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ssflbelle    829

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I think their support is on Wednesdays but at a time that makes it tough for me to go after work. I work up in Jupiter, which makes it easy for my appts. I just never get out of work until 6ish.

Hi @@ssflbelle! I live in Lake Worth too and see Dr. Vaughan. While he didn't do my surgery since I didn't here then, I go to him for fills and monitoring. I've found he and his staff to be fantastic! Looks like you've made great progress o far.

HI There Glad to hear there is someone else is seeing Dr Vaughan. Do you go to the support group? When is it?

The weight I have lost is without the surgery. I have been trying for over 16 years and came to realize I need the surgery to lose the remaining 200 pounds. I was once 497 pounds and hope to get to 155 with the surgery.

That is good for me. I work on Tuesday and Friday. I don't see Dr Vaughan until Aug 23rd I will have to ask him at the time if I can start to go or if I should wait till I have surgery.

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mespo    30

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I am in Boynton Beach and had surgery at Bethesda Hospital...Surgeon was Dr. Lopez-Viago. Was pleased with doctor, hospital, no complaints. Bethesda has support groups and the follow up from Dr. Lopez-Viago is excellent.

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ssflbelle    829

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I am in Boynton Beach and had surgery at Bethesda Hospital...Surgeon was Dr. Lopez-Viago. Was pleased with doctor, hospital, no complaints. Bethesda has support groups and the follow up from Dr. Lopez-Viago is excellent.

Can people who had surgery by another Dr go to this support group? It is much closer to me than Jupiter. When is it?

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mimorison    12

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My surgery will be with Dr. Paul Wizman, I heard good things about him, hoping he is good...I am in Aventura

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ssflbelle    829

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My surgery will be with Dr. Paul Wizman, I heard good things about him, hoping he is good...I am in Aventura

I see you found the South Florida group. I believe jemars and isit5yet had Dr Wizman. Maybe others too as there are 5 pages to this thread.

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mespo    30

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Yes, please feel free to join us. Our next group is August 17th at 6:30 pm in the Clayton Conference Center at Bethesda Hospital (East). Hope to see you there.

I am in Boynton Beach and had surgery at Bethesda Hospital...Surgeon was Dr. Lopez-Viago. Was pleased with doctor, hospital, no complaints. Bethesda has support groups and the follow up from Dr. Lopez-Viago is excellent.

Can people who had surgery by another Dr go to this support group? It is much closer to me than Jupiter. When is it?

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TooTall42    0

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On 8/8/2014 at 7:43 PM, lose4life2 said:

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

Hi,

I’m In Bonita Beach. Pre-Surgery. Would definitely like to find a support group or network in the immediate vicinity after sleeve surgery. Do you know of any?

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jacky0218    30

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I had surgery in Naples/Ft Myers area in March with dr Denk. I love him. I haven’t heard of a support group but I’d love to hear of one. I’m a lapband to gastric bypass patient.

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

    • CaseyP1011

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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