Are there any south Florida support meetings?

Where are you located at because my Doctor Dr. Wizman has them in Coral Springs Florida

<p><em>Where are you located at because my Doctor Dr. Wizman has them in Coral Springs Florida</em></p>

I'm with dr Wizman to but in Wellington and he doesn't run then the nurse does and she isn't good it's all about fund raising and not talking about issues. It's not a support group. Coral Springs is too far. I'm in west palm.

I'm in Lake Worth but had surgery done three years ago when I lived in the midwest. I've gone to the Wellington support group meetings at Dr. Wizman's office.

<p>I'm in Lake Worth but had surgery done three years ago when I lived in the midwest. I've gone to the Wellington support group meetings at Dr. Wizman's office.</p>

Did u like them. ?

I haven't really worked with the surgeon. I had one fill under flouro which actually turned into a slight unfill due to reflux. I like the support group, and prefer the lap band specific one over the general group. As a band patient it's a little unnerving to sit in a support meeting with bypass and sleeve patients dropping in 2 months what has took me a year to lose.

Anyone live near Tampa ?

Support group in Venice, FL meets @@venice Regional. Inbox me if uou want more info!

Anyone live near Tampa ?

I'm in Tampa, but my surgeon is in St. Augustine.

I'm going to have surgery in Ft Myers.....anybody around Ft Myers??

I'm in Lake Worth but I'm having my surgery in Ft. Lauderdale at Holy Cross with Dr. Perez. They do a monthly support group meeting at the hospital on Tuesdays, I believe.

Hi there! I'm in West Palm Beach too. I want to go with Dr. Perez but the distance seems challenging. I will be going to his info. Meeting on 9/09. In the meantime, it maybe that I will be going with Dr. Vaughan in Jupiter if he approves me.

Hi Giana. I work just about 15 minutes from Dr. Perez's office and I know someone who recently had the VSG with him and had a good experience so I am ok with him being about 40 miles from home. I figure I will be back to work when most of my follow up visits will take place and I could just go to the support meetings right after work. Good luck with your surgery.

That's awesome and convenient. I heard so many wonderful things about him. I wish you the best too!

Hi Giana. I work just about 15 minutes from Dr. Perez's office and I know someone who recently had the VSG with him and had a good experience so I am ok with him being about 40 miles from home. I figure I will be back to work when most of my follow up visits will take place and I could just go to the support meetings right after work. Good luck with your surgery.

Hi Giana, I live in West Palm too and went to Dr. Perez's information session last week. He was great. I am self-pay so am hoping to have him do my sleeve in early October. His program is really structured. I met with Dr. Folwell at Good Samaritan and he seems very competent, but his office is a bit disorganized so I decided to go to Holy Cross. Good luck!!

Hi qtball! Sorry it's taken so long to respond. It's been one Crazy week. I opted out of seeking bariatric surgery from Dr. Folwell per my PCP's recommendation. She said it was very disorganized there too. I've decided to go with Dr. Vaughan at Jupiter Medical Center but my first choose was Dr.Perez. Because of the distance, it wasn't really feasible to go to him. I wish you the best!! Keep me posted. I'm starting my 3 month medical supervised diet with him on 9/24. Done the nutrition assessment, sleep study and am collecting medical history documents. I'm hoping to have the sleeve done by December. I'm going through my insurance, federal employee blue cross/blue shield basic.