Looking for buddies ... possible surgery date 8/22...and I have no idea how to set up contact info or how to contact others....can anyone help?

If you click on someone's profile name under their photo, it takes you to their profile page. On that page, in the upper-right corner of the profile area (not the main site navigation) you will see links to add someone as a friend and/or send them a private message. As for finding others with a similar surgery date, you could try looking in the Monthly Support Group Forums... here's the one for August 2014:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/1005-august-2014-sleevers/

Thank you ... I just tried it with your name and there it was ...again thank you....