Guest guest Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 Hi Kay, I had a consultation with Dr.Baggs in Feb. He told me at that time to loose my 10% and he had some blood work done, an EKG, and chest x-ray. Next Wed. I go to a pre-op meeting in Richmond and then the first week in May I meet with my caseworker in Richmond. Next I will meet with Dr. Baggs again and then the surgery will be scheduled. I don’t know how things are supposed to go. Everyone I talk to has had a different experience. At the WLS meeting in Sacramento yesterday it sounded like there were a lot of cancellations and people are moved up frequently. I sure hope I am one of them. I am glad to hear that Dr. Baggs is wonderful. He seemed really nice and knowledgeable when I met him. -----Original Message----- From: Kay Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:44 AM To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients Subject: Re: HI Hi , I had my surgery just 10 days after I met my 10% weight loss goal. It was a real whirlwind of a time - especially because Thanksgiving was right in the middle of that 10 days. I remember how shocked folks seemed to be about how quickly I got into surgery - I think that I must have lucked into a cancellation or somesuch. I was talking to a Kaiser pre-op yesterday at the East Bay WLS Support Group (Barbara?) and she told me that Kaiser has changed their routine. It used to be that once you reached your pre-op goal weight the case manager would immediately schedule your surgery and the necessary pre-op appointments. In my case, she actually managed to get me into some of those appointments the same day I hit my goal. As I understand it, now you have to have another surgeon's consultation before the surgery date is scheduled. Is this how it is working for you? Actually . . . is it " another " consultation or is it the first consultation with the surgeon? That probably isn't worded very clearly . . . what I'm trying to ask is - did you (or will you) have a consultation with the surgeon before reaching your goal weight? BTW Dr. Baggs is wonderful. All the best, Kay open RNY 12/1/03 F. Chapple wrote: Hi Kay, Thanks for the response. I also will have Dr. Baggs for my WLS. After you lost your 10% and saw the doctor to have the surgery scheduled did it take to actually get the WLS done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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