Want a new Sacramento support group?

Hi all -

I've been thinking of organizing / running a Sacramento surgery support group.  I'm curious if anyone has any interest?

I keep looking around for generic support groups in the Sac area, but rarely find any.  Thought I might step-up and contribute myself.  

What would you want / look-for in a support group?  I would love any suggestions / ideas.

hang in there and stick with it and keep an open mind ! Once the word gets out it will happend!

So, what do you like in a support group?

just seems they never stay focused about getting healthy or staying informative...drifting from issue  to issue does not happened in the hour we meet.. I know the group can't cover everything but cry baby's run a muck and that its a time killer...time after time real issues like dumping or hernias and ulcers...or what something stuck feels like and another thing was per op situations...the best thing Happened was when the lady who runs this site E-mail me about what to expect before - during - and after the operation!
Those I never got answered in any group because of time...
I am 5 weeks out and got more info from here than any where else!!
If you do this just stay in control and keep the group focused and deal with the "woman who look pregnant" and is not and wants to know why with out asking her Doctor (and eats Chinese chicken salad during group) after group or give her 5 min max to vent and move on... 
That was the worst and every meeting seems to go like that and I was 1week per op and had questions that never even got discussed..The meeting before had like 60 people in it and was to be a nutrition class with out notice!!

Well thanks for your information!  Very helpful and informative.  I agree it's important for whoever is leading the group to be an active facilitator, to keep things moving, and prevent "time hogs".

Thanks a lot for your advice, I take it to heart!

 I am not from your area but i stopped going already to the support group here because almost the whole hour was introductions and nothing really got answered . so diffently stay on stop of the topics . Good luck to you. 

I will, thanks for your feedback!

Hey -

Thanks for your input!  That's really great advice.

I went ahead and started a new support group - I hope you'll think about coming to our first/next meeting in a week!

http://www.meetup.com/Sacramento-Weightloss-Surgery-Support/

I'm VERY interested in this new group. I'm pre-op and hoping to get my date soon. But I'm having trouble finding groups in my area. Please let me know if I can help? I can spread the word to others as well!!!

I sure will; hopefully I'll have time to work on it tomorrow!