Re: Please Help - Please recommend a gastrobypass friendly doctor in Santa Clara

[Guest guest]

Sridevi Kolla is my doc. She's a young, and quite

willing to work WITH the patient, instead of

demonstrating that " I know everything, I am God,

you are just the patient " attitude that some

show. She's at the location at Homestead and

Lawrence. Not only that, but she's nice!

At 00:23 04/30/2006, you wrote:

>Hi,

>I am a new member to Kaiser and I am very

>interested in getting a gastrobypass.... I am

>5'1 ft short, and weight almost 300lbs... I

>believe I have a lot of the co-morbidities

>[]

>and need help.

>

>I called Kaiser before I actually got the

>insurance to inquire if they offered

>gastrobypasses and to my surprise they gave me

>an appt with the Gastric Bypass Group... I don't

>even have a doctor that can recommed this

>procedure yet!... would you recommed a doctor in

>Santa Clara that is friendly to this procedure?

>

>Thanks for all your help!

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?

[Guest guest]

Hi -

My PCP is Dr. Rezvani. I had no problems discussing gastric bypass

with her and she helped me though the referral process smoothly. I

would recommend her to anyone.

Good Luck,

Lori

[Guest guest]

I too have Dr. Rezvani for my PCP and she is great but unfortunately

she isn't taking on new patients at this time (I saw her about a week

ago and that was the status)

Good Luck

>

> Hi -

>

> My PCP is Dr. Rezvani. I had no problems discussing gastric bypass

> with her and she helped me though the referral process smoothly. I

> would recommend her to anyone.

>

> Good Luck,

> Lori

>

[Guest guest]

,

I go to Santa Clara and both my PCP and my OB/GYN are bypass-

friendly. My PCP is Dr. Maureen Pavy, and my OB is Dr.

Young. If you try to get in to see Dr. Pavy, you'll have to bring

up the subject of gastric bypass - she won't suggest it to you - but

if you're well-informed about the surgery and have the necessary

conditions to warrant it, she'll recommend you for it. Just make

sure when you talk to her that you let her know your history of

weight loss efforts and that you're not looking at this as an " easy

fix " . I was ok, since I've been seeing her for years and she knew

what I'd done before, but if you're new to Kaiser you'll have to

talk to whoever you see.

Cathy C.

- In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients ,

Curiel wrote:

>

> Hi,

> I am a new member to Kaiser and I am very interested in getting

a gastrobypass.... I am 5'1 ft short, and weight almost 300lbs... I

believe I have a lot of the co-morbidities and need help.

>

> I called Kaiser before I actually got the insurance to inquire

if they offered gastrobypasses and to my surprise they gave me an

appt with the Gastric Bypass Group... I don't even have a doctor

that can recommed this procedure yet!... would you recommed a doctor

in Santa Clara that is friendly to this procedure?

>

> Thanks for all your help!

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> >

> > Hi,

> > I am a new member to Kaiser and I am very interested in getting

> a gastrobypass.... I am 5'1 ft short, and weight almost 300lbs... I

> believe I have a lot of the co-morbidities and need help.

> >

> > I called Kaiser before I actually got the insurance to inquire

> if they offered gastrobypasses and to my surprise they gave me an

> appt with the Gastric Bypass Group... I don't even have a doctor

> that can recommed this procedure yet!... would you recommed a

doctor

> in Santa Clara that is friendly to this procedure?

> >

> > Thanks for all your help!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls.

> Great rates starting at 1 & cent;/min.

> >

>

Hi ,

I highly recommend you attend the Santa Clara Bariatric Support Group

meeting this week. You will meet a lot of people who have already

had surgery, and also many who are still waiting. The meeting is the

first Wednesday of every month, so your timing is perfect! We will

be meeting this coming Wednesday, May 3, at Kaiser Santa Clara. We

meet in Bldg. K, on the old Kaiser campus on Kiely Ave. The meeting

starts at 6:00pm, and goes to about 7:30. The usual facilitator is

Beth Goodridge, the nutritionist/dietician from SSF. She is on

maternity leave right now, and may or may not be there. In her

absence, I and another person run the group. If you live near by,

you may also want to go to the Santa Bariatric Support Group,

which meets on the third Wednesday of every month. That meeting is

in the Medical Office Building (MOB), 275 Hospital Parkway, San

. Doors open at 6:00, and meeting starts at 6:30. Both meetings

are very informative and supportive, and follow the Kaiser protocol.

If you have any other questions about the meetings, you can email

me. Hope to see you there.