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When I originally looked into weight loss surgery almost 3 years ago I was all for the band. I never liked the idea of RNY and god never attended for our digestive to run that way. What I liked about the band was if something went wrong it could be removed taking my digestive system back to stock. I also liked that it is adjustable. I then read about all the problems people have had with the band. I then heard about the sleeve and how the results so far are close to RNY. The only thing that gives me any worry about the procedure is how new it is. I don't think kaiser would be doing this procedure if they think there would be any bad long term effects. When I had my appointment with Dr. Baggs I thought he was going to push the RNY because my BMI was over 50. When he instantly agreed with me for the band I was happy.

I guess my luck is turning around. I went to my first surgery appointment today with Dr. Baggs. The guy is super nice and I felt very comfortable with him. I did not know he was the chief of bariatric's in Richmond which makes me feel even better. I was very nervous about him not wanting to do my surgery because of my past surgeries but he had no problem. He said the only surgery that he did not recommend for me was RNY but I had no issue with that. We both agreed that the sleeve was best for me. He checked my liver and said it looked pretty small. He gave me a pre surgery goal weight of 370. That means I only need to lose another 12lbs. That’s going to be a piece of cake. After the appointment his nurse started searching for my next appointment which is psych and it was looking like it would be on 9/7 but she asked me to hold. She came back and asked if I would be ok with driving home in traffic because there was an opening in 15 minutes. I was totally cool with that. The appointment went fine and I guess I am not crazy. I did not really care for the woman but it went fine. She did not like that I enjoy using marijuana every once in a while. I let her know that I use a vaporizer which is not BS. Well I am looking forward to the next appointment.

This makes me worry a lot. I had a major abdominal surgery about 6 years ago for my cancer in which they had to remove one of my kidneys. The surgery is called a RPLND The Testicular Cancer Resource Center RPLND Page. I hope I am considered otherwise this is all a waste of my time. My BMI is at 47 and I have been overweight most of my life.

I am so done with Kaiser. I was about to leave work to head to Vacaville when I got the call about canceling my appointment for the third time. This is getting so old and its very discouraging. Now I have to wait till the 13th and I have to drive to Richmond from Sac. At this rate I will not make my goal of surgery in December. I also had to clear the time at work. The only good news I have is that I am down 16 lbs since orientation. Also they switched me to Dr Baggs.

We are doing it through an agency called positive options.

Lucky you, I guess new patients get the boot. I was really bummed yesterday but it I realized that now I have more time to lose more weight. I think he will be impressed if I lost 15-20 lbs since orientation. I guessing they are going to require me to lose the 10% because guys usually carry their weight in the gut and women carry it on their hips. Hips don't block access to the stomach. I was at 388 at orientation so that would be 38lbs. :tt2: My wife and I have been foster parents in the past. We only had one set of kids in the past but when they left us we did not get anymore. We went through a round of ivf and it failed. We just got a new set of kids yesterday and they are a hand full. They are 1 and 3 and last night was exhausting. I am going to lose weight just trying to keep up with them. We also are going to be eating out a whole lot less with the kids. My wife and I averaged 3-5 days a week in the past.

I just saw Inception on saturday and of course I ate too much popcorn and drank too much soda. When my wife and I saw the movie we got d-box seats. They where so cool. They move to the action of the movie and it made it like a ride at disney land but 2 hours long. They only have the seats at the palladio in folsom. I can't wait to see tron when it comes out in these seats. D-BOX / Movie Theatre

I have yet to get myself into full diet mode but I think I have kicked caffine. Today is my first day with no caffine and all I had was a mild headache in the morning. With kicking caffine I have quit soda. I was drinking 1-2 energy drinks per day(220 calories each), and on average 3 cokes a day(140 each). I have aso been watching what I eat but I have not done the diet they gave us at orientation. They changed my appointment to 11am from 9:30am. That made me excited because traffice of course sucks but then I just got a call and they just changed it to August 4th. I am bummed because I want to get everything moving. My goal is to have my surgery in December because I get a week off for christmas. Also I am done with school in November.

Damn you are on track already. I am taking different steps. My first is to kick caffine and soda. This is probably going to take a week or two of will power for me. I am sure just kicking the soda will drop some pounds on its own.

My appointment is at 9:30am. My only hope for him is that he will listen. I just hate it when Dr's dont listen. For example when I was first diagnosed with testicular cancer I all of sudden had bad back pain. When I went to my Dr I explained that no matter what I did my pain would not go away. He blamed the pain on my weight. Fast forward 4 months later and they removed a tumor that was near my spine.

Well I also went to orientation today and my next appointment is with Dr. Im on the 22nd. Also the appointment is in Vacaville I was a little surprised how quick the next one is. The last time I did orientation at south sanfran about 2 years ago we left with not knowing when our next appointment is. I think I got a call about 4 weeks later with an appointment that was about 3-4 weeks out. The group of people where rather interesting. I sware 90% have not done any research on there own. I kept hearing whining about all the changes that they would need to make. Also the questions where rather stupid. I sware that they where trying Liz's patience. When they said you could not smoke anymore someone asked if that included marijuana. So who has experience with Dr. Im? I tried to do a search but his last name is only 2 letters.

I might as well post an update. I got scheduled for my orientation on 7/13/10 finally about 3 weeks ago. I have already started to get into diet mode becuase I need to be ready to go full force after the orientation. As I previously posted this is not my first orientation but it is my first with Richmond. The only question I have is what time did everyone leave for it? I am coming from Rancho Cordova so I am guessing I should probably leave at 4-4:30am so that it will give me about 3 hours.

I have been lurking for a while and I guess its time for me to posta introduction. I am a 29 year old guy that has been over weight for most of my life. Just like most of you I am a yoyo dieter. I can loose 30-40 pounds pretty quick but I never keep it off for long and I usually gain a few extra from where I started. I enjoy exercise but over the years my weight has done a number to my body. I have a bad knee, ankle, back, and planter on both of my feet. There is one point in my life about 6 years ago that I actually got into very good shape and got to my lowest weight since junior high. I was doing 20 mile bike rides almost every day during my lunch breaks and 40+ mile rides on the weekends. I had never better in my life. Well life came crashing down on me and I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. I went through 4 rounds of chemo and 2 surgeries including having one kidney removed. It knocked me so far off the wagon that I had no chance ever catching up to it. My body was weak and I felt like crap. Most people lose weight during chemo but it did the opposite to me. I puked my brains out during chemo but when I started to feel better between each round all I wanted to do is eat crap. I am now considered a cancer survivor but I am the heaviest in my life around 380 and a BMI of 49. I first looked into doing WLS 2-3 years ago and I even went to the orientation class in south San Francisco 2 years. After the orientation I could not decide if I was ready for that drastic of a change with all the restrictions. I decided to do try losing it one more time on my own again. Fast forward 2 years later and I am 20 pounds heavier and I now need surgery for my knee. Its now too painful for me to enjoy exercising unless I can drop some major weight. I thought about it for a while and I am now ready for the major change that comes with WLS. I just went to the pre-orientation at point west and I am now waiting for my referral from my PCP for Richmond. I still have not 100% made my decision on which surgery I want but I really like the idea of the sleeve. I like the idea of losing the weight faster than lap band and the surgery is not as complex as gastric bypass. I am pretty much against bypass because I hear once you lose all your weight its hard to get enough nutrition to be heavy into working out. I know its my choice and the surgeons but does anyone have any thought on this? Well I hope I did not type too much. I am on a plane right now and I am bored. I also can't wait to lose the weight because I am tired of barley fitting in my seat.