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As of now, I have only heard back from 3 people with a yes to our meeting on Saturday so there will be 4 including me. The other 3 are: Jacqi, Toni, and Amanda B. Also, I joined a weekly support group at Baylor Plano run by a psychologist and met a girl there who said she'd love to come too so we may have 5 of us there. For some reason, I don't have where you live AmandaB. But based on where the other 3 of us live, I say we change our location. Does anyone have a problem with meeting at La Hacienda off Preston Rd. North of Frankford Rd. at 1:00 pm on Saturday? The physical address is: 17390 Preston Road # 100, Dallas, TX. If I don't hear back from everyone on this, we will leave it as it at Pappasitos.

Oh, and to cover my bases I'm e-mailing this to y'all too. You only need to respond in one place. I just wanna have the best shot of getting the message to each of you since I'm proposing a meeting change.

I look forward to meeting y'all!

~Amy

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Okay, Toni. I just need to hear from you. Amanda and Jacqi responded and are okay with the change of venue.

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Hi Amy,

My name is Gloria. I would love to be part of this support group.We had a death in the family yesterday, so this weekend is not good for me. Please keep me up to date on the next meeting. Thank you.

gfarhamand@gmail.com

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I'm very sorry for your loss.

I will definitely add you to the list for next month. Just so you know, we meet the first Saturday of the month.

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I didn't get an email, I'm in for Saturday... Oh and Dallas is closer for me too, so. I'm good with the venue change

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I didn't get an email' date=' I'm in for Saturday... Oh and Dallas is closer for me too, so. I'm good with the venue change[/quote']

Sorry you didn't get it. It was sent 07/21 and you were on the list. Glad you can join us.

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Okay y'all. It's final. Saturday at 1:00 pm at Pappasitos on Preston Rd.

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Oh, and let's all meet outside by the front door since we don't really know who we're looking for yet. :-). I will send y'all my cell number except you Toni since you have it. If you decide not to come or you are running late, please text me so we know whether or not to wait on you.

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Sorry for the late post. I had an urgent family thing that came up and I’m just now home and getting to this.

Okay, ladies everything is set for tomorrow. Let’s all meet outside the front door of Pappasitos on Preston Rd. at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. I e-mailed each of you my cell phone number. If you are running late or aren’t coming, please text me.

I look forward to meeting y’all!

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Oops! Sorry y'all. I meant LaHacienda on Preston Rd. NOT Pappasitos!

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Thanks, Amy! I had a nice time talking with everyone, and La Hacienda was a great choice! Looking forward to the next time.

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Have a great trip Amanda! It sounds so exciting!

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sorry i missed get-together. Hopefully I'll be able to make the next one. and hopefully by the next group luncheon I'll either have my surgery date - or be sleeved - which if it's the latter I'll probably be home still.....

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I'm glad to find a group of people from the area that get together. I was attending the meetings at Plano Presby they had twice a month, but it wasn't what I thought of when I thought support group. I learned a lot from the speakers, but I want to ask questions and find out how others with the sleeve are doing. I'd love to come to some of the get together meetings. I live in the Colony on the Plano border and can travel anywhere. My email is desi1023@gmail.com, please add me to your list :)

--Desiree

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Hi! I'm Erica, and I live in Allen. I'm interested in joining your support group as well! I'll be getting sleeved on the 21st. my email address is egirl76@sbcglobal.net. Thanks!

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