Hello, I am new to this group, I'm Stephanie from st. Louis Missouri, having surgery on 3/30. Love the fact there is support groups around that are not social media based(Facebook) as I am not on there. Good luck to everyone, of anyone wants to reach out you can always good to have close friends for support! We can do this!

Welcome to the group, and best wishes on your upcoming surgery!

Which surgery are you having?

If you wouldn't mind filling out your surgery information on your profile, it will show up beside your posts in these threads and help the responders to familiarize themselves to which surgery you had and your other stats. Here's a thread that explains how to post that info.

Thanks!

I'm getting gastric bypass

2 hours ago, Stephy2014 said:

I'm getting gastric bypass

Awesome! Welcome again to the forums!

from what I've heard about a lot of bariatric Facebook groups (other than those sponsored by weight loss surgery clinics, of course), it's probably just as well! I think forums like these are better, to be honest.

I agree

Welcome, Stephanie and good luck on your upcoming bypass surgery. Spend some time browsing the forums and you'll find all sorts of advice and information from pre-surgery diet, post-surgery diet, what to take to the hospital, what to expect right after WLS, etc.

1 hour ago, GradyCat said:

Welcome, Stephanie and good luck on your upcoming bypass surgery. Spend some time browsing the forums and you'll find all sorts of advice and information from pre-surgery diet, post-surgery diet, what to take to the hospital, what to expect right after WLS, etc.

Thank you very much