First appt update/info for Sacramento patients

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Hey everyone - I had my first appt this morning with Beth in

Richmond. She was awesome, and said I was an ideal candidate for the

surgery. She gave me the time line for how everything will go now,

and she said dependant on how long it takes me to lose my 10% I could

probably look at early January for surgery (yay!). She said I should

get my orientation date within the next 2 weeks, and gave me her

direct line to call her if I didn't hear back from them in the time

line she gave me.

So then we talked about why the process had taken so long for me. She

said that all the patients in the Sacramento area pretty much got

screwed by SSF. That because Sacramento does none of the pre qual or

psych evals, all referrals got sent to SSF to process - and SSF

(which is small she said) got really behind. So all the Sacramento

area patients got more or less pushed to the side, then eventually

pawned off on Richmond. She said Richmond is trying really hard to

accomodate all the Sacramento area patients that have been waiting a

while, and have been bumping them ahead of recent new referrals (god

I would hope so!)

So if you are in the Sac area and wondering why it seemed like it was

taking for ever...now you know

Misty