Mon. Night Support Group Meeting

Hi, All! I don't know what's going on today...I tried to post this and it didn't appear, so if it's now here twice, sorry... This coming Mon. is the 2nd Mon. of the month, so the support group meeting at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown (6:30 - 7:30 p.m.) is for both pre- and post-ops. It's general discussion and questions. Although most attendees are patients of Dr. Aranow, anyone is welcome to attend. If you need directions please e-mail me. So who's going to be there? And who's going to dinner with us afterward? BTW, if you'd rather have dinner before the meeting, that doesn't mean that you can't still go out with us after. You can just have something to drink...even jus****er...the restaurants we go to are very accomodating and don't mind. If you aren't bothered by watching us eat, we certainly don't care if you don't eat. The point of going out isn't the food...it's the socializing, additional support and getting to know each other better. And you pre-ops are welcome, too. Dinner isn't just for post-ops and we're not bothered by your eating more than we do. (In fact, you probably eat faster than us so it takes us longer to eat a small amount of food and then wait to drink something after than it takes you to eat a whole dinner.) How do you think that we post-ops got to be so close? It's not just by posting here and e-mailing each other. Taking advantage of opportunities to spend time together (like the picnic at Harkness Park and dinners after meetings) is what does it. If I hadn't started participating in such social gatherings as a pre-op, I wouldn't have had the level of support that I did by the time I had my surgery. Hope to see lots of you Mon. night. Have a good weekend. Debby

Count me in!

I would like to attend...I am a pre-op and would love to join you. Let me know who I should contact. Thanks for the invite! Nancy J*

Hi, Nancy! I see that you're also one of Dr. A's patients, so you know where the meeting is. When it's over, whoever's interested in going out will probably congregate in the center of the room and we'll decide where we're going (usually either Ruby Tuesday's or 99 Restaurant in Cromwell) and get a head count so that the person who shows up first at the restaurant can request a table that's large enough. There's no need to contact anyone ahead of time; I just mention it in my post about the meeting so that there won't be anyone at the meeting who says, "If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have had dinner before the meeting." See you tomorrow night, Debby

Great! I will see you tomorrow night then. Thanks! Nancy

Hey all! I will be there! Bringing some clothes with me that are free to a good home...we can meet in the parking lot after the meeting for my clothing tailgate party! LOL I can't do dinner after though...hopefully another time. See ya there! Kristin

Hi Debby, Looks like I will miss this week. My friend and I are going out for the afternoon and evening. I guess I will see everyone when I get back from vacation. We are leaving on Friday morning. Enjoy! Adam

I am going to give it my 10000% to get there tonight for 6:30. Same room?