Re: HOW?!?!(FOR EVERYBODY)

[Guest guest]

>Im so confused! It says theres no airport in Delano. How do people

>get there?!?!!??!!?? If you took/take a plane, where do you get off

>at?!?!??! AND, how do you get from there to Dr.Keshishian?!?!?!?

>Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!Can everyone reading this please answer

>how they got to dr.keshishian from where they live?!?!? THANKYOU!!!

>IT MEANS ALOT TO ME!

Amy,

The closest commercial airport is in Bakersfield, about 30 miles drom

Delano. You can either rent a car there or call Berreth Medical in Delano.

They have a limo service and do pick up Dr. K's patients in Bakersfield,

but I don't know what they charge.

There is a small airport in Delano if you know someone that has their own

airplane. Then you could fly into that one and someone from th eoffice

will pick you up since it's only a mile away.

We live in the Sacramento area and my initial tripe were by car, nearly a

four hour one way ride. A few months ago I was able to get my private

pilot's license back and have rented a small airplane for the trip the last

couple times. An hour and a half each way sure beats four in a car. ;-))

Hope that helps..

Jerry

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy!

I drove to Dr. K's. I live in Santee, California which is in San

Diego County. It was about a 5 1/2 hour drive. Now, when I go see

Dr. K, I make an overnight stop at my mom's house in Oxnard. She's

about halfway between both cities. Where are you coming from? I

believe you can take a plane to Bakersfield and get a rental car

from there. It's about 35 miles to Delano from there, I think.

Tracey

> Im so confused! It says theres no airport in Delano. How do people

> get there?!?!!??!!?? If you took/take a plane, where do you get

off

> at?!?!??! AND, how do you get from there to Dr.Keshishian?!?!?!?

> Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!Can everyone reading this please answer

> how they got to dr.keshishian from where they live?!?!?

THANKYOU!!!

> IT MEANS ALOT TO ME!

> ~Amy Young

[Guest guest]

Dear Amy,

I live in Texas. I usually fly into Fresno, rent a car and head

south. However, I have also flown into LAX (for consult) rented a car

and headed north. AndI flew into Orange County (when I went for the

surgery) but I prefer Fresno.

I am 28 months post op and would do it again in a heartbeat!

hugs, cindy lee

- In DS_Friends_Keshishian , " Amy Young "

<amycakes04@y...> wrote:

> Im so confused! It says theres no airport in Delano. How do people

> get there?!?!!??!!?? If you took/take a plane, where do you get off

> at?!?!??! AND, how do you get from there to Dr.Keshishian?!?!?!?

> Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!Can everyone reading this please answer

> how they got to dr.keshishian from where they live?!?!? THANKYOU!!!

> IT MEANS ALOT TO ME!

> ~Amy Young

[Guest guest]

Thankyou ! Hugs to you too!!!!(i love hugs!!!) Can you tell me

anything about your acual consult appointment? Like..was it all day?

What did you do all day?

~Amy

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I am one month post op. My consult appointment was supposed to be from 10am to

4pm. I left there at 2pm. You watch a few videos and Dee sits down and goes

over everything that you will need to know. She does a great job answering

questions so have them ready. You will also take a short test about all the

information that she discussed with you and whoever else may be there with you.

After this, you will see the doctor after you get weighed. You also take a

lunch break. Plan on spending all day there. The doctor can get very busy so

that is what takes the most amount of time, for your appointment waiting to see

him. The lady that was there with me didn't plan for it to be all day and she

ended up having to drive back home and reschedule because her husband didn't

want to wait. She had brought her son with her who was 3 and it was too hard

for him to watch him that long. I felt bad for her but that is why I say plan

to stay all day. Have your questions ready for the doctor as well. When is

your surgery planned for? Let me know if you have any specific questions. You

will recieve a binder that pretty much tells you everything except not much

about what could go wrong. I say, be prepared for the worst, and when it goes

well you will be doing great. I say this because I had some major complications

after my surgery and I was not at all prepared for them. I did not have a good

support system set up for if something went wrong. I was supposed to have the

laparoscopy surgery but found out 24 hours before my surgery that the insurance

would not pay for it and I would be having open. I was not prepared for that.

Then after the surgery my blood sugars skyrocketed instead of going down and I

ended up with ketoacidosis. The gas got stuck in my small intestine and I could

not pass even water through. So, because of all the acid and the water sitting

in my stomach, I kept throwing up. I was hospitalized twice for dehydration,

gas in the small intestine and ketoacidosis. I was there for two weeks. The

doctor wanted me to stay another week in a convalescent hospital because they

could no longer keep me in the hospital, but I had to come home I was just so

stressed and not sleeping. My point being, just be prepared for if something

does go wrong. Most likely, everything will be fine but it is always good to be

prepared. Take care.

--

**Wake me up from the nothing

that I've become**

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Thankyou ! Hugs to you too!!!!(i love hugs!!!) Can you tell me

anything about your acual consult appointment? Like..was it all day?

What did you do all day?

~Amy