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It's 6:30 pm. Location is Myers Park Baptist Church, 2001 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207

It's in Heaton Hall @ the church. Supposed to last 1 hour.

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I am so happy I found his thread, I am hopefully having surgery with Dr Garcia 10/09, I can't wait!!! I would love to find a support group, please keep posting when they will be. Oops i nearly forgot, I am from Charlotte.8

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Who knew there were so many NC people on here. I'm Rhonda and from Durham. I was sleeved in August 2010 at Durham Regional Hospital. Good luck everyone!

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Yea Charlotte Girls! New to VST and so glad I heard about this web site at our VS Support Group last night. I was Sleeved by Dr. V. on 23 April, leaping out more than three months now.

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Hey gang! Just chiming back in. I have lost 33 pounds thus far. Although it is coming off slow....guess what. IT IS COMING OFF! I am forever thank ful! God is Good!! Good luck to all of the potential sleevers, please let me know if I can be of any assistance.!

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I am in Monroe NC. Seeing Dr. Pirrello will have surgery done at Presbyterian Matthews. Stil waiting on insurance approval.

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Yea Charlotte Girls! New to VST and so glad I heard about this web site at our VS Support Group last night. I was Sleeved by Dr. V. on 23 April, leaping out more than three months now.

Great meeting you last night! I really enjoyed the meeting. Will definitely be trying to make it each month :)

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Hope everything went well today. Thinking of you :)

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Great meeting you last night! I really enjoyed the meeting. Will definitely be trying to make it each month :)

Can someone post a link or information regarding support groups in the Charlotte area? I'm being sleeved on Oct 15th & will be in the Belmont area from Fri Oct 12 through probably Fri Oct 26th & would love to meet some other sleevers in the area while I'm in town.

Thanks!

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I would like the support group info as well. Thanks.

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Im in Waxhaw. Seems like its so far away, eveyone says it will go by fast. I hope so!. I am so ready to have a new life and I am sure you are too.

I am in Waxhaw also. My surgery is December 17th at CMC Mercy with Dr. Kuwada(Carolina Weightmanagment)

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I have the Presbyterian Bariatric Network Support Group info: Meets every 3rd Monday of each month, 6:30pm at Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte (Center Court/Bobcat Room); Every 4th Wednesday of each month @ Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville (Physicians Buildin-Community Classroom main floor); Every 4th Monday of each month @ Presbyterian Hospital Matthews (Community Rooms A or C).

Then I have info for Southeast Bariatrics Support Groups meeting 2nd Monday of every month @ The Cornwell Center @ Myers Park Baptist Church 6:30pm.

I am not sure if these are supposed to be for Presby patients or Southeast Bariatric patients only or not. There is a number to call for the Presby ones: 704-316-8000 and for the Southeast Bariatric one: 704-316-7760

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I'm from Charlotte. I'm going to be having my surgery with Dr. Pirello at Presbyterian Matthews.

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I live in Rock Hill SC, going to

Be having surgery with Dr.Kuwada in Charlotte NC.... Dont have a date yet

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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