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Rockford, IL and surroundings support group will meet Monday May 19 at 7 PM at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, 1601 Parkview Ave in Rockford. We meet in room S-232. Come in the front door with the three flag polls. Pre and post all surgeries welcome.

Connie

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hey connie, my husband and i live in kingston, illinois. it is about half an hour from rockford. we just started our journey with our consoltation yesterday in harvard with mercy bariatric center. We have BCBS of illinois and have heard they want 6 months documentation of a supervised diet. We have seen Dr. Gupta for a year from 2006-2007 and now are seeing him again and have heard he doesnt count...but then we heard that because my husband's diabetes and sleep apnea are so bad they may not need that...any advise...and can we come to the group?

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Absolutely! You would certainly be welcome at group. The next one is Aug 18th at 7PM. Many of us are on the obesityhelp.com website under the IL board if you want to get to know us in advance. Connie

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You certainly may attend. It will be Monday Aug 18 at 7 PM at the UI College of Medicine 1601 Parkview (off Spring Creek by Anderson Gardens) The meeting is in room S-232. When you come in the front door you are on the second floor. The guard can give you directions. Anyone interested pre or post WLS is welcome. Connie

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Hello! I am looking to join WLS support groups, I leave near Rockford, but not actually in, I live in DeKalb and I just found out that they are shutting down the WLS program down at the hospital I got banded at in DeKalb.....any advice or known support groups?

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Please feel welcome to come to group. It is the third Monday of each month at 7 PM at the College of Medicine. There are more specific directions in an earlier post. The next meeting is Sept 15.

Connie

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Support group meets the third Monday of each month at 7PM in room S-232 at the Univ. of IL College of Medicine, 1601 Parkview Ave. The third Monday of Feb is Feb 16th. The meeting is open to all folks pre and post surgery, any obesity surgery, family members, patients of all physicians, etc. In other words, if you want to come, you are welcome! The guard at the front door will tell you where the room is. For more information call 815-262-4517.

Connie

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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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        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.

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