Hi. I'm in the springs just wanted to get in touch with anyone also close. I'm having my surgery in Denver on May 29th. :-)

Hi! I live in Denver and I am scheduled for surgery on June 20th, with the Sleeve. All the best to you on your surgery day (coming up soon!). I would love to stay in touch and compare notes!

Patrice1 thanks. I think that would be good. I'm having my surgery with dr schoen. I'm very excited and I'll be around 3 weeks post op when you have your sleeve done so I can tell you what I went through. Nice to meet you. :-)

Hi to you both,

I am living in Denver but am having a vsg i Mexico because my insurance turned me down here. Are either of you attending support groups in Denver? I'm looking for one, but the seem to be exclusive to patients of the doctors/hospital.

I have one more week to go! All the best!!

I have one more week to go! All the best!!

Yay and congrats. Mine is the 29th so just over a week. I only found the one my doc does as far as support groups that's kind of why I was trying to meet some co folks :-)

This is a great support group here actually. But having someone to talk to face to face is maybe more comforting. Best wishes. And keep me posted.

I have one more week to go! All the best!!

Yay and congrats. Mine is the 29th so just over a week. I only found the one my doc does as far as support groups that's kind of why I was trying to meet some co folks :-)

This is a great support group here actually. But having someone to talk to face to face is maybe more comforting. Best wishes. And keep me posted.

Does he allow people in the group not getting surgery with him Do you find it helpful?

Hi fellow Colorado sleevers! I'm scheduled for VSG on June 3 with Dr Chae. I would also like to find a network of friends who understands the challenges of WLS. My Nut has a support group that meets at St Joes one evening a month but its quite a drive for me so online chats will have to do.

Good luck to us all!

I'm also in Denver and am hoping to get the sleeve soon! Just waiting for insurance approval! I'd love to get to know some people around here that are going through the process.

I believe the support groups at Rose hospital takes patients from any surgeon!

Hi all,

I live in Boulder, CO I had my Sleeve done 01/09/2014 with Dr Jonathan Schoen in Aurora, CO so far -77 pounds total from my highest weight! I would love to meet local sleevers for support. my instagram is VSGMEX follow me!

Hi all, I live in Boulder, CO I had my Sleeve done 01/09/2014 with Dr Jonathan Schoen in Aurora, CO so far -77 pounds total from my highest weight! I would love to meet local sleevers for support. my instagram is VSGMEX follow me!

Nice! And congrats. He is also my surgeon. :-) Nice to meet you. I live in Colorado Springs. How exciting. :-)

Also I sent you a follow request. I'm slimindownthick in Instagram

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Hi All. What great responses. I already feel like I have a "sleever tribe" Let's definitely all stay in touch. I should go to one of those support groups, too. Are you all on Facebook? I could set up a private group for us Colorado Sleevers to stay in touch. Maybe we might all meet our soon to be skinny selves. That would be awesome too. Just let me know about the FB group. We don't have to do that, but just a thought. The NUT leading our 6 week pre-surgery classes at Kaiser mentioned that some people have done that. I have two people in particular from those classes getting the sleeve too, and I think they would be totally up for it.

Patrice

RTP - That's great!! Awesome results. It made me happy for you, and excited for me to get going on my own weight loss. Counting the days until June 20 .... I'll go check out Instagram!

Hi All. What great responses. I already feel like I have a "sleever tribe" Let's definitely all stay in touch. I should go to one of those support groups, too. Are you all on Facebook? I could set up a private group for us Colorado Sleevers to stay in touch. Maybe we might all meet our soon to be skinny selves. That would be awesome too. Just let me know about the FB group. We don't have to do that, but just a thought. The NUT leading our 6 week pre-surgery classes at Kaiser mentioned that some people have done that. I have two people in particular from those classes getting the sleeve too, and I think they would be totally up for it. Patrice

Love the fb idea!!! Sign me up!! And that would be an excellent way for us all to keep in touch and updated on losses and struggles. I love it. :-) let me know the name.

Great!! I'll get right on it ...

Hi Everybody! I can only create the group by adding each of you. It is a "Secret Group" so only we can see it (once you've been added). No one else can. So privacy is great. I think this will be fun. If you are comfortable with it, just use mail me your Facebook name so I can add you. (Either through BariatricPal or my email: wordgeek1@gmail.com.) My name is Patrice Delanty.

UPDATE: I just found out that you can add people to a secret group you are not friends with on Facebook by using the feature "Invite by email." So if you want to be added to the group without being friends on FB, then just send me your email through BariatricPal or send me your email by emailing me at the address I gave above. I'll send you an invite by email! OR, if you are cool with being my friend on FB, you can just send me your name and I'll send you an invite. Just let me know which. Okay, I'll stop boring y'all with this. Hope to see you in the group! There is just me and SlimminDownThick! We're waiting for you.... LOL