Cathie - congratulations on your WLS journey! The nearest support groups to you that I know of are in Hawaiian Gardens and Costa Mesa. Go to www.cstobesity.com and click on the left side on Newsletter and the current issue date, then go to page 7 for locations and dates/times. This is the Fobi Pouch site; I'm also a Kaiser patient, and I've been to their meetings in Van Nuys and they welcome patients who are not Fobi patients and people just learning about the surgery. They also have meetings in Nevada at Las Vegas & Reno and in California at San Francisco, Riverside, West Los Angeles, Palmdale/Lancaster and Victorville - and, one in Alaska! I found it very informative. Good luck to you. "Nana" Sharon