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Mrs D

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Sara Mos    0

Sara Mos
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Oh my gosh Mrs D,

I hope your ok (re port wound),

your weight loss is fantastic by the way, and really encouraging.

Look after yourself

Sara x

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Mrs D    0

Mrs D
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Hi Mrs D,

Nice to hear fm you.

Is there any Support group around Basingstoke?

MRSA in your port wound. OMG!!! R u feeling ok now? When did that happen? Was it in yr early days after u had an op, or while there were doing one of your fills? Pls tell us more. But that aside, u r doing fantastic having lose so much weight. Definately an inspiration to us all.

Just found out that there is a group in Woking. I no its a way from you but i think thats the nearist.Mrs D

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Oh my gosh Mrs D,

I hope your ok (re port wound),

your weight loss is fantastic by the way, and really encouraging.

Look after yourself

Sara x

tHANKS sARA, i REALLY APPRICIATE your kind throughts.Mrs D

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Slim Jim    0

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Hi would you know of any support group in the North West of England around the Preston area?

Hi i'm a newbie to the site and am also from Lancashire, are you north or south Preston and have you managed to find a support group locally? as far as i'm aware the nearest one for me is in Manchester which is a little too far away. ps despite calling myself Slim JIm i'm actually female :-):faint:

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inuk    0

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Hi Mrs D,

Nice to meet you,

New here, waiting for NHS appointment at moment.

Hoping to get banded, apparently I meet the criteria so hope surgeon agrees.

Are there any support groups in the humberside area do you know?

Thanks

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Mrs D    0

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Hi Mrs D,

Nice to meet you,

New here, waiting for NHS appointment at moment.

Hoping to get banded, apparently I meet the criteria so hope surgeon agrees.

Are there any support groups in the humberside area do you know?

Thanks

HI there, sorry my brain is a bit off colour at the moment! Due to my band removal. But tell me Humberside is Norfolk anygood for you?

Mrs D

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Hi There,

sorry I was eager, jumped in and asked you without reading your past threads.

It was only afterwards I realised you have been having a hard time lately.

I wouldn't have bothred you if I had realised sooner.

Thanks for repling...

However Norfolk is too far for me, nevermind....I will look out for one myself, you just concentrate on you.

I am realising how great the support is on here too, makes me feel better even if there are no groups near me.

I am sorry to hear of your ordeal and I hope you are feeling better very soon.

I have to say... you have done great though, you look fantastic.

Despite everything you are going through your still finding the time to answer peoples questions.You are an inspiration,and I'm sure you will continue to loose without your band.

Take care H x

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Mrs D    0

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Hi There,

sorry I was eager, jumped in and asked you without reading your past threads.

It was only afterwards I realised you have been having a hard time lately.

I wouldn't have bothred you if I had realised sooner.

Thanks for repling...

However Norfolk is too far for me, nevermind....I will look out for one myself, you just concentrate on you.

I am realising how great the support is on here too, makes me feel better even if there are no groups near me.

I am sorry to hear of your ordeal and I hope you are feeling better very soon.

I have to say... you have done great though, you look fantastic.

Despite everything you are going through your still finding the time to answer peoples questions.You are an inspiration,and I'm sure you will continue to loose without your band.

Take care H x

I have put a list of all the uk support groups that I no about. There also bospa groups here and there. But they charge a membership joining fee.I hope you can find one near to you.Take careMrs D

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labradoodle    0

labradoodle
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Hi

Hope you can help. I mentioned yesterday that I live near Guildford and wished to join a support group - I badly need it. Have the band but got the wrong attitude with FOOD! I just love it. My e-mail address is nicholas_suzy@tiscali.co.uk. (not underscored but in lower case).

Look forward to hearing from you

Labradoodle

Hi everyone, just to let you no, I am a co-ordinator for a wls support group here in the uk. I HAVE A LIST OF GROUPS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. Please feel free to pm me, if you need details of a group near you.

Fay:D

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