Hello CA Members.  It's meeting time again for East Bay Bariatric:

Date: Saturday, April 20
Times: Pre-op & Newbies Q&A from 2-2:30 p.m. / Everyone from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Location: Alameda Hospital, Conf. Room C, 2070 Clinton Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 (enter through sliding doors to the right of the ER)

East Bay Bariatric is an independent, peer support group with hundreds of members throughout the bay area and from many surgery types and medical groups.  We've been meeting for 12 years now...still hard to believe.

At this month's meeting, we'll have samples from DietDirect.com (hot chocolate and protein bars).  We'll end the conversation a bit early to have a Tasting Party of these products.  If you can bring some hot pots, bottled water and/or cups for the tasting, e-mail me at [email protected].  I could use the help; thanks in advance. Small paper plates for the protein bars will be helpful too.  Note: we received these products because members purchased items either when entering our promo code, 6214285, or clicked on the DietDirect banner on our website and then placed an order.  For those of you that did that: THANK YOU!

See you at the meeting.  Let me know if you have any questions about the group.  We meet the 3rd Saturday of every month.  No need to register; just show up.  Meetings are free and it doesn't matter whether or not you have insurance.  It's just us patients.

What a helpful suggestion.  I will cut & paste and share.  Thank you!

He is now the head of the WLS program for John Muir. He runs a class once per month. She should show up and ask him directly. Go to John Muir's website and look up the time date for his next class.

Saw a friend over the weekend who had a lap-band done by Dr. Cirangle 5 or 6 years ago (I can't recall how long).  The device slipped, is defective and she needs it removed or replaced. She paid some multi-thousand dollar fee originally for some kind of lifetime service with his office (fills, visits, etc. covered) and clearly isn't getting her money's worth since the office won't even give her an appointment. 

She told me that she has been trying to call for months to get in just to see him and the scheduler won't schedule her.  Back in January, for example, she was told by the scheduler that she "doesn't have his schedule yet" and to call back in a month.  Hello?  She called back in February and was told by same person she still doesn't have his schedule.  How can the "scheduler" not have his "schedule"??  Weird.  It's now April and she still hasn't been given an appointment just to SEE him, it's not even a surgery date but an office visit first.  Sounds like this has dragged on long enough.

Is anyone else getting the run-around by this office?  She is having pain in the area where this device resides, some problems eating and needs the device removed...you would think that info would have prompted the person at Cirangle's office to get the patient in asap but nope.

Thanks for any help you can give.  Is there someone else she should be talking to?  Can't get to Cirangle directly.

Thank you,

 I'm really excited to drop in with some event news! This year we're bringing the 2013 ObesityHelp Conference to Anaheim, California on October 4th and 5th, 2013. 
 

Make sure you stop by the Events site often to check in as we make updates!  
 

We have our hotel booking information up and ready to go! 


We want to hear from you......we're taking open speaking submissions and speaker nominations.  


We also have already been coordinating with some of the best vendors out there & the exhibit tables are going to be amazing this year. You'll love talking to them and getting to try the samples!
 

For those of you wanting to reach your non-scale victories of going on amusement park rides and riding those roller coasters, you'll love the hotel we booked with.  We'll be at the Crowne Plaza, which is a Disney Good Neighbor hotel. Yes, just minutes away from Disney!  So close, that we decided that ALL EARLY BIRD ticket buyers will get put into a drawing for TWO TICKETS TO DISNEYLAND!  

 

Early bird tickets are on sale NOW and end on May 17!  As an early bird ticket buyer, you get even more than saving $$.  Check out the benefits to being an early bird and get more 4-1-1 on our OH Event!

 

We can't wait to see you...spread the word to your friends!