Hey everyone -

I went to my first Support Group with Dr. Chae's office last Thursday and met quite a few of you. Several had not heard of this website, so I hope you have joined in. This is a place we can connect with each other!

---paisleypea

aka Tobi-Lynn

I'm glad I found this!! I had surgery on 04/15/2008, so almost 2 years ago. I am down about 70 lbs, so doing well, but not as well as I had hoped by this point. I hadn't seen Dr. Chae in about 1-1/2 years, but my nurse said I should follow with him at least once a year, so tried for 2 weeks to get an appt, but could never get a call back. I'm a Kaiser patient, so I know that he does surgeries downtown on Tuesdays and appointments down there on Wednesdays, so since I am going to be down there for another appt next Wednesday, I called his office in Denver, got someone right away (no voice mail!!) and made my appointment. She really urged me to mention to Dr. Chae about my frustration with the Sky Ridge staff and how they wouldn't return my calls. In fact, she made a note in my chart so he would see it in case I forget (which I doubt I will). I wrote down Pam's phone # that I saw on here, but don't know where I put Dr. Chae's cell #. If someone can PM me that, I'd appreciate it!!

Anyways, it's great to find this forum!

Hi Pookie,

I've sent you a PM.

Let me know if I can do anything else for you!

Best,

Shane

Hey everyone - I have MIA for 5 months! wow!

anyway - wondering if you all knew if someone replaced Susie? I just got an auto response to my email saying she no longer works for Dr. Chae.

I need an unfill and called and it was still her on the answering machine so I was surprised by the email. I do still hope for quick answering to me though.

Tobi-Lynn

Hi PaisleyPea,

I can officially confirm that Dr. Chae has hired a new front office person to improve patient communication. Additionally, Dr. Chae is working on expanding his website to facilitate communication with and between patients.

I will post more information on the new staff member and site enhancements as they become available.

Thanks!

Shane

Scheduled LAP-BAND® for May 3 11 am

So, let's see if anyone is still monitoring this thread? Got a call today from Chae's office that insurance approved my lap-band request. Surgery set for November 28th. I really didn't expect this kind of mental reaction on my part. Suddenly I'm scared crapless. It's taken 2+ years to get here and now that I can see this is really going to happen, the fear of failure or the fear that I can't live without stuffing my fat face anymore is a reality. Anyone else have this kind of reaction?

Dan