Hi everyone! This month's meeting was one again quite fantastic!!! We had a great turnout and it was a lot of fun. I can't wait to see everyone at October's meeting!

The invitation is open to all! Whether you are pre-band, newly banded or an old band pro.

Everyone is welcome!

Where: Polaris Mall food Court

When: Saturday October 11, 2008

Time: 2 p.m.

Look for us near the entrance to the Great Indoors store in the back seating area next to Chik-Fil-A. We will have a helium balloon marking our group.

Hope to see you there!

Hey everyone!!! I can't wait to see you all on the 11th! I have a TON of clothes to share. Most in sizes 22/20 with some others thrown in. As they get too big on me I pull them and bag them up. I will be bringing them to the meeting. If anyone has any size 18/16 pants or size large shirts I could really use them. I have hardly anything that fits to take me into cooler weather.

On another note... For those of you interested there is another bariatric fashion show coming up on the 12th at Macys Easton. This time it's hosted by Macy's and Fresh Start Bariatrics. It's going to be in the furniture section on the 2nd floor at 2pm. There might be someone you know walking the runway :cursing:

Sorry I've been so quiet lately... we finally found a car for my daughter last weekend and prior to that almost every spare moment was spent car shopping... it will be a long while before I want to do that again!

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again this month. This time I have a date for my surgery - Nov. 24th. Just in time for Thanksgiving.

And a shout out to all the men out there thinking about attending. Join us and I can assure that you won't be the only male there!

If anyone is still in the early stages of getting approved or losing and is in 3x or size 28-32, Personal Message me here and I'll bring some clothing items on Saturday to share at no cost. I need 22-24's as I'm losing below my 26's now.

Can't wait to see everyone! I will bring some things to share, too!

Look for us between Chik-Fil-A and Great Indoors at the Polaris Mall

food court. There will be a yellow Smiley Face helium baloon marking our spot.

Hi, all -

I'm looking forward to seeing you all again this month. I am in need of inspiration. I'm such a flunky that I'm struggling with the first month of my 3-month supervised diet (through Fresh Start Bariatrics at Riverside.)

See you tomorrow!

Fondly,

Christy

Today's meeting was very nice. We missed you Niki and Christy. Hopefully you can join us tomorrow for the fashion show at Macy's Easton. It's from 2-4 in the furniture section of Macy's (2nd floor) Look for the smily face balloon marking the chairs for our group from Polaris!

Sorry guys! We took the kids to the pumpkin patch this morning and I had an allergic rxn to it all! I ended up taking 4 benedryl in 3 hous, and passed out at 1 in the afternoon!

We have a birthday party to go to tomorrow at 2pm, so I won't be able to make the fashion show...Good luck Heather! (I think you said this was the show you were going to be in) Work your stuff, girlie!

Boy, it's been a long time since I've been able to make a meeting with you guys.

I WAS in Columbus though today...got to go to the OSU game! So much fun. I hope sometime to make it to meetings in the future. Maybe when winter hits I'll have less going on.

Hope everyone is doing well and having fun!

~Carol

I am new to this site and scheduled for banding on Wednesday by Dr. Myers at Fresh Start. Is there a group specific to Ohio or to Columbus on this website?

BTW, I am very nervous about the surgery and what will happen so any encouragement or "good" stories would be helpful.:thumbup:

Thanks.

Shawn

Hi Shawn, You've found the USA Local Support Group - Ohio subforum of Lapbandtalk and yes, there is a Columbus thread on it. We chat up a storm from different perspectives with those of us from Riverside's Fresh Start, Mt. Carmel's, OSU, Barix, or even self pay bandsters in the area. Welcome!

We also get together once a month at Polaris Mall. Keep an eye out under the Ohio Subforum for info about the November meeting. HeatherA is from Fresh Start's program and she keeps us organized.

Bookmark this as a Favorite if you'd like to take you right to the Ohio subforum.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f56/

Carol and Niki - we did miss you yesterday but each month we seem to add new faces so this little informal group is such a blessing to me. We had a lady named Kenna join us yesterday from Barix and she is having her surgery on Tuesday a.m. so say a prayer and keep good thoughts for her. We answered lots of questions for her and I hope didn't scare her too much with our stories of being stuck or restricted, etc. but at least she knows what real banded people really do day to day. She asked each of us, would you do this again or do you regret it and we all resoundingly said we'd get banded again in a heartbeat.

Take care.

Carol- Loved getting home in time to watch the 2nd half of the game on TV --so jealous you got to go to the game in person at the horseshoe!