Mon. & Tues. Support Group Meetings

Hi, All! This coming Mon., 2/20, is the 3rd 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 will consist of general discussion, questions and answers. Although most attendees are patients of Dr. Aranow, anyone is welcome. Usually the Hamden support group also meets on the 3rd Mon. of the month, but because it's Presidents' Day, the meeting has been postponed to Tues., 2/21, 6:30 - 8 p.m., at the Senior Center (behind the Miller Library on Dixwell Ave.) So I don't have to choose between the meetings...I can attend both next week. The Hamden group isn't affiliated with any doctor or hospital and is for both pre- and post-ops. It's run by a couple of post-ops. Usually a group of us go to dinner after the Middlesex meeting and once in a while after the Hamden meeting. Dinner isn't just for post-ops; pre-ops are welcome, too. In fact, as a pre-op, I found it helpful to see how post-ops at different lengths of time out from surgery handled eating in a restaurant. And if you'd rather eat before the meeting, you're still welcome to join us and just have something to drink. The restaurants we go to don't mind if you even just have water. Going out isn't about the food, it's about additional support and time to get to know each other better. And the support isn't just related to WLS. There are times when we need support in other areas of our lives. And I've learned to ask for that support when I need it, knowing that my OH friends will come through for me. Like next week...I go to court for my divorce on Tues., so I need to be with friends the nights before and after. If you need directions to either meeting, pls. e-mail me. Have a nice weekend, Debby

I'll go to the Tuesday meeting and I will be sure to bring my "before" picture! Give me a call after court on Tuesday and we will figure out a time, doesn't matter to me at all. Good luck!!!

I'll be there on tuesday too!

I am going to do MY BEST to be at the Middletown meeting tomorrow night. Hope to see ya all there. Lisa

Hi, Lisa Ann! Since you posted this at 2:40 a.m., I don't know if you were thinking of it as Sun. night and meant that "tomorrow night" was Mon. night, or if you're confused and think that the Middlesex meeting was postponed to Tues. like the Hamden meeting. So I thought I'd better reply to make sure that you don't miss the meeting by showing up on the wrong night. The Middlesex meeting is Mon. night (tonight). Hope to see you there (and at dinner?), Debby

hi Deb, I will see you tonight...I am coming with my dad, who you may already know as he has been a pre-op forever...can't wait to say hi, as you all have been so great as I have been going along....Drea

Dear Debby and everyone, I had been hoping to make it to group tonight and out to dinner afterwards, but have been nobbled! I put my back out a couple of days ago and it has got much worse since. My doctor's office is closed until Wednesday and the guy covering for him would not see me. All I want is the right pain pill/muscle relaxer so I can keep running around till it gets better.... Miss y'all. See you soon though. Mary