Postby MissMolly » Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:48 pm
Lee:
It must be serendipidity that has lead me to finding you on the Colon Club. I received a notification that you have a PM aim waiting for me on the UOAA support forum. I have been absent from posting in the UOAA forum for several months and am not able to recall my password, which has kept me from accessing your PM sand replying to you in kind.
I gather the gist of your PM in waiting is similar in query as to the question submitted here?
You will have ample access to some of the best/Top Notch physicians in the entire west coast in the San Francisco Bay Area and southern Bay Area peninsula (Palo Alto, Burlingame, San Luis Obispo, Davis).
The University of California at San Francisco Hospital system (UCSF) is a recognized leader in GI management. It is one of the few hospitals in the country that performs the delicate and complex small intestine transplant. UCSF is an enormous research and teaching hospital. Navigating the campus and selecting a physician can be an initial obstacle to individuals new to its systems and structure. But the reward in persevering is that you will have access to some of medicine's brightest minds and cutting-edge care.
Pacific Medical Center is a private hospital system that is recognized in the Bay Area for excellence in care. If you are wanting a more personalized environment than a teaching/research model such as UCSF, then Pacific Medical Center may be a good "fit" for you. Pacific Medical Center has campuses in the heart of San Francisco (Buchanan St.), Davis, San Jose, and San Luis Obispo. I was a patient at PMC several years ago and was 100% pleased with the care. Modern, clean, excellent nursing and ancillary services.
I live in Portland, Ore and am not familiar with any Bend, Oregon GI physician group of notoriety. Bend is a growing and thriving community in the otherwise remote corner of eastern Oregon. Bend's population growth is primarily retirees from high tech software engineering jobs, bringing with them a steady stream of financial security into the community. Bend is similar in apology to Park City, Utah. Bend, Oregon is known for stellar orthopedic surgeons. The mountains are a skier's paradise. The US Olympic ski team routinely sets up its training camps in Bend.
Welcome to Sacramento. Take time to settle in and enjoy your new home and local community.
I hope to chat with you soon vis-a-vis the UOAA ostomy forum,
Karen (aka "Button" on the UOAA forum)
Dear friend to Bella Piazza, former Colon Club member (NWGirl).
I have a permanent ileostomy and offer advice on living with an ostomy - in loving remembrance of Bella
I am on Palliative Care for broad endocrine failure + Addison's disease + osteonecrosis of both hips/jaw + immunosuppression. I live a simple life due to frail health.