Hello fellow Oher's, I have found this last few months, well years for me but really this last few months having a buddie while you are trying to lose weight is so important, when you are wanting to be accountable on your lifestyle change or any lifestyle change for that matter, it is great to have someone there to help you with it, if you try to go it alone you might be feeling alone, lonely, you might feel abandoned, I just know I might not be as successful as I could be if I had some accountablity to back me up. I say this to my self: Dont do it alone! I make no bones about it, that I am not doing this alone, first and formost I have Alan  my (DH) Alan is a rock solid accountablity partner for me, if you dont have a Alan in your life you should get one,  (I dont mean a husband or wife) I am talking about someone that loves you, cares for you, and will be there for you NO MATTER WHAT.  No matter what you are going thru "you need that for your self" It is just indespenceable that you have that.  You just have to have someone there thats going to be there for you. Now it is so very nice to have On-Line friends , it's good to have a physical person that you can come and talk to and have them kick you in the fanny if you need it and have them love on you at just the right times. I am one of those perople that need a verbal kick in the hiney once in awhile, The Online community and support group members have been fanstic and understand everything I am going thru, these are great resources to stay accountable to.   These people will be there to support you in your life no matter what choices you make, and no matter where your journey takes you. God Bless everyone, Kristy

Just wanted to say Hello. I am new to the Idaho forum. I live in Salmon, Idaho and have been told that there is a support group here. Does anyone have information that would help me get into contact with this group?  Thank you for your time.

  Thankyou Carla, Yes it is a very quiet little town,, I was raised in Rigby Idaho, and my husband was raised in Pocatello, His dad and mom live in shelly, my family or some of them are still in Rigby...My oldest daughter and family live here in kimberly, and I was soooo tired of the rain and green color in Washington after 15 some years there, I wanted to come home...so my daughter said come on so I did..LOL..Thank you I am very glad to be home again after all these years....    Thankyou also for the info and web site, I will call Dr. Oakley this week and see if he can do my follow ups, My dr. in washington will not give me my test results cause he says a dr. needs to see them to tell me what needs done I guess, I was getting very frustrated trying to find even a  family doc around here, they seem to be not taking new patients at this time...    So I guess until I get one, I will have to come to this group for any questions, concerns etc...although right now my only concern is my hair seems to be falling out a bit at a time...even though I drink the protein drinks religiously...also I am almost out of the vitamin B12 injections my doc was giving me...   Other wise I seem to be doing ok...    Have you had the surgery? or thinking about it?...   Well thank you for the quick reply it helped tremendously...    Gaydria

  If I hear of one in my area I will let you know, in the mean time I need one for follow up, so I can get all my last test results from my doctor in federal way washington, I can't seem to find a bariatric doc here, and almost as hard to get a family doc..as they are not taking new patients right now...   So if you hear of one , I live in Kimberly Idaho, that is close to TwinFalls Idaho...and Burley, about 100 miles to Boise and Idaho Falls, which I am willing to travel if I have to...   Thank you Gaydria

Dr. Robert Korn in Boise accepts Medicare.  I don't know about Medicaid though.  He is the only Dr. I could find in this area that does accept it.  Dr. Oakley must of just started accepting it, because a couple of months ago he wasn't.  If I had known that he was, I probably would have gone to him.  But, Dr. Korn seems to know what he is doing.  So I am going to go with him, besides that, I have already paid $150 consultation fee.