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OH Juli

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OH Juli    15

OH Juli
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I just couldn't get away to go. :P I even bought a new pink sweater.

Glad you all had a good time. Please let's try again. I'd love to meet everyone.

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Sunrise    0

Sunrise
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Well the wait is on now! My dietian released me yesterday so now I'm waiting for approval. I keep hearing different time frames, 10 days, to 3 weeks to a min of a month. This sucks! I prefer surgery end of Jan, I have so much traveling to do starting in March.

I decided to stay with the band. I desire pregnancy later so I believe this is the best option for me.

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HeatherA    1

HeatherA
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Last night was a lot of fun! Hi Debbie and Special K! It was quite interesting having the three of us at three different points in our journey sitting around the table sharing our stories and our thoughts on the whole process. Debbie looked amazing! To see her now, 6 months after her surgery you'd never think she'd even need to be banded... I hope I can say the same in 6 months!!!!

We definitely need to do it again... and soon. It's amazing how much my mentality shifted after our meeting. I've been struggling a bit with the band and still being on post-op food restrictions... but today I feel worlds better and I'm energized to get my negative thoughts removed from my head!

Thanks for arranging this Special K! When's our next meeting? Can we do it before you have surgery? :-)

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HeatherA    1

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I just couldn't get away to go. :) I even bought a new pink sweater.

Glad you all had a good time. Please let's try again. I'd love to meet everyone.

Juli, we talked about you a bit last night. I was so hoping to meet you. We'll have to reschedule again soon. We were talking about maybe a Friday or Saturday if that works better for people's schedules.

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HeatherA    1

HeatherA
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Well the wait is on now! My dietian released me yesterday so now I'm waiting for approval. I keep hearing different time frames, 10 days, to 3 weeks to a min of a month. This sucks! I prefer surgery end of Jan, I have so much traveling to do starting in March.

I decided to stay with the band. I desire pregnancy later so I believe this is the best option for me.

Sunrise, that's great news! You're going through Fresh Start right? Will you join us at the support group meeting next week?

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Tyanna    0

Tyanna
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Hi all,Sorry I missed the get together sound like you all had a goodtime.I will be sure to be at the next one.

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OH Juli    15

OH Juli
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Juli, we talked about you a bit last night. I was so hoping to meet you. We'll have to reschedule again soon. We were talking about maybe a Friday or Saturday if that works better for people's schedules.

I thought my ears were burning! LOL.

I'll try extra hard to make the next one. I want to meet you all as well.

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nurse niki    0

nurse niki
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I think a weekend meeting would be great! I usually work Friday nights, but a Sat night would be wonderful. My Hubby would be able to watch the kids and I could get away for some Mommy-time! Are you thinking some time in Feb?

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HeatherA    1

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Ok! I am willing to try to arrange the next meeting. Special K... is that ok with you?

How does February 9th sound? It's a Saturday and we could try for Polaris again since it's pretty easy to get to and would be less crowded than Easton. However, I'm open to suggestions on meeting places.

If you're interested let me know what time you'd like to meet... we could do morning... afternoon... or evening.

I'm up for most anything!

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Tyanna    0

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Saturday Mornings or afternoon would be great for me!!! Saturday evenings tend to be a bit busy!!! Afternoon sounds best for me but I can make morning!!!! Can't wait to meet all of you!!

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HeatherA    1

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Afternoon works good for me too... let's hear a few more voices and then we can set a time for a meeting on February 9th.

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