June 17th, Washington

shome · 05-22-2008, 11:13 AM

Hi there,
I am scheduled for June 17th!!! I am so excited. I have Dr. Oh in Federaly Way with the St. Francis Hospital. It is a center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery. I know everything will go great!

Has anyone had surgery with him? He has been great so far! I can't wait till that wonderful day!!!!!

I would love to hear of your surgery day experiences.

Have a wonderful journey!!!

God bless.

CindySue · 07-26-2008, 12:40 PM

Hello,
My name is Cindy I was just flipping through LBT and saw that you were in washington. I am also I am scheduled to have surgery on Sept.23,08 at Group Health and I was wondering how yours went and how you are doing

shome · 07-26-2008, 11:25 PM

I am doing well. I had my 1st fill on Monday..... It was ok, no pain. But no restriction yet either.

I heard there is a lot of hoops to jump through for Group Health..... was that the case for you?

CindySue · 07-27-2008, 01:08 AM

yeah kinda ,I started the whole process in Dec'07. Had to do lots of different test bloodwork,upper GI, chest x-rays,breathing tests,then speak to a physc Dr,then a food Dr. Now I have to go to a 4 hour orientation, Then I go to meet the actual Dr. WOW I guess that was a lot of stuff.
Glad you are doing good and thanks for the reply...you have lost a lot alreadyIm routing for you!
Cindy

shome · 07-29-2008, 11:35 AM

I had to do all that stuff too. I heard GH makes you do 6 months of supervised diet a program.

Well your day will be awesome. Where will you be having it done? What Dr.?

CindySue · 07-30-2008, 11:34 PM

I don't have to do a 6 month diet thing, just the 2 months before. something to do with the liver.
I am going to the new GH they just built by Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. My Doctor is Dr. Bock I have not yet met him I hope he is a nice guy.

tiny girl · 07-31-2008, 10:31 PM

Hi,
I'm still in the planning stage but am thinking about it night and day. I'm trying to get in to see my regular doc to help me with paperwork. I'm 5'4, 230 pounds, type II Diabetic, recent BC survivor and know I have to have this done. I'm covered under my hubby's 1st choice but have no idea what they pay. Can you reccomend a doc. in Seatle, Edmonds, Bellevue area? I'm looking at differnet sites but I don't want to just pick one that way.

Kat

Paula Irion · 08-10-2008, 10:59 PM

Shome - Congratulations on such a good weight loss in so short a time. What is the secret? A good friend of mine had GBS with Dr. Oh in Federal Way. He did a great job and she's very happy about her decision. Her surgery was in June.
I'm going to Dr. Alperovich in Renton for my Lap Band. He has a great reputation and has a very nice bedside manner.