I am in the Tri cities butbhaving surgery in Spokane. Anyone near me?

Hi everyone! I'm Jess and I was sleeved by Dr Aceves May 30hth. Love that we have a NW group! My loss has been at a stall the last week or so. Hoping to pick it back up. I figure I lost 38lbs in less than 2 months so a stall isn't a bad thing, it lets my skin catch up. Just hope it gets going again soon!!

jjj, are you having your daugther see Dr Beltran? He's who assisted Dr Aceves for years. So sad about him

Hi everyone! I'm Jess and I was sleeved by Dr Aceves May 30hth. Love that we have a NW group! My loss has been at a stall the last week or so. Hoping to pick it back up. I figure I lost 38lbs in less than 2 months so a stall isn't a bad thing, it lets my skin catch up. Just hope it gets going again soon!! jjj, are you having your daugther see Dr Beltran? He's who assisted Dr Aceves for years. So sad about him

Hi Jess! I have to be honest, we were taken back a few steps when we heard of Dr Aceves death. We were set to send the deposit that weekend! It has kind of thrown us off track. We decided to wait a few more months and do more research. I am not familiar with the other doctors associated with dr Aceves. We are thinking more like dec or Jan now. Give time to see how others are doing with those drs who are replacing dr Aceves.

Lake Stevens WA sleever here. I am a 42 female. Surgery is 11-18-13 at pssc Dr. Landerholm. SOOO EXCITED!!! Looking to make sleeve friends to share the journey.

how was your surgery? I have my last nut appt this month

I was ready to make a deposit with Dr Aceves also and I think it is prudent to wait until Dec to get a feel for the lay of the land but I am anxious to move forward for a couple of reasons. 1. I want to to do this in the summer , 2 I am having a revision and will be having my band removed. Meanwhile I am gaining weight and I will need to buy new clothes soon. I would love to hear from anyone who has had the sleeve by Dr aceves' replacement.

Lylabelle that sounds like an awesome weight loss. Just enjoy it. To Sphiderphish where is your doc?

Hey everyone,

I absolutely love the idea of meeting up. I am also terrified of the idea. Im not going to lie, the closer i get to my surgery, the more daunting things become.

It is very easy to allow things to stop me from pursuing a real connection with any of you, regardless of how badly i actually need it.

Anyway, as of right now. I can handle the monthly group health support groups. Although sometimes i don't really feel comfortable in there. I almost want a group for those of us who have NOT had surgery yet. Sometimes i just want to speak my worries with out someone telling me "oh no, that isn't that bad, it will get better" or "that does not really happen to people" i just want to vent and worry, and speak my mind. When i want answers, i know how to seek them out.

Sorry, off on a tangent. Back now.

Anyway, i would love to meet you guys. I just need to warm up to it i suppose.

Dylan

Hi everyone!! My name is Michelle and I just scheduled sleeve surgery for Jan 9th 2015! With dr Ortiz ( OCC.) in Tijuana. Super excited to begin this journey to the new ME and glad to have found this thread...

We have talked about getting together for some time. Guess best thing to do here is list the home towns so we can figure out a good midpoint for a meet and greet. I am in Gig Harbor. If you are interested in meeting post your home town and we can go from there.

I am in Woodinville area.

VERY Easy for me to get to Duvall, Woodinville, Snohomish Redmond, Bothell, Lynnwood, Monroe.

Kirkland, Sammamish, Bellevue, Everett, Shoreline, north seattle etc do-able.

Beyond that. .. I don't know. I hate sitting in traffic.

My daughter lives in west Seattle so I get up in the north Seattle area often. If we have a lot on the southern area we could try for a central point like south center mall. That is adjacent to the airport area and right on I-5.

I live close to Cowgirljane.

I'm in Issaquah/Sammamish area, and can do any Eastside communities or Seattle, depending on the time we choose.

Hi

I'm from Wenatchee and will be having my first presurgical appt Sept 26th at NWWLS.

I live in the Tacoma area and it sounds like a lot of folks are up north so I like the idea of trying to meet around South Center. It would be helpful to meet around a time when we didn't t have to fight traffic.

I think I am getting ready mentally for this. My problem is finding time when my work schedule doesn't intrude. I am counting on the fat that some folks say they weren't sick at all after wards and could go back to old activities right away.

I am pretty busy this time of year and just had a relative pass away after an intense round with brain cancer...but when fall comes I would be interested and can help put something together.

I was visualizing perhaps a meeting somewhere like Bothell and a second one more like the south end - not sure if federal way is far enough south. My thought was sort of two groups maybe they each meet once a month or every other month but different dates in cases there are people who would go to each. I liked that someone suggested seatac but I wouldn't go that far regularly -would surely do it once for a kickoff though!

Don't mean to be a wet blanket but there are existing awesome support groups out there that welcome people regardless of where they had surgery. Just as a practical question....why would people prefer this group over those?

I am pretty busy this time of year and just had a relative pass away after an intense round with brain cancer...but when fall comes I would be interested and can help put something together. I was visualizing perhaps a meeting somewhere like Bothell and a second one more like the south end - not sure if federal way is far enough south. My thought was sort of two groups maybe they each meet once a month or every other month but different dates in cases there are people who would go to each. I liked that someone suggested seatac but I wouldn't go that far regularly -would surely do it once for a kickoff though! Don't mean to be a wet blanket but there are existing awesome support groups out there that welcome people regardless of where they had surgery. Just as a practical question....why would people prefer this group over those?

I attend two support groups. One in federal way and the other in Lakewood. Both are great as a structured meeting. The NUT in both support groups lead the meetings and 1/2 hr is dedicated to some sort of presentation or a speaker. Second 1/2 hr is open for questions from the group. This is a good format to learn about the WLS program. That is not what I was looking for in this new group that we have discussed here. I am more interested in an informal meetup with people who have went through or will be going through WLS. Meeting and making friends with those of us that have common experiences while going through our journeys would be nice. I personally have not shared that I have had the surgery so I get strange looks when I eat 2 oz of food when we go out to dinner. This group would relate to the fact that food is no longer priority in our lives. I don't even care if we don't talk WLS at all when we get together. Instead just make friends and enjoy the company of those that know what we are going through.