing your classes at Playa Vista?




Oh wow. Looks like I'll have a bit of a wait after I finish Options :-( My schedule is completely flexible so hopefully that helps. I was hoping for surgery in May or June.

I'm taking Options at Panorama City Kaiser. Last week of April will be my last class.

What % of weight loss did the surgeon want before surgery? I met with the program director around week 6 and he told me to lose 6 more pounds which would put my weight loss around 5%.


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violetisle    62

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Oh wow. Looks like I'll have a bit of a wait after I finish Options :-( My schedule is completely flexible so hopefully that helps. I was hoping for surgery in May or June.

I'm taking Options at Panorama City Kaiser. Last week of April will be my last class.

What % of weight loss did the surgeon want before surgery? I met with the program director around week 6 and he told me to lose 6 more pounds which would put my weight loss around 5%.




Well, I had lost about 10 pounds while in Options. The bariatric doc, who I saw in December, was fine with that. But what with the holidays and all, the scale was showing I'd gained five of it back by January when I saw the surgeon. So he instructed me to lose 10 more to shrink my liver. Altogether that would put me at around 5% as well.

So far I've lost six of the 10. Four more to go before my consult May 12. I'm on track to do it I think.


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HeatherS.    230

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On 4/12/2017 at 5:04 AM, monica91355 said:


Oh wow. Looks like I'll have a bit of a wait after I finish Options :-( My schedule is completely flexible so hopefully that helps. I was hoping for surgery in May or June.

I'm taking Options at Panorama City Kaiser. Last week of April will be my last class.

What % of weight loss did the surgeon want before surgery? I met with the program director around week 6 and he told me to lose 6 more pounds which would put my weight loss around 5%

I had my surgery through Kaiser South Bay. I finished Options the beginning of Feb, met with Dr. Zane (highly recommend!) on March 10, and he scheduled me for surgery March 27. I hear South Bay has a shorter wait, but Dr. Zane is one of Kaiser's best and most experienced WL surgeons in So Cal.

That said, he said pretty much everything will be unique to the patient. (Not helpful for those of us who like to KNOW, right?)

I had 8% wl before surgery, 5% of it during options, and he was completely fine with that.

Talk to the surgeon and ask when the first opening is. You might get lucky, too.

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kinipela24    80

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1 minute ago, valleydisneymom said:


Oh wow! Tomorrow! How exciting. Where are you having it done at? How are you feeling?

JUNE 14th not APRIL LOL and I am still nervous

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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