Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 i , The hospital stay depends on how well you do after surgery. I was in the hospital for 4 days. The day after I had surgery I had a slight fever. Other that the usual pain that accompanies the surgery that was about the sum of my hospital stay. I had surgery in SSF and it is the best there. There is a very caring staff and my surgeon was DR Legha. Usual you are assigned a surgeon rather than picking one. If you do request a surgeon it may slow things down for you. For my part all of the surgeons are excellent and well trained in their field. So stick to your guns and full speed ahead. Ramona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Hi everyone! Thanks for the anwsers to my past post. I am learning so much from all your wonderful people! So am I to understand that it takes about 6 months to get a surgery date from time of telling your PCP that you will agree to the surgery? And is there something about Richmond Kaiser I should be warned about? I got the impression from those wanting to go to San Diego to this PB that Kaiser Richmond isn't so good? Is SSF better? I will wait 8 months if it means I get better care as a result. Happy Monday posting everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Hi all! I just thought I'd pop in my 2 cents worth. I think that PB really looks at each case individually, and I'm really lucky that I had my surgery with them when I did (3/14/03). I was not required to lose any weight before I was approved for my surgery, which is great because I physically could not do it. And not for lack of trying!! I had high blood pressure and was a type 2 diabetic. I gained 7 pounds in 6 months on Weight Watchers - and do you know how frustrating it is to hear them ask in that same condescending tone "Are you wearing heavier clothes? Maybe about to get your period?" every single week at weigh-in?! I exercised at the gym a minimum of 4 days per week and a minimum of 60 minutes per day and could only manage to maintain my weight. And every 6 weeks or so, a little more weight would come on, my blood sugars would get higher, and I'd have to increase the amount of insulin I was taking. PB looked at my physical activity and food journals and saw that there was nothing I could do to improve. I have talked to other PB patients - some were required to complete 6 weeks (or some other specified amount of time) of supervised exercise programs, others needed to lose weight before they could be scheduled for surgery, and even others like me who just needed to keep doing what we were doing and try to maintain our weight. It was simply a case-by-case situation. I don't mean to sound offended or defensive, but I just don't want anybody thinking that any of us PBers "got lucky" with our referral since we got out of having to lose that 10% - we had to work hard too! Hugs, Jen lashunta maryland wrote: Hi My name is lashunta and I am having surgery in richmond with the greatest doctor Dr. Baggs, he is so nice and knowledgeable. I am currently trying to lose the 10%. I can only tell you what I have experienced and know but it seems that pb doesn't or at least at one time require the weight lose and richmond does so I think people are talking about that when they talk down about the program, I havent really heard noone talk really bad about the dr's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Oh and most now need to lose weight AND be on a supervised exercise program with a personal trainer and get it documented. That is what a few of the doctors are requiring now. FYI Sue From: Jen Hogsett Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:38 PM To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients Subject: Re: Long wait then? Hi all! I just thought I'd pop in my 2 cents worth. I think that PB really looks at each case individually, and I'm really lucky that I had my surgery with them when I did (3/14/03). I was not required to lose any weight before I was approved for my surgery, which is great because I physically could not do it. And not for lack of trying!! I had high blood pressure and was a type 2 diabetic. I gained 7 pounds in 6 months on Weight Watchers - and do you know how frustrating it is to hear them ask in that same condescending tone " Are you wearing heavier clothes? Maybe about to get your period? " every single week at weigh-in?! I exercised at the gym a minimum of 4 days per week and a minimum of 60 minutes per day and could only manage to maintain my weight. And every 6 weeks or so, a little more weight would come on, my blood sugars would get higher, and I'd have to increase the amount of insulin I was taking. PB looked at my physical activity and food journals and saw that there was nothing I could do to improve. I have talked to other PB patients - some were required to complete 6 weeks (or some other specified amount of time) of supervised exercise programs, others needed to lose weight before they could be scheduled for surgery, and even others like me who just needed to keep doing what we were doing and try to maintain our weight. It was simply a case-by-case situation. I don't mean to sound offended or defensive, but I just don't want anybody thinking that any of us PBers " got lucky " with our referral since we got out of having to lose that 10% - we had to work hard too! Hugs, Jen lashunta maryland wrote: Hi My name is lashunta and I am having surgery in richmond with the greatest doctor Dr. Baggs, he is so nice and knowledgeable. I am currently trying to lose the 10%. I can only tell you what I have experienced and know but it seems that pb doesn't or at least at one time require the weight lose and richmond does so I think people are talking about that when they talk down about the program, I havent really heard noone talk really bad about the dr's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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