vsg kaiser

Help!!  Has anybody been able to get vsg thru Kaiser in northern california???

Went to my first meeting in richmond. They do not do vsg.

Help.

Thank you
Becka49er

Hi Becka, Iam gonna ask for the VSG when I have my surgeon consult in Fremont.  Yes, they are starting to do it in Fremont.  Supposedly on "select" patinets.  I guess I will find out just what a select patient is during the consult eh?
Rumor has it that So.San Fran and Richmond IS doing the VSG, but you WON'T hear about it during the orientation.  You have to ask about it at your surgical consult.
Here is what is irritating...In 2 Kaiser locations in Los Angeles, patients are given the CHOICE!  Grrrr...There are a few ladies on here who will prob. chime in on thier Kaiser experiences...

Thank  you so much for the information!!!!.

I don't want to go all the way thru the process in richmond, if I am going to be referred to a different location to get the vsg.

Becka49er

Now now Gael..."given the choice" is putting it ummm well.  I was told ALL throughout my orientation and my class that the only surgery they did was the RnY.  But I knew 2 girls who had the VSG and when I went to their surgeon we discussed why I wanted the VSG.  They did "want" me to have the RnY but I was told they would do the VSG since I wanted it =)

It still remains that way...my friend was speaking up in her class all about the VSG and got several people interested.  Their buttbrain teacher was like "no you can't have that" and "you'll not loose weight" and "you'll gain it back".  Buttbrain

Ms Shell

I just went to orientation in Fremont this pass Sunday, and he did mention VSG, and was very excited about it. Some asked if he would rather perfrom VSG or RNY and he said RNY. I think they will perform it but only on selected patients. I know for sure that if you wanted Lapband over RNY then they will go with your choice.

Wow Journey, that is SUPER exciting!  Too cool that the VSG was discussed a bit!  You'd think with that Kaiser being in the Bay area, they might be aware of LAPSF's latest long term study on the VSG!  Hmmmm...Iam soooo interested in what the heck a "select" patient is...

Okay, from what my fiance just told me the surgeon said that in order for them to perform VSG you have to fall in the category of super obese which is a BMI of 60 or 65, from what he can recall.  But then again, they were going over so much so hopefully he didn't get it confused with another surgery.

I had my meeting with the surgeon in South San Fran and I had said I wanted to have VSG and he didn't seem to have a problem with it. He did say they just started to doing it... Hope that helps.

Good for YOU girl!  That is wonderful....Please keep us updated on the VSG forum

Thank you sooo!!! much for the replies. I pray all goes well for us all.

Becka49er