A support group near your home is awesome. At least "go and try it out"- each group has a different "feel" to it- so you can see if it's going to benefit you or not by trying one meeting first. You will know if you want to come back or not by the end of the meeting. I wish we had a support group near my home-but I'm finding comfort in some ladies at my work that had the band and are working out together.... my surgery date is Dec 20th- wish me luck!