Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

What a small world! I am a passion party consultant also! Who is your sponsor?

Hey Ladies! I know I referred a few of you over here at the orientation back in August? Im better with faces.

Anyways, I meet with the surgeon on Thursday at 4pm. I'm only down 3lbs since orientation, had a lot of issues with business and kids, but it's better than being up.

I did the pre-op diet for a week and lost 9lbs, but then I went to Vegas (again lol). That's my problem - vacations!

I am a member of 24 hour but people are flaky and I need a buddy and motivation! I live in Fairfied with two kids under 3 years, own a construction company and Passion Parties biz, plus a full time college student. Fitting the gym in is imparitive and I am honestly waiting for the surgeon to give me a NUMBER and a date to lose it by. I need specifics.

My email is sheenalane2004@yahoo.com if anyone wants to message me :wink:

I had my surgeon appointment today and I am now considering the gastric bypass because of the success rate and the scars are actually smaller (not like it matters no one will see my stomach anyways). She said besides your weight you are perfectly healthy and can do either surgery. Since I carry my weight in my lower body she said I only have to get to 240, that's 15lbs more :wink: We set a goal date of January 31st, which she said was quick, since I only lost 8lbs since August. But now that we have a number, she said as soon as I lose the 15lbs I can call and make an appointment with the case manager to get my tests and my surgery date.

Woohoo.. now for the decision and weight loss

Hello All

Well still haven't heard anything from Kaiser Richmond. I did finally call today and they said all the computers were down and they can't process any new referrals or even see them since they have no computer access. But I was told to call back tomorrow and try again so we will see. I really want to get my orientation appointment ASAP. I want to start losing my 10%. I am frustrated waiting........................I have two weeks off at Christmas and am trying to get it as much in that two weeks as possible. Maybe I will get lucky with cancelations too!! I hope.

I get the impression that they are flooded with new referrals right now.

Hopefully good news tomorrow

InsideOut--who is your surgeon? I have to lose 17.5lb more before I can call and get a surgery date and do my pre-op tests. We're almost there! Now all we have to do is lose the weight...isn't that a great feeling? It's all in our hands now.

We should have a little race/contest to see how fast we can lose our last few pre-op pounds. Maybe it will help us stay motivated, especially during the holidays.

Whattaya think?

Swrktp--I was in Richmond today and while waiting to meet the psychologist I overheard them talking about the system being down! Definitely call back tomorrow and DON'T leave a message if you get the voicemail, just keep calling until you reach a live person. That's the advice they gave me also. Good luck! I hope you get that orientation date really soon. Keep us posted!

I just talked to Richmond Kaiser and they said they changed their phone options two days ago so listen to all of the options before choosing one. I was able to leave a voice message for Robin the nutritionist on her machine.

Got my orientation today. I have to go next week December 16, 2008. I wasn't sure I could do that with work but I volunteered to work Sunday instead and they agreed. So Yaa.............I will get that done on Tuesday. So excited. NOt about the drive and getting up at 4:30 am but glad to get it done.

That has to be the worst appointment and I hope the rest will be at more reasonable times. I will be so glad to get weighed and started. I hope to lose alot of weight before the next appointment sometime in January. I would love to get 2 appointments in one day well see. They said they could try.

But I am also going for the cancellations and I doubt I would get so lucky to 2 in a day.

Thanks for all the encouragement.

I am sorta hoping for Dr. Fisher.

That's great news! It's so nice to be done with orientation and really feel like you're on the way. It is an early day but they let us out at 11:30am and time went really fast. It'll be nice to be done with it before Christmas too and will keep you motivated to be good with your eating.

My surgeon appt was at 11am and the psych appt was at 9am so they weren't too bad. I have Dr. Fisher and REALLY liked him a lot. Why are you hoping for him? Have you heard good stuff about him?

I didn't get 2 appts in one day, but I had them a day apart and I hear that's really lucky and pretty unheard of.

Good luck to you! I'm excited to hear about orientation next week. :rolleyes2:

InsideOut--who is your surgeon? I have to lose 17.5lb more before I can call and get a surgery date and do my pre-op tests. We're almost there! Now all we have to do is lose the weight...isn't that a great feeling? It's all in our hands now.

We should have a little race/contest to see how fast we can lose our last few pre-op pounds. Maybe it will help us stay motivated, especially during the holidays.

Whattaya think?

Swrktp--I was in Richmond today and while waiting to meet the psychologist I overheard them talking about the system being down! Definitely call back tomorrow and DON'T leave a message if you get the voicemail, just keep calling until you reach a live person. That's the advice they gave me also. Good luck! I hope you get that orientation date really soon. Keep us posted!

My surgeon is Park. She was really nice! I'd love a contest :rolleyes2: Friendly competition is great!

My goal is to lose 15lbs by January 31st. But would love to lose it sooner! Message/email me sheenalane2004@yahoo.com

:cursing:

When I read that one of the psych's were going to be out I decided to take a looke at my appts online. Thank goodness I did. it was no longer there and I called the next day and was told that one of them will not be in on that day so they gave me January 6th. I was not trying to take off work because I just started a new job. I am going to call Monday to see if they will have one during the Christmas break because I will be off for two weekswith the school district.

That's a bummer.:rolleyes2:

Oh that is a bummer. When was your original appt supposed to be?

When you call just ask if they have ANY cancellations, I bet they will! Hopefully it'll work out and you'll get one while on break. Good luck to you, keep us posted!

My appt changed from December 30th to January 6th.

That's not too bad I guess, but now maybe it'll get changed to BEFORE Dec 30! That would be so cool.

Thats what happened with my psych appointment. I cried though lol, they called me at 7:30 (My appt was at 10) and told me that the doctor was sick and had to cancel and the next available was like a month out... really sucky.

I ended up getting an appointment earlier than the next date, but still, what a hassle.

Thats what happened with my psych appointment. I cried though lol, they called me at 7:30 (My appt was at 10) and told me that the doctor was sick and had to cancel and the next available was like a month out... really sucky.

I ended up getting an appointment earlier than the next date, but still, what a hassle.

They never called me. When is your appt?

I've already had all my appointments until I meet the surgeons requirement of 240