HI

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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.

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From: Kay

Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:44

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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?