Its been over six years since we've launched our forums. During this time it has seen thousands of fresh faces, greetings, meetings, partings, arguments, kind words, life transformations, cathartic rants, and simply happy time pass. It has been with us throughout this time, silently observing and facilitating. But like any wise old man, its bones were getting old. Its joints were aching, and it has been needing a new jolt of energy.

A Mobile World
Did you know that over 30% of you visit our website using a mobile device? For those who do visit us via mobile, we owe you a sincere apology, because our forums have been horrendous on a mobile browser. But the big news is that things are about to change! Our new forums are completely mobile friendly and compatible with iPhone, Android, and pretty much any other modern smart phone.

Each post, topic, and forum shows up beautifully, with the full set of features, and in nice large font. See the screenshots for yourself.

You dont have do anything different, just browse to the forums like you normally would. This means that you can finally put these away:

Not Just for Mobile
The interface on your desktop browser has also been cleaned up a great deal. There is now less clutter on the page, and the overall experience is a lot cleaner. Check out some more screenshots here!

You will notice that each post no longer has 400 buttons below it. Only the buttons that are relevant to each post show up, making your screen space a lot less cluttered. Also, when you reply to another person's post, the entire post is indented inside, making it a lot easier to figure out who has replied to whom.

Launching soon! Maybe as early as next week! Maybe.
And do remember that this is not in any way a be-all-end-all when it comes to the forums. We are in the process of constantly learning and improving upon what we have, and this is just one step along the way.

Stay tuned for the changes! We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

Just wanted to remind everyone of the support meetings located at St Elizzabeth Hospital in Gonzales, La. It starts at 5:30 and usually ends around 6:30 or seven. If you have to leave early or arrive late everyone understands. As it says it is for support. We all need it along the way  Hope to see everyone there.

Hello Members,

On a daily basis we get calls from members in desperate need of surgeons that will accept Medicaid and or Medicare for Bariatric surgery.  It breaks our hearts when we have to say "we don't know of any surgeons in your state we can refer you to". 

Can you please help us? If you know of any surgeons in your state that accepts Medicaid and or Medicare, will you list their:

Name

If they accept Medicare and or Medicaid

Phone number

Facility

Address

This list will remain here for our members to access and use.

Thank you so much!!!

ObesityHelp,

Member Services

Greetings Everyone:

I have recently scheduled my initial consultation with Dr. Bellows on Tuesday morning, I don't have medicaid however I do possess insurance from my job and I am wondering exactly what I should expect.  It's not a referral from my PCP however I eager to get this done. I am defintely excited and coureous of what it may costs out ot pocket if it will cost me anything. Nevertheless my sisters have had the full gastric surgery and it turned out great!!!  On the other hand, I'm only interested in the sleeve.  If anyone would like to give more input or success stories I am totally interested wishing everyone the BEST. 

 I have Dr. Noria and LHC. Went through heck with Dr. Bellows and Vanessa since August of last year but fought to change to Dr. Noria. I was sleeved on June 14th!  I recommend switching to Dr. Noria! Good luck!