Last Nights Group

Thanks to everyone who was at the support group. This was the seond time I attended and was very helpful. A huge thanks to the folks that went to dinner afterwards at Ruby Tuesday's. (Tammy, Debbie, Debby, [not sure of the spelling ladies ] Lynne, Dave, Peter, Geraldine, and there were a few more and I did not get their names..sorry)! Everyone was very nice, open, supportive and fun to be with! It is not everyday that you can go out to dinner with people you do not even know and feel SO comfortable and laugh SO hard and talk about things that are in your heart! I look forward to next Monday! Nancy J*

Debbie can throw one hell of a party. I just show up and make sure we get the table. OK. I provide part of the entertainment too Peter

Yes you do! Thanks to Debbie for posting about this dinner and inviting us ALL to attend! Nancy

The Middlesex Monday support group is something else. Like most of us, I started attending because it was mandated by Dr. Aranow's office; I keep going because everyone is so generous with their own stories and life experience struggling with obesity and all the personal complications that follow. The group is my sole source of support (not much at home) and I would have bailed out of the process by now without you. Thank you all so much for making me feel so welcome. Dinner last night afterwards was great fun!

Hi, "Mary"! I'm glad you decided to join us for dinner last night; I enjoyed getting to know you better. Any comments from your DH about how late you were out? If so, maybe it'll encourage him to come with you to a meeting and join us for dinner...if only to find out who's keeping you out 'til all hours! BTW, you had Peter confused...he thought you were a post-op...you don't look like someone whose BMI is high enough to qualify for WLS. I too never looked as though I weighed as much as I did, but certainly weighed enough so that even looking like someone who weighed less, still looked obese. Before WLS, I never shared my weight with anyone except my doctor. After WLS, when talking at one point with my family about how much I'd lost so far, I mentioned what my starting weight had been and my brother-in-law was astonished that I had weighed over 300 lbs.! He didn't think that I had weighed that much. Hope to see you next week, Debby

It was really nice getting to know you last night Nancy! And spending time with everyone else too. Just a blast. I LOVE Monday nights because of it. Hope you all have a great day! Love, Tammy

Hi, Nancy! It was nice meeting you last night. We did have a great time at dinner, didn't we?! Monday nights are the highlight of my week. I know exactly what you mean about feeling so comfortable with people you've just met. As you heard, we'll share just about anything...food, emotions, private thoughts, problems, scars...and that's with people whose last names we don't even always know! I was nervous before my 1st support group meeting and also the 1st time that, as a pre-op, I joined a group of mostly post-ops for dinner, but everyone made me feel SO welcome. In some ways I feel closer to some of the people on this message board than I do to family and other friends. For example, my family generally doesn't hug, and only a few of my other friends do, but did you notice how much hugging was going on last night before and after the meeting? See you next week, Debby