any bay area or northern ca people???

[rachelg196]

I went through Kaiser, Fremont and my doctor is Dr. Hahn. I had my surgery on June 29th and I got home last Tuesday. Lots of problems!

[dutchgal]

Hi I'm Cheryl from Fresno........I used to live in the Bay Area..Pleasanton and I lived in Fair Oaks once....so I guess I qualify for No. Cal. I am having surgery this Fall with Kaiser Fresno. Just as soon as I get back from Maui in a few weeks. lol

[Dee Leshuz]

N.Cali reporting for duty.

Some of you Kaiser peeps might want to join the Kaiser group we have here!

http://www.gastricsleeve.com/forum/g...ersations.html

[cfgsonoma]

I live in Sonoma county, and had gastric sleeve surgery in Jan of this year. 70 lbs down, 30 more to go. Weight loss is slowing down, but I am also more fit, and have gone from size 18W pants that were tight, to size 12 loose pants now. Still tweaking my eating, working on head hunger, but feel sooooo much better, and my nickname at work is now "skinny".

[auntee'sangels]

Hi Rachel,

I hope things are going better for you. I had Dr. Chu as my Surgeon. I love her!!! I met Dr. Hahn the week after my surgery in the ER. I wound up with a 911 call with a temp of 105.7. Vomiting, uncontrollable shaking, head and major body aches, after a week in the hospital, 9 trips to radiology, including a spinal tap, life is much better. Hang in there and it will get better

[natsleberrie]

How are all my nor cal sleevers? I can't believe my 3 month post op is next month wow! I just love Dr. Jossart and his staff can't wait to see them! Hope you guys are feeling great!

[NoMoreFadDiets]

Hi. I am in the Bay Area(San Jose) and had my surgery 10 days ago in Fremont with Dr. Lawrence Dennen. Wonderful Dr. from the beginning! He answered all my questions before I could even ask them!!! I only had to do a one day Stage II pre-op diet! I was 311 when first approached by my PCP in January and then 303 when I saw Dr. Dennen in March and given a goal of 275 to be able to have the surgery. I was 264 the day of surgery and now I am 254!!! 10 days post-op! I needed this boost to keep me on track the rest of my life but it wasn't that I was eating a lot but not eating properly. Like for instance, I would go all day without eating and then I would have my first meal of the day at 10pm and it was usually fast food or I would go to Costco mid-afternoon and order a Chicken Caesar Salad and that's all I would eat all day. I wasn't trying to lose weight but per se maintain and not gain and then other days I might have two well balanced meals. I was getting tired of my destructive eating pattern and tired of weight loss fad diets. The gastric sleeve is one of the best things I have done to better my life. Congratulations to us all for heading in the right direction!!!

[auntee'sangels]

I agree. This surgery is the best gift I could have ever given myself. I have no regrets at all and would recommend it to whomever was thinking about it.

[rmurry]

Hi, I am in Fairfield! I was sleeved Septv13th. Glad to see that you are loosing! What are you able to eat now? How much are you able to eat?

[auntee'sangels]

Howdy!!!

I can pretty much et anything I want. There a few things that are NOT worth the effort. Things with extra oil or fat, because they will literally go right through you. You had better be near a bathroom. Also really sweet things. I get a dumping syndrome and it will make me throw up. But other then that, the best meal to make sure you eat is your breakfast. It will set the tone for the rest of the day as to wh you will want to eat and if you decide to snack. I have found I stay fuller all day if I do eat breakfast. If not, the beast has woken and it's on big time !!! You will Aldo find there are things you liked before, but cannot even stand the smell of anymore. Good luck to you and I'm looking forward to more posts !

[Shrina.zaldivar@att.net]

I am from Sonoma county too. Vallejo. I had my surgery just over a week ago. I find it nearly impossible to believe there are so few of us in the bay area though--lol. Probably just a lot who are not on this forum

[librajj]

Hi all!! I'm from Sacramento. I'll be having my surgery on the 31st @ South SanFransico Kaiser. Looking forward to getting to know you!

[Dee Leshuz]

There are two California threads, one California and the other Southern CA, not sure how active they are.

There is also a Kaiser group that includes people in the Bay Area and LA; stop by and see us; post in the Upcoming Surgeries thread and we'll cheer you on! There are a few of us going to SSF.




http://www.gastricsleeve.com/forum/g...ersations.html

[5DogMa]

I'm in the Sacramento area. Dr. Steven Patching on December 7th at Sutter General Hosital. Just less than 2 weeks away. Hope I've made a good decision. Feeling scared and questioning myself. Coming this far doesn't make a lot of sense to back out now. Having what I wanted for Thanksgiving and now regretting it, stomach hurts. Figured this is my last big meal for the rest of my life. Don't think I'm really going to miss those big meals either. Been eating in the lifestyle for 3 months now and I like the lighter feeling of eating less and I'm over my sugar and carb cravings most of the time, but I am hungry a lot. Hoping this surgery will help me in the long run maintain a healthy weight. That's my goal, to have a healthy weight. I'm only 5'1" and I've weighed as much as 250 in my life and as little as 125. I have a small frame and under all of this is a small person. Pre-surgery weight loss is giving me a good feeling of what it will be like to weigh less. Can't wait until this is over and I'm on the other side recovered from the surgery and just living my more healthy lifestyle.

[Sunflower]

I'm in the Sacramento area. Dr. Steven Patching on December 7th at Sutter General Hosital. Just less than 2 weeks away. Hope I've made a good decision. Feeling scared and questioning myself. Coming this far doesn't make a lot of sense to back out now. Having what I wanted for Thanksgiving and now regretting it, stomach hurts. Figured this is my last big meal for the rest of my life. Don't think I'm really going to miss those big meals either. Been eating in the lifestyle for 3 months now and I like the lighter feeling of eating less and I'm over my sugar and carb cravings most of the time, but I am hungry a lot. Hoping this surgery will help me in the long run maintain a healthy weight. That's my goal, to have a healthy weight. I'm only 5'1" and I've weighed as much as 250 in my life and as little as 125. I have a small frame and under all of this is a small person. Pre-surgery weight loss is giving me a good feeling of what it will be like to weigh less. Can't wait until this is over and I'm on the other side recovered from the surgery and just living my more healthy lifestyle.

Hi--I also live in the Sacto area, and I'm a Sutter patient, but I have to get my sleeve at UCSF because I have a lap band and no one covered by my insurance, does revisions to sleeves in the Sacramento area. Dr. Patching refuses to do it. Good luck with your surgery; my girlfriend had surgery with him. I've had other surgeries at Sutter General and they treated me very well.