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jdc121975    63

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There are some very nice people in a private fb group, we all have or are having surgery in July so we all support each other. It's a small group but always welcoming others that are having surgery in July 2015. Just message me your FB email and I will invite you. This is a private group on FB so no one your friends with will even know your in it or see posts no matter how your privacy setting are set.

There are other groups for other months as well and I can refer you to the person who can add you to any group, but I can add to July.

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Chrissy1028    2

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Hi JDC - I'd love to be added to the July group! I am 2 weeks post-op tomorrow.

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Chrissy1028    2

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Note to all: This appears to be a spoof and opens to what seems to be a fake FB page

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jdc121975    63

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Chrissy I never got an email to have you added to the July group on FB and there's no link in message to connect to any FB group, it's a private group by invite only so we have a close knit group of people all of which have or will have surgery this month. If youlD like message me your email and I will certainly get you invited to the group if your surgery date was or will be this month.

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jdc121975    63

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Everyone that messaged me with email should be in private FB group now or have invites sitting there waiting for them to answer :-)

Personally my wife is going through some stuff now as well though. She is my support and she takes on a lot too with no real dietician, surgeon, internist, or groups to help her cope or give ideas or even bounce thoughts off of.

Sooooo.....

I decided to follow the lead idea of the July WLS private FB I was invited to and am a part of and I set up a private WLS group on FB for significant others, husbands, wives, etc to have a place and people to talk to that are going thru all this with us. I think they need each other as much as we need each other.

So if anyone has a support person that's on FB and interested please feel free to message me with their email/FB name and mention support person group and I'll add them to that group. I think it'll be awesome as the are awesome in our journey and it affects them as well.

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