bluemangos

Excellent! I'll check that out. I like this website but it's so compartmentalized :-)

UPDATE: the page is now called Spring 2016 VSGers because there were so many awesome people outside of April that I wanted to add! So send me a message & friend request on Facebook if you want to join [Alea Birbeck, same pic as here]!
I'm putting together a "secret" support group on Facebook for folks who are being sleeved the same month as me - my surgery date is April 15th. I'm not going public with the fact that I'm having surgery, so it's important to me that the group doesn't show up on my personal fb page.
I've been told by a friend who had her vsg surgery April 2013 that her similar support group has been fantastic - a group of people all going through the same thing, a safe place for questions and sharing experiences, etc. She actually added me to her "April 2013" secret group and they're a great group, I can see the appeal!
I'm looking forward to building a great network of people to go through this journey with! <3

UPDATE: the page is now called Spring 2016 VSGers because there were so many awesome people outside of April that I wanted to add! So send me a message & friend request on Facebook if you want to join [Alea Birbeck, same pic as here]!
Who want to join a "secret" support group on Facebook? :-D my surgery date is 4/15 & I'm looking for people who'll be experiencing the same phases (etc) as I will so we can all support each other.

Hey there! I'm in Florida :-) if you want to join the Facebook group send me a friend request - Alea Birbeck, profile pic = my smiling face - and I'll add you :-)

My surgery is April 15th. I'm not announcing it online or anything but telling my close friends and family.
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I'm doing good. Haven't yet been able to get 64oz of Water in yet. My tailbone is getting a little sore but other than that I'm good. How are you doing?
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I would love to join this group. I was sleeved on 4/4 and have told very few people and love that the group is secret. I sent you a friend request and email.
Thanks!
Traci

My surgery date was April 6th. When I got home I experienced horrible nausea but today I feel SO MUCH BETTER!!! I think it could've been my pain medicine on an empty stomach. So I started using one Tylenol.
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Hello everyone... I'm new on here. Literally an hour new.
I was sleeved April 1st. I'm 8 days out. I can answer questions from everything from Pre Op Diet to Surgery, Recovery and the Post Op liquid diet. I am just starting Full liquids today ( OK last night before bed ) .... I am certainly not an expert or a Doctor, but I have done it and would love to hear from people that are just now a week post op like me.

I sent you a friend request on FB. (Stephanie Newhauser Radonski). My surgery is scheduled for April 26th.
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I will be sleeved on April 28

April 28????

Hi, I'm in Georgia , my vsg date is April 19, good luck April sleevers!
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I had surgery Thursday morning... Oh boy- this gas pain through chest and abdomen is tough... Also dealing with some hardcore reflux.. But better today and I was yesterday
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I just sent you a FB message. I'd love to be added!

I just sent you a friend request. I was sleeved yesterday April 7.
Tiffany A.

I sent you a friend request on Facebook. My name is Bernice Hughes. I would love to be a part of your "secret" facebook group. I do not plan to tell more that 3 or 4 people that I am having surgery. So any support would be appreciated. Thanks, Bernice

Ahhhh! I am so frustrated right now..... Surgery scheduled for April 11th, was advised today that my ECG was irregular.... So I need to rush to a cardiologist tomorrow morning to get s clearance.... Fingers crossed!
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Go Texas! My surgery is here in Houston, next Monday April 11. No special requirements for pre-op diet and will not have a full liquid diet after the surgery. Jell-O and puddings are allowed, clear broths and yogurt. Soooo excited!!!!! Houston colleagues, where are you going to have your surgery? Mine will be at the Memorial City Center, at Gessner.
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Request sent!
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April 28
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Hi bluemangos, just sent a friend request - I really need a support group. Thanks for organizing
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Tomorrow (April 5th) is my date! I sent you a message also. Thank you for setting up a group for all of us!

I just got approved by insurance on April 1. I asked if it was an April Fools joke lol!!! I'm hoping to be scheduled for my surgery this month. They seem to have a fast turn around time once insurance gets approved. I'm kind of freaking out!!!! Lol

My surgery is tomorrow. I just messaged you on fb but don't know if I did it correctly!